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Masters Of The Universe: Revolution Gets A Comic Book Prequel In May

Dark Horse Comics is publishing an prequel comic series to Masters of the Universe: Revolution, streaming on Netflix, in May.

Published Sat, 20 Jan 2024 05:57:12 -0600

by Rich Johnston

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Dark Horse Comics to release Masters of the Universe: Revolution prequel comic in May.
Revolution producers Tim Sheridan, Rob David, and Ted Biaselli pen the miniseries.
Artwork from Daniel HDR, with a special variant cover for the fourth issue.
Masters of the Universe: Revolution streamed by Netflix, produced by Kevin Smith.

Dark Horse Comics is publishing a prequel comic series to Masters of the Universe: Revolution, streaming on Netflix, in May. This four-issue miniseries is written by Revolution producers Tim Sheridan, Rob David, and Ted Biaselli, drawn by Daniel HDR, inked by Keith Champagne, colouring by Brad Simpson, and lettered by AndWorld Design. Covers by Dave Wilkins, and Tyler Boss. Masters of the Universe: Revolution #1 (of 4) arrives in comic shops on the 15th of May.

"Journey to the earliest days of one of the universe's most consequential and fraught team-ups. Hordak is an ambitious general, eager to make his mark; Skeletor is an aspiring mage hungry for power. Joining forces, melding ancient Eternian magic with advanced Horde technology, could bring them all their evil hearts' desire…but they'll have to survive each other first.

"To celebrate the release of Masters of the Universe: Revolution, from showrunner Kevin Smith, produced by Mattel Television Studios, and premiering on Netflix January 25, Dark Horse Comics and Mattel are also revealing the artwork for a special variant cover that will be featured on issue #4. This variant cover, illustrated by Masters of the Universe veteran Tim Seeley and colored by Brad Simpson, highlights a variety of characters from the animated show."

Founded as an offshoot of his comics retail chain, Mike Richardson, launched Dark Horse Comics in 1986. And has published work from Frank Miller, John Byrne, Mike Miognola, Sergio Aragones, Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Janet Evanovich, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Geof Darrow, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, and Gerard Way, as well as Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Richard Corben. The company originated work such as Sin City, 300, The Mask, Hellboy and Concrete, and has published comics based on properties such as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Dragon Age, James Cameron's Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Halo. Dark Horse established an entertainment division in 1989, including movies such as The Mask and TimeCop, The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and Resident Alien on SyFy. In 2022, Dark Horse Media, LLC was established as the parent company of all three divisions, and became part of Embracer Group AB.