He-Man art and mini-comics for distribution with the action figures. According to Roger Sweet: In the illustrated books released with the first series of toys, He-Man was a barbarian from an Eternian tribe. The planet's inhabitants were dealing with the aftermath of the Great Wars, which devastated the civilizations which once ruled supreme. The wars left behind advanced machinery and weaponry, known only to select people. An early incarnation of the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull gave He-Man some of these weapons, and he set out to defend the secrets of Castle Grayskull from the evil Skeletor. He-Man possessed one-half of the
The Man Who Turned to Stone The Man Who Turned to Stone The Man Who Turned to Stone (a.k.a. The Petrified Man) is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman, directed by László Kardos, that stars Victor Jory, William Hudson, and Charlotte Austin. The screenplay was written by Bernard Gordon under his pen name Raymond T. Marcus. "The Man Who Turned to Stone" was released in 1957 on a double bill with another Katzman-produced film, "Zombies of Mora Tau". Two hundred years ago, a group of unethical doctors learned to extend their lives by draining the vitality of others. Without