He-Man Meets Ram-Man! is the title of the fifth Masters of the Universe minicomic. It was packaged with Ram-Man. This was the first minicomic produced by DC Comics and the first to feature creator credits, for writer Gary Cohn, artist Mark Texeira, inkter Tod Smith and colorist Anthony Tollin.
Summary[]
Ram-Man stops He-Man who is on his way to a mission in the Attak Trak. Despite the heroes claims that he just wants to pass peacefully, he thinks He-Man is his enemy and attacks by ramming the Attak Trak. But he doesn't stand a chance against He-Man and is knocked out. Skeletor has seen it all and he wants to take advantage of the situation. He approaches Ram-Man, tells him He-Man is evil and that he needs Ram-Man's help to defeat He-Man who lives in Castle Grayskull. Ram-Man should break the gate open. The Sorceress senses the danger and she calls He-Man who has just saved a village from a huge four-armed monster.
When he arrives at Castle Grayskull, Ram-Man still hasn't succeeded in breaching the gates. Now he also understands that Skeletor is in fact the evil one, but he can't stop ramming the castle because he's under Skeletor's magical control. Skeletor and Beastman manage to knock He-Man unconscious. But for that, Skeletor had to use magic which he needed to control Ram-Man who is now free. He knocks down Skeletor, who was just about to kill He-Man. Now it's two against two and the evil guys disappear in a cloud. He-Man and Ram-Man are now 'friends'.
Characters[]
- Heroic Warriors
- Allies
- Evil Warriors
- Others
- Glorm (first and only appearance)
- Vehicles
- Attak Trak (first appearance)
- Locations
Notes[]
- This minicomic was produced for Mattel by DC Comics. According to comic book editor Dave Manak as stated on one of the letter pages published in part three of DC's 1982 Motu mini-series, Within these Walls.. Armageddon, this tale can be considered to be the same continuity as the pre-crisis DC Comics.[1]
- Ram-Man's color scheme is based on an early design concept, which was also used in toy cross-sell art.[2]
- On page 2, He-Man uses the expression "By the Goddess!" even though the character herself is referred to as the Sorceress when she appears on page 5.
- Skeletor refers to his weapon as the Power Sword, though it looks slightly different from the toy version. He bares no other arms in this story.
- Castle Grayskull's Jaw-Bridge is again drawn without it's shield, skull or swords decorations.