VOLTRON TV vs. Comic History Comparison

Note: As a comparison, this section necessarily contains spoilers to the show and the comic.

DESTRUCTION OF SINGLE, SENTIENT VOLTRON

TV: Haggar, sorceress to King Zarkon of the Doom Empire (a renegade splinter group from the Drule Empire) battles Voltron, created by Queen Ariella, first Queen of Arus. Haggar breaks Voltron up into five robot lions, not having the power to destroy the single robot completely. Each one crashed into the ground and "buried itself." How each then became adapted for use by human Pilots is still not clear.

COMIC: An ancestor of Haggar's named Sarga, working under Empress Jain IX of the First Empire of the Drule Supremacy (King Zarkon now rules the Ninth Kingdom). Sarga battles Voltron who has been created by a mix of scientists and priests. Supposedly a partially successful counter-spell was cast that prevented Voltron's total destruction and changed the parts from just five portions of the robot to the five mechanical robot lions; this is based on mythological creatures from "the spell-caster's world," which may or may not be Arus. The lions then crash-landed and were hidden on Arus.

LOCATION OF THE BLACK LION KEY

TV: The mice took the Black Lion Key from King Alfor's tomb because they "thought it was pretty" and hid it in their nest. They didn't understand the full significance of it.

COMIC: Allura's cybernetic mice have the Black Lion Key hidden in their cage. Exactly why is unknown, as Allura is unable to communicate with them.

LOCATION OF THE LION KEYS (OTHER THAN BLACK)

TV: King Alfor's tomb.

COMIC: The tomb of King Altarus, of whom little is known, other than he is considered the "most sacred and ancient ancestral King" of Arus, per Coran.

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