Filmation made a successful first voyage into first-run syndication (at least under the Filmation name) in 1983 with the debut of He-Man & the Masters of the Universe, based on the Mattel toy line that had launched a year and a half earlier. He-Man lasted three seasons before being cancelled to make room for an animated reincarnation of Ghostbusters (previously reviewed), but not before the hero's twin sister, She-Ra, Princess of Power, had debuted during season 3 and granted her own series, which lasted two seasons.
Filmation vet John Erwin, long the voice of Reggie Mantle in the studio's various Archie series, voiced He-Man and his alter-ego, Prince Adam of Eternia. In fact, the heroic timbre Erwin used had previously been created for comic strip hero Dick Tracy 12 years earlier on Archie's TV Funnies.
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He-Man would make his Saturday debut in a night-time series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2002-05, produced by independent producer Mike Young. The original series currently airs on RTV on Saturdays (check your local listings), hence its inclusion in the Archives.
Rating: A-.
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