When I was three years old I told everybody to call me He-Man, so it should come as no surprise that a comic pastiche of He-Man would be right up my alley. First off a big shout out to Aaron of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast for alerting me to this books existence because it was pretty great.
The story is told to the reader by Anon-Z: Adventure Videographer and after a a few one panel send ups of such shows as Transformers and Thundercats our epic tale begins with our hero, Prince Jaysen, being thrown out of a strip club. I should also mention that on page two they take a shot at Michael Bay's Transformers films which, if you read my post a couple weeks ago, you know is a good way of getting me on your side. Anyways after War-Man (Man-at-Arms) collects our rebellious young Jaysen we turn to Hoodoo Hex (Evil-Lyn) in a scene that I'll let speak for it's self.
And like all lonely witches rejected by douchebags she attempts to summon a demon boyfriend from hell. Unfortunately for her rather then getting the tall, dark, sexy demon lover with a beautiful tortured soul, forearms like a drummer and a great ass like she asked for, she gets Archfiend, Lord of Annihilations (Skeletor as if you hadn't figured that out by this point, in fact I'm going to stop doing this and you'll just have to decipher the rest of the connections on your own, it's not hard).
The next morning Prince Jaysen is sent on a grueling training run with War-Man's younger sister, Mareea, who Jaysen has a bit of a thing for. Thanks to a bit of mud and a bit of the old classic bathing at the river peeping, Jaysen gets a glimpse of his very first topless lady. When it appears that the jig is up Jaysen takes off in a blind panic until he eventually reaches the Winding Ruins where, after a few fortuitous mishaps, he gains the power to transform in to Colt Noble.
Meanwhile things get worse for Hoodoo Hex..
...as Archfiend start putting together his world conquering plans
Eventually Colt Noble and Mareea fight their way through the minions and upset Archfiend's nefarious plot. Along the way we get some nice art, some good jokes, and some clever dialog. Then after Colt Noble's adventure you get some pinups, some sketchbook pages, and a backup feature staring...
...who fight an Intergalactic Pimp and, spoiler, meet up with Colt Noble on the last page. Now that's a cliffhanger.
So yeah, I really enjoyed this book and it seems like there is a possibility of getting more if people buy it, so buy it damn it. I know it's 6 bucks but it's 64 pages of add free content making it much cheaper, page to dollars wise, then your average comic.
So now you know, and knowing is the part of the battle that happens before someone stabs you.
-egs
The next part of the battle is known as profuse bleeding.
Also being a Scientist/Karate Master/Rock Star, kind of my dream job. (see page one of this comic)
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