Ben Tucker wants to be a comic book artist, His father wants the young teenage to be a jock. Even his friends put him down. One late night a space ship crashes into the sea and Ben comes to the aid of an injured man on the beach. His unselfish concern for the dying stranger puts him in the position to obtain the magic “Circlet of Power” bracelet.
Production
Toyetic character design screaming 'unproduced action figure line.'
Practical Effects
That spaceship crash has no business looking that ambitious.
Director
John Gibbs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a failed pilot for a Marvel Comics character that never got picked up, making it a tax write-off preserved in animation purgatory.
The 'jock vs. artist' tension perfectly captures Reagan-era anxieties about masculinity and creative labor — all in the time it takes to microwave pizza.
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