The Real Masters of the Universe

We can’t call on the “power of Grayskull” as we face life’s struggles. But we can receive a higher power when we turn to God the Trinity.

He-Man, Skeletor, Teela, Man-at-Arms, Stratos, Zodac, Beast Man and Mer-Man.

If you know these names, you grew up watching cartoons in the 1980s. If not, the time has come for you to meet the “Masters of the Universe.”

They started as toys, small action figures with bulging muscles that could be used in imaginary battles. Then they were featured in a popular Saturday morning cartoon series, comic books, video games, magazines and several feature films. Novelist Brian Cave writes that they had “everything a kid could ask for as part of their weekend plans: a hero they can look up to, a collection of characters with varied powers, colorful villains they can throw around, and a lush world full of adventure.”

Now, a new movie called Masters of the Universe will be released on June 5. The main character is He-Man, said to be “the most powerful man in the universe.” He began life as Prince Adam, the hybrid of an Earthling and an Eternian. At the age of ...