Siege of Avion
In this exciting mini-comic, we got all the product placement we could ever want as kids!
Avion, the home of the Bird People led by Stratos (who we find out has a human wife), is attacked by some cave-dweller people known as the Ilkorts. Fine and dandy. We got to see He-Man and Battle Cat, Teela and Man-At-Arms, and of course, Stratos. We got to see He-Man shout, “Teela, to the Talon Fighter!” That was another one of the fancy vehicles they tried to get us to buy. I don’t think I ever had that one.
Skeletor has apparently set up this attack in order to get this Emerald Staff of Avion. The attack was just enough of a distraction. Skeletor wants to use it to call a demon called Haramesh in to destroy Castle Grayskull. (What the peaceful Bird People are doing with a staff that conjures demons though is beyond me.) We also get to see Snake Mountain, which was also a playset but was the home of the bad guys.
Stratos swoops down to retrieve the staff right out of Skeletor’s hands and He-Man uses it to banish the demon away. Kind of a simplistic ending, but it did its job. It got me to play He-Man and come up with my own adventures.
This was a good little mini-comic. It helps to establish the universe that the figures are set in and gives plenty of adventure. Just trying to duplicate the story would take a lot of fun playing time. Coming up with improvements and then coming up with your own adventures, which I did ad infinitum, was an integral part of my growing up.
This mini-comic was downloaded free of charge at Good Old Days.
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