The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse

Heroes and Villains of Origins and Masterverse come alive!

This beautifully designed volume gives a deep dive into the lore and world of the Mattel hit figure lines, Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse. Explore each figure’s background, as well as detailed and wonderfully laid out artwork from the products themselves. Also, the tome will feature new insights from the creators of the figures, written by Alex Irvine (The Comic Book Story of Baseball, Marvel Phase One through Three)!

Dark Horse Books and Mattel proudly present: The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse!
Alex Irvine’s original fiction, including BUYOUT, A SCATTERING OF JADES, and ANTHROPOCENE RAG, has won numerous awards, hit best-seller lists and been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has created licensed and transmedia work in the universes of Marvel, DC, Transformers, Halo, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, Pacific Rim, Deus Ex, and other prominent IP. He has written several games for Marvel and other studios, and done story development on game projects for Blizzard, Amazon, and Ubisoft. Among his nonfiction and reference works are THE VERTIGO ENCYCLOPEDIA, DC COMICS YEAR BY YEAR, and THE COMIC BOOK STORY OF BASEBALL. He lives in Maine.

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Heroes and Villains of Origins and Masterverse come alive!

This beautifully designed volume gives a deep dive into the lore and world of the Mattel hit figure lines, Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse. Explore each figure’s background, as well as detailed and wonderfully laid out artwork from the products themselves. Also, the tome will feature new insights from the creators of the figures, written by Alex Irvine (The Comic Book Story of Baseball, Marvel Phase One through Three)!

Dark Horse Books and Mattel proudly present: The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse!

Author

Alex Irvine’s original fiction, including BUYOUT, A SCATTERING OF JADES, and ANTHROPOCENE RAG, has won numerous awards, hit best-seller lists and been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has created licensed and transmedia work in the universes of Marvel, DC, Transformers, Halo, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, Pacific Rim, Deus Ex, and other prominent IP. He has written several games for Marvel and other studios, and done story development on game projects for Blizzard, Amazon, and Ubisoft. Among his nonfiction and reference works are THE VERTIGO ENCYCLOPEDIA, DC COMICS YEAR BY YEAR, and THE COMIC BOOK STORY OF BASEBALL. He lives in Maine.

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