Marvel’s Version of He-Man & Skeletor Have Arrived

Warning! Spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1

Marvel Comics has embraced the Masters of the Universe in the latest Infinite Destinies tie-in, as the publisher introduced its own takes on He-Man and Skeletor. In Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1, readers learn the backstory of Marvel’s new Prince of Power. In flashbacks, it’s revealed (in a very tongue-in-cheek way) how the strongman gained his powers as his He-Man-like twin brother took on Marvel’s version of Skeletor.

Otherone, aka the Prince of Power, is a newer Marvel hero. He became the Prince of Noblor after accidentally swallowing an Infinity Stone, mistaking it for a piece of candy. Otherone is clearly all brawn and no brains. In Al Ewing and Juan Cabal’s Guardians of the Galaxy, he brought Groot back to life with the Power Stone after fighting alongside the team against the Olympians. A new annual explores the Prince of Powers’s tragic backstory showing the hero’s origin occurs in a world similar to Eternia from the Masters of the Universe.

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In Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 by Al Ewing, Flaviano, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Cory Petit, Hercules runs into the new Prince of Power in a bar in space. Aliens start a brawl telling Hercules they’re trying to take Otherone’s “priceless emerald.” Hercules asks the Prince of Power what’s going on, and the hero boastfully explains his origin. He reveals he’s from the planet Muscala, and he was the ugly twin brother of the powerful Majestar. While Majestar became a sword-wielding hero (whose catchphrase is “by the power of Noblor!”), Otherone becomes an apprentice to a paper clip sorter. Rapskullion, who looks like Skeletor in a slightly different costume, is Majestar’s primary threat. Behind him are analogs of MOTU villains Optikk and Mer-Man.

After accidentally eating an Infinity Stone, Otherone transforms into the perfect physical specimen as the Prince of Power. When he and Majestar approach Rapskullion’s Castle Grayskull-like base and interrupt a barbeque being held by the villain, the Prince of Power grabs his brother’s sword and raises it in the air calling on the “power of my powerfully powerful power.” Throwing off the balance of good and evil, he accidentally destroys Muscala and kills everyone on it. It’s a grim yet hilarious fate for the MOTU-like world.

Ultimately, the annual was a fun way to reintroduce the Power Stone and riff on Masters of the Universe. Part of what makes the issue so much fun is how unsubtle the whole thing was – as there are plenty more MOTU references sprinkled throughout the story. Majestar and Rapskullion looked and spoke nearly identically to their MOTU counterparts, with the former wielding a strikingly similar chest plate, short-shorts, and sword. For Marvel Comics and Masters of the Universe fans, Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 perfectly blended the two worlds together in a silly romp that’s packed full of laughs. Readers can see Marvel’s Skeletor and He-Man in action as the Infinite Destinies crossover is in stores now.

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