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FATE AN D DESTINY

Hey kids, Scrollos here! How vast the Universe! How mighty the Cosmos! As intergalactic recorder and archivist for the Overlords of Trolla, if is my eternal task to document all that is and all that will ever be. The time has come at last to uncover a tale long in coming. Before he became the most wanted man in the Horde Empire, before he was the Eternian Overlord of Evil, Keldor was a great Prince of Eternia, fighting bravely with his allies and friends for the safety of all free beings. How quickly fates can change! How cruel one's destiny can be! A tale long buried, ot last it can be told! At last I can reveal— The Secret

Origin of Skeletor!

Written by SCOTT NEITUCH

Art by W ELLINTO N ALVES

Cover by ALVES AND STRACHAN

Colors by CARRIE STRACHAN

Letters by PATRICK DROSSEAU

Special thanks ro Rob David, Gabriel De La Torre, and Joyce Oller.

Art Dlrecfor ■ Sonio Choi Asslsranr Editor ■ Sarah Litt Edlror ■ Kwanza Johnson

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EN T ER T A IN M EN T ”

\ NOT LONG, LONG ' S AGO BUT JU ST A 8 IT LONG AGO, TWO PRINCES, . THEY FOUGHT FOR THIS (

LAND... /<f~JOH, G A T H E R \ 'ROUND, CHILDREN;

I 'L L SING YOU A TALE, A TALE OF

k SORROW AND i Is ,. WOE. V~X<>

rj\ THE TWO SO N S OF M/RO THEY FOUGHT

AGAINST TYRANTS BOTH WICKED AND BAD... r-

BUT NO MATTER HOW BRA VE, NO /HATTER HOW GREAT, THE ENDING TO

THIS TALE IS SAD... p~

WELL YOU SEE, RAENIUS, WHILE RANPOR, THE SECOND BORN SON, BECAME KING, MIRO’S FIRST BORN

SON'S STORy IS A TRAGIC ONE > INPEEP.

BUT WHy SAP. SON6STER? PRINCE

RANPOR BECAME KINS RANPOR, ANP

. THERE IS PEACE IN , V ALL ETERNIA.' A

"yes, IT IS TRUE; RANPOR ANP KELPOR FOUGHT TOGETHER AS

'BROTHERS IN THE 6REAT UNREST, i BUT THEy PAIP A PEAR PRICE.

"KINtr MIRO’S BANISHMENT WAS BUT ONE LOSS THE ROyAL,

FAMILy WOULP FEEL BEFORE 1 , THE &U.BAT UNREST ENPEP."

W W ,"ANP SO THE FIRST PART Of

THE &RBAT UNREST ENPEP.

“/VWRZ0 WAS TRAPPEP AS A POWERLESS OLP MAN...

"BUT WITH THE KINS BANISHEP,

THE SECONP PART WAS I ABOUT TO

BEOIN.

"AS FIRST BORN, THE CROWN FELL

TO KELPOR'S SHOULPERS..."

MY FATHER BRA'/EL'/FELL IN BATTLE. WHILE WE

MOURN HIS BANISHMENT, IT IS TIME TO REJOICE WITH A NEW

v KINÖ, My BROTHER PRINCE .KELPOR/ I X

7 I WON'T N BOW TO A

"BLUE SKIN"/ MURPERERS/ k THIEVES/ y

PEOPLE, PLEASE/ WE C A N '^ P V NOT JUO&e A WHOLE RACE FOR \ THE CRIMES OF THEIR ANCESTORS/ My BROTHER FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR THIS

, LANP/ HE IS THE FIRSTBORN HEIR/ A

&\VE THE CROWN TO , THE QUEEN/ NEVER, V TRUST A GAR! >

( (JIVE THE CROWN ' TO THE QUEEN

MOTHER. SHE CAN ̂ BE AN HEIR J

TOO/ ^

M O T H ER/^ 7 WILL you (JET 1

KELPOR? IF THE ' PEOPLE COULP

SEE HIS NOBILITY,, V THEy WILL BE I \ SWAYEP/ A

THE QUEEN/ THE QUEEN.' KELPOR HAS MURPEREP THE QUEEN/,

KELPOR—WHAT . HAPPENEP/? .

BROTHER.. I.. TURNEP ANP..

IT WAS...AN ACCIPENT.

MOTHER.

HE MUST PAY FOR HIS V CRIMES/ y1' THE OAR>

TRAITOR HAS KILLEP THE ,

v Q U EEN .^

W-WHERE AM I ? .

I PON'T HAVE A CHOICE, BROTHER...THE PEOPLE

WILL WANT YOUR LIFE...I WILL ALWAYS

love you...

RANPOR..PON'T....

r FOR THE MURPER OF

THE QUEEN, YOU!^ ARE HEREBY

BANISHEP \a FROM ETERNOS M

v PALACE/.I AM

■ I I SO SORRy, \BROTHER...

r you have ^* PENIEP ME MY

CROWN, RANPOR. BUT I WILL UNITE My PEOPLE.' ONE LANGUAGE, ONE

RACE, ONE PLANET.I WILL RULE My

\ ETERNIA.' t

"ANP SO KELPOR BECAME

AN OUTCAST, WANPERIN6

THROUGHOUT ETERNIA, ALONE I ANP WITHOUT PURPOSE."

^ SHOW ^ yOURSELF/ WHO CALLS .M E HERE? .

EREP GRBAT KELPOR. ANP SUCH (SREAT 9TENTIAL.

fPOTBNTI/ FOR WHA WHO AR

L you?

r ONLy THE ’ GREAT ANP WISE CAN HARNESS ETERNIA'S

, MA<JIC. j

POTENTIAL 'O WIELP

SREAT MAGIC.

J ANP PO ’ you NOT

WANT TO BE l OREAT ANP

Y BECAUSE, I TOO, ^ KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE BETRAyEP By MY OWN

KIN. My NAME IS KUR. SWEAR TO ME ANP I WILL . PO ALL I CAN TO HELP * yOU TAKE BACK yOUR . » RIGHTFUL THRONE/ ^

By' ETERNW, I S O l SWEAR. I MUST

. HAVE 6REAT > L POWER/

GOOD. GOOD!YOU HAVE

i MASTERED 1 CONTROL.

IN ANCIENT TIMES BRAVE WARRIORS v BROUGHT MIGHTY OBJECTS TO TOUCH

THE STAR SEEP IN THE CENTER OF ETERNIA. ABSORBING ITS ENERGY,

, THESE OBJECTS WILL HARMONIZE -rf ANP CHANNEL THE SECRET M l

^ MAGICS Op ETERNI A!

W YOU H A V E ^ LEARNEP MUCH, 1

1 My YOUNG I APPRENTICE. BUT 1 WITHOUT AN AMPLIFIER, VOUR '

. POWERS WILL . \ ALWAYS BE J

LIMITEP. M

y anp iWHERE

WILL I FINP SUCH AN OBJECT? J

you ^MUST GO

TO THE LOSTcrry of

•\ZALESIA... i

^ ...AND^ I DON'T

need you ANYMORE/f WELCOME

I BACK, KELDOR. LORD OF

I THE HAVOC 1 STAFF.

[ AND LORD' OF MY OWN DESTINY. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE,

HO RDA K....

Nq Oo Oo Oo o o o o .'

ETERNIA WILL BE MINE.'

"AND SO KELDOR TRAVELED THE PLANE'

eiKPIKO FELLOW OUTCASTS LIKE HIMSELF

"AND SOME WHO SOUGHT FREEDOM OR

Ri’CHES.“¡T th ese PRISO*J^| f WALLS WILL ̂RESTRAIN YOU NO LONGER. JOIN ME

AND WE WILL TAKE i BACK ETERNIA k FOR ALL FREE A

MEN/ Jk

fANP SO ONE :INAL 3ATTLE WOULD EMC/ THE CrREAT UNREST..."

IT PIP NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS, BROTHER/

r I WILL > TAKE WHAT IS . RIOHTFULLy , k. MINE/ j L

NOOOOOOO!,

v afTBPzi' t tttf WARRIORS' WE Wluc LiVE OK 'O F 6/T

V ANOTHER , i s . vi/.'

L a t e r h o r p a k ’s SECRET SANCTUARY.

HEAL ME, MASTER/ | HEAL ME ANP I SWEAR ALLEOIANCE r POWER'

SUCH POWER. HAHAHAHAHA- h HAHAHAHA.r

"ANP SO OUR TALE ENPS. MEROEP WITH AN EXTRAPIMENSIONAL DEMON, KELDOR WAS NOW

SKELETOR, THE OVERLORP OF EVIL.' HE ANP HIS WARRIORS

WERE MAGICALLY BOUNP TO THE PARK HEMISPHERE AWAY FROM ALL THAT IS COOP ANP LI6HT.

Y 1 HE ARP \' that skeleto rCAME BACK ANP STOLE THE L0N6 , LOST ROYAL \ PRINCESS' /

' X HEARP ^ HE CLONEP THE SORCERESS TO BE HIS 8RIPE.'PIP

NOT.'THAT'S STUPIP/ '

EVERYONE KNOWS THERE IS NO

s. SO RCERESS.'J

CHILPREN.' CHILPREN. THOSE ARE JUST TALL TALES. ANP YOU CAN'T BELIEVE EVERY STORY

V W U ARE TOLP/ /

r IF ONLY i THAT WERE

TRUE. IF k ONLY... /

•jphe end., fo r now.

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