Rio Blast

Few corners of the Masters of the Universe mythology feel quite as charged as the arrival of Rio Blast, who blazed onto the page in 1985 — right in the thick of the Bronze Age boom for He-Man and his world — courtesy of creators Steve Grant and Mike Vosburg under the World Distributors banner. With a title like The Fastest Draw in the Universe! announcing his debut, this is clearly a character built around bravado, and his handful of appearances place him in elite company alongside He-Man, Skeletor, Prince Adam, and the Sorceress herself. Rare and concentrated, his small but punchy catalog — spanning titles like Masters of the Universe Annual and The Ultimate Battleground! — makes him a satisfying find for any collector digging deep into the outer edges of Eternia's Bronze Age chapter.