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A review by jadejade
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium by Val Staples
5.0
Very comprehensive guide with helpful text and plenty of illustrative pictures. Characters take up a log of page time but there is plenty of information on beasts, factions, artefacts, magic, locations, and vehicles. When you look up a topic, the text sets out the year/s and iteration/s of He-Man media to which that topic relates, making it clear whether the topic is a one-off or has been picked up in various canons. I'm delighted that (as far as I can tell) no iteration has been neglected.
Two mild criticisms (if they can even be called that):
* A topic might be listed in an unexpected place, for example Prince Adam is not listed as "Adam" with the A characters but as "Prince Adam" with the P characters.
* The compendium does not cover anything past the publication date in 2017, for example the last entry for She-Ra is for the 2012 DC MOTU comics and not the 2018 Netflix series.
Two mild criticisms (if they can even be called that):
* A topic might be listed in an unexpected place, for example Prince Adam is not listed as "Adam" with the A characters but as "Prince Adam" with the P characters.
* The compendium does not cover anything past the publication date in 2017, for example the last entry for She-Ra is for the 2012 DC MOTU comics and not the 2018 Netflix series.