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[Darth Tepes]

I had a pretty good collection of those comics, but I remember Adam being in them. Not a lot, but he was there.

The Clark/Superman dynamic of Adam/He-Man was introduced in the DC comics run in late 82- early 83.  Which of course was carried over to the Show.  In the comics Adam appeared to be a lazy party guy to hide is heroics and transformed by going into the Cave of Power.  He himself did not wield the Power Sword but was the protector of it.  In the first mini Comics that came with the figures in 82 He-Man was a Barbarian chieftain who left to adventure and was tasked by the Goddess (who would eventually be split into the Sorceress and Teela in later comics) to protect the two halves of the Power Sword.

[Darth Logos]

The Clark/Superman dynamic of Adam/He-Man was introduced in the DC comics run in late 82- early 83.  Which of course was carried over to the Show.  In the comics Adam appeared to be a lazy party guy to hide is heroics and transformed by going into the Cave of Power.  He himself did not wield the Power Sword but was the protector of it.  In the first mini Comics that came with the figures in 82 He-Man was a Barbarian chieftain who left to adventure and was tasked by the Goddess (who would eventually be split into the Sorceress and Teela in later comics) to protect the two halves of the Power Sword.

I am so not a comic nerd.

[Darth Tepes]

I am so not a comic nerd.

I am...but this is more being a He-Man nerd. By far its my largest collection.  If you get a chance watch The Toys that Made Us on Netflix.  Its a muti-part documentary about the toys that changed the industry.  The first Season is He-Man, Barbie, G.I. Joe and Transformers.  Its really interesting..at least to me.   

[Cyclops942]

I am so not a comic nerd.

You can't be a nerd about EVERYTHING; there simply isn't enough time.

[Darth Knox]

You can't be a nerd about EVERYTHING; there simply isn't enough time.

Exactly. Everyone has gaps in their nerdist knowledge. It's why forums like this are so great. You get to share the geekery while learning something new.

[Darth Logos]

I am...but this is more being a He-Man nerd. By far its my largest collection.  If you get a chance watch The Toys that Made Us on Netflix.  Its a muti-part documentary about the toys that changed the industry.  The first Season is He-Man, Barbie, G.I. Joe and Transformers.  Its really interesting..at least to me.   

Funny thing is, MotU was my first collection. But that was better than 30 years ago. _{(God, I feel old just thinking that)}

There is a documentary on Netflix I've been meaning to watch called The Toys that Made Us or something along those lines. I for one loathe how Hasbro keeps pushing to make Transformers simpler and simpler to transform. I loved what they did with the toys from the first movie. They were so delightfully complex that you almost needed an engineering degree to figure them out.

You can't be a nerd about EVERYTHING; there simply isn't enough time.

TMAI

[Darth Tepes]

Funny thing is, MotU was my first collection. But that was better than 30 years ago. _{(God, I feel old just thinking that)}

There is a documentary on Netflix I've been meaning to watch called The Toys that Made Us or something along those lines. I for one loathe how Hasbro keeps pushing to make Transformers simpler and simpler to transform. I loved what they did with the toys from the first movie. They were so delightfully complex that you almost needed an engineering degree to figure them out.
TMAI

Same... I knew a lot about He-Man already from being a fan as a kid, but when they launched the Figures in 2008 (still going to...the Snake Mountain set comes out soon)  I became hooked again and this time had the internet to absorb all the knowledge I could...both real world about its production and its in story Lore (Such as in current canon Skeletor is He-Man's half-Uncle).   The Toys that Made is is what I was talking about, its real interesting.  Also in terms of He-Man there is a documentary solely about MOTU called The Power of Greyskull.  A toy line that was made because they needed a competition for Star Wars toys...and they won.  For a while.  It wasn't even loss of Interest that killed it...its was poor handling of the line.