Robotech/Voltron #2-3: Lotor's mother

[leahandillyana]

The original cartoon never said anything about Lotor's mother. Robotech/Voltron crossover comic fills in the gap, giving her face, name and a reason for marrying Zarkon. Unfortunately, not much more than this, but it also gives some disturbing implication to Lotor's interest in Allura, here however portrayed as a honest crush, somewhat enobling the character. The series also introduces an item later reintroduced in Voltron Legendary Defender, fueling the events of middle third of the cartoon. Trigger warning for graphic character death.

From issue 2:



From issue 3:

Comments

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Huh, didn't know this was a thing.

[mastermahan]

I don't really know Voltron. Is Zarkon usually drawn like the Deep Sea King from One-Punch Man? Is one appearance a tribute to the other?

[leahandillyana]

This is Zarkon's original appearance, from the 1981 continuity. He was redesigned for the 2016 reboot. I am unfamiliar with One-Punch Man, but given it's a recent series, I think the author might have designed a character as a homage to Zarkon.

[janegray]

I waited a while to comment because I'm still so incredibly pissed about VLD and the way it utterly fucked over Kuron, Allura, Shiro, Lotor, and Lance, and wanted to be able to leave salt-free response.

I checked out these comics a while ago, and was pleasantly surprised. The art gets horrible at times, but for the most part was as good as it is here. I really enjoy this cartoonish, colourful style. The story was interesting, and it looked like it was going somewhere cool. It's a shame they cancelled it.