As mentioned last time, or next time if you're from the future and reading in reverse chronological order, Ziff-Davis published He-Man way back in 1952, long before that Masters Of The Universe guy showed up. I referenced the cover at right, saying that He-Man guy on the cover had his own book.
That was ... let's call it a "quantum truth", eh?
Has anyone tried covering their bullshit with that term yet? You see, that statement was both true and untrue - while He-Man did indeed have his own book, that's not him on the cover.
Well, it is and it isn't.
Here's the cover to He-Man #1:
Looks nothing like the other guy, right? That's because they are indeed different people. There is no "He-Man" character, only He-Man character types. The stories feature a Bullfighter...
...Gladiators...
...Fighters...
...and single page tales of Mountain Men...
...and Attila the Hun:
And, as promised last time, they also bring us the story of The He-est He-Man Of The All!
They couldn't darn his socks. That was the obvious reason they couldn't 'marry' with him.
Yeah. Brutally obvious.
Even the adverts were He-Man ads-
...well, maybe not this one-
But they've got a creepy cowboy ventriliquist dummy who smoke cigarettes.
I'm gonna give it a pass.
By the way - that Tops In Adventure at the top of the page reprints the entire issue, including ads (except covers), as well as three other comics The Hawk #3, Crusader From Mars #2 and Football Thrills. You can save yourself a bit of hunting by finding that one issue.
pages from He-Man #1 from Ziff-Davis (1952)
