The 1980s were filled with fantasy and adventure cartoons with magical beings and machine-based heroes. One popular addition to the genre was Voltron, based on a team of space explorers who pilot Voltron, the Super Robot.

The show was an adaptation of several Japanese anime shows. Lion Force Voltron was adapted from Beast King GoLion and Vehicle Team Voltron was adapted from Armored Fleet Dairugger XV.

The show ran from September 1984 to November 1985, culminating in 72 episodes. Lion Force Voltron told adventures of five pilots who command the robot lions to protect the planet Arus from the evil King Zarkon, his son Lotor, and the witch Haggar. It was followed by Vehicle Team Voltron with a group of explorers seeking new planets who come upon the evil Drule Empire.

Capitalizing on the cartoon’s popularity, Modern Publishing created a three-issue miniseries in 1985, based on the TV show. The comic series covers were inked by Mark McKenna and penciled by Jim Fry, worked under the pseudonym Mac Fury. The artists used the name rather than their own because at the time they were both working for Marvel Comics when this art was created. McKenna recently revealed the background story on social media. In addition to art by McKenna and Fry, the title featured interiors by Dick Ayers.