The Revenge of Skeletor

The Revenge of Skeletor is the title of the He-Man minicomic which continues from "Battle for the Crystal" and concludes the saga that sets the characters in the setting of "The New Adventures of He-Man".

Characters

Galactic Guardians: He-Man (TNA "New look"), Hydron, Flipshot, Kayo.

Evil Mutants: Skeletor (TNA "New look"), Flogg, Slushhead, Optikk

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As Skeletor blasts into space, in retreat from his confrontation with He-Man on Denebria, he is suddenly joined by Flogg in another shuttle pod. Skeletor ponders his next move, and with a few evil calculations, he kicks his revenge plot into high gear. As He-Man and Kayo prepare to depart from Denebria, to return the crystal to Primus' Titus Observatory, the captured, bickering Slushhead and Optikk, along with their Terroclaw, suddenly vanish in a tremendous burst of mystic energies. He-Man very cleverly assumes that Skeletor is up to no good. Another mayday message from Primus erupts over the radio, reporting that the planet has only an hour before it self-destructs in a cataclysmic explosion. Quickly taking command, He-Man organizes the Galactic Guardians, and as a well-trained unit, their small fleet of space ships jet towards Primus, to return the Trifusium Crystal, little knowing what awaits them there.

On Primus, the vanished Terroclaw and its passengers rematerialize at the Titus Observatory, transported there by their new commander, Skeletor. He has beaten He-Man and crew to the observatory, and marshalling his evil forces, proceeds to take it over. The Mutants make short work of the observatory technicians. Within the observatory, Slushhead notes that this is where he and Optikk stole the crystal from, indicating a large, silent generator. Skeletor intercepts a radio message from He-Man aboard starship Eternia, and proceeds to deliver a distress message virtually identical to all the other ones we have heard from Primus in this miniseries: "Primus is doomed, deliver the crystal. . ." Skeletor plans to have He-Man deliver the Trifusium Crystal, which he had just thrown in He-Man's face, back to him. Despite Skeletor's superb acting skills, He-Man realizes that the radio message is obviously a trap. Regardless, the crystal must be returned to Titus Observatory as time is running out for Primus. Starship Eternia lands near the observatory, and as He-Man and the Galactic Guardians approach the building, they are confronted by Skeletor, and the total combined strength of his entire Mutant force. The battle lines are swiftly drawn, and the Guardians make short work of the Mutants, leaving He-Man alone to face his eternal enemy, Skeletor. With only minutes left in the countdown to Primus' doom, Skeletor pulls out all stops, and viciously attacks He-Man, beating him brutally with his Skull Staff. Sixty seconds from apocalypse, He-Man finally manages to say "By the power of Eternia!" and effectively settles Skeletor's hash with a tremendous blow. With ten seconds left, He-Man retrieves the crystal from the floor where it had fallen during the battle and makes a mad dash for the Trifusium generator. The generator hums back to life, and Skeletor and his defeated Mutants make a tactical retreat. As the Galactic Guardians and observatory personnel express their immense gratitude to He-Man for saving their world, Skeletor speeds away from Primus in his shuttle pod. "You think you've won, He-Man?" he mutters. "Never! My evil deeds are just beginning!" And as his wicked laughter echoes through space, we can see that his destination is Nordor, Denebria's skull-faced moon.

Chronology