Battle Cat

Few mounts in Bronze Age comics carry the sheer visual impact of Battle Cat, the fearsome feline companion who thundered onto the page in 1982's Masters of the Universe: The Vengeance of Skeletor — a free promotional comic brought to life by writer Don Glut and artist Alfredo Alcala. Published under Mattel's banner during the explosive early years of the Masters of the Universe phenomenon, Battle Cat shares adventures alongside He-Man, Teela, Man-at-Arms, and the villainous Skeletor and Mer-Man across a tight, action-packed run of titles including King of Castle Grayskull and He-Man and the Power Sword. With nine catalog appearances and a key issue among them, this is a compact but collector-worthy corner of early '80s tie-in comics history — a snapshot of a franchise at its most electric, rendered with genuine Bronze Age craft.