Where was Zodac in the battle against Dark-Lyn in ”Masters of the Universe: Revelation”?

Where was Zodac in “Masters of the Universe: Revelation”? Zodac is a Cosmic Enforcer! A space cop! His one job in Motu was to protect the universe! Did they disband him? Where was he?

Questions like these about Zodac’s whereabouts arose quite often in the fan community after the second part of “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” aired in November 2021 on Netflix. Perhaps more familiar with alternate incarnations of Zodac, some fans seemingly unfamiliar with the 1983 Filmation cartoon were expecting a more ‘hands-on’ type of Zodac, one that would confront Dark-Lyn and live up to his awesome title as “Cosmic Enforcer”. So where was Zodac when the universe was such in dire straits? Read on!

The character known as Zodac initially had a very confusing and conflicting launch. Seemingly undecided if he was good or bad, neutral or even a bounty hunter, Mattel was all over the place in the beginning (including with his spelling) when it came to establishing this character and Zodac’s intent among his fellow Masters of the Universe.

Originally, rounding up the first wave of figures in the vintage 1982 “Masters of the Universe” figure line, this mysterious red helmet wearing, gun toting “Cosmic Enforcer” character was presented to children everywhere as an evil foe to He-Man per the action figure’s packaging.

Yet, it was the 1982 DC Comics that interestingly turned the character of Zodac into more of a neutral presence, one who observed the events within the Eternia-centric-multiverse but never affected it (at least not at first.) And not only did DC Comics gift Zodac the ability to observe everything that occurred in the present day, but they gave him the ability to forsee events in the future as well… yet sworn to never intervene!

This new observer of the cosmos role that was bestowed upon Zodac actually rang familiar to some fans that also happened to be avid readers of superhero comics at the time, specifically Marvel Comics. That is because the duties of this new interpretation of Zodac was very similar to the Marvel Comics’ mysterious alien named “Uatu”, otherwise known as “The Watcher”, an extraterrestrial being that monitored Earth and its surroundings but would never intervene.

So this representation of Zodac was certainly a stark departure to many fans, especially the ones that had the glorious William George poster of Heroic Heroes vs. Evil Warriors on their bedroom walls… and Zodac was one of those evil warriors!

But clearly this neutral, cosmos observing interpretation of Zodac must have made an impression to the powers that be, because this is the version that the Filmation animated series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” adopted way back in 1983.

In “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” Filmation canon, the Sorceress describes Zodac as a being who “observes all that happens in the cosmos.” She describes Zodac as the “rider of the cosmic spacewaves”, a name that is apropos as he travels at the speed of a comet in his flying space chair.

Zodac explains his nature to Orko in the Filmation episode “Quest for He-Man”. When the evil Skeletor erases He-Man’s memory and banishes the most powerful man in the universe to a hidden world, the heroes of Eternia call on Zodac to help, and asks the cosmic observer to find He-Man. But Zodac explains “Though I observe all that happens in the cosmos, I cannot use my powers to change things”.

We do learn in this (and other Filmation appearances) that Zodac can help direct people in the right direction to accomplish goals, and even does the same for Skeletor to apparently test He-Man and watch the results. But as always, Zodac must let the resulting events unfold as they may. And since Revelation shares this same continuity with the 1983 Filmation cartoon, we can therefore assume Zodac was observing the events with Dark-Lyn as well, come hell or highwater.

Now perhaps one day Zodac will break this vow (if the consequences are not physically disabling) and help the people of Eternia in the follow-up series “Masters of the Universe: Revolution”. He sure did break that rule eventually in those old DC Comics! But for now, that’s not what Zodac does. In this Filmation/Revelation continuity, Zodac is more of a Cosmic Observer than an Enforcer, which ultimately provides an easy explanation as to why he did not appear in “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” (especially when you have only so many episodes to tell your story.)

Until next time!

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