1 min read IF YOU WERE a kid in the 1980s, opening up a new Masters of the Universe toy made you think, “I have the power!” It wasn’t just that the figures were hyperarticulated, full of rippling muscles and awesome sci-fi tech. It was that each package came with a mini-comic, a short tale that showed your new character in action, within the larger world. As those inserts made abundantly clear, comics are inextricable from the world of Masters of the Universe . The toy line drew its initial inspiration from film, mashing up the sword-and-sorcery adventure of Conan the Barbarian with the space opera of Star Wars . And most kids of the time learned about the lore through the popular syndicated TV series, a series that often contradicted some of the minicomics. Yet, with its clear-cut morality, its genre-bending adventures, and its larger-than-life heroes and villains, Masters of the Universe feels most at home on the comic book page.…