Conan's been steeling from He-Man

Originally Posted by TechTrek

interesting. I would think that the stuff (drawings/paintings/lore) would have existing far before that, just that a cultural "term" wasn't invented until the conan age stuff.

Well there's the Greek heroes like Hercules and Achilles which probably inspired most fantasy heroes.
Later Cletic and Norse legends too. All the same sorta stuff!

Originally Posted by Eamon

Well there's the Greek heroes like Hercules and Achilles which probably inspired most fantasy heroes.
Later Cletic and Norse legends too. All the same sorta stuff!

true. it seems that alot of things that we love have several original ideas that inspired them.

they came far before. its interesting to learn more about it....

Originally Posted by Eamon

Because Conan-like sword & sorcery stories were the flavour of the day at the time.
He-Man is not the first blonde barbarian hero.

Errrm, prototype figure lacked colors.

Originally Posted by Grimbot

Errrm, prototype figure lacked colors.

Am ok!

What has that got to do with anything given I already said that sword & sorcery was the flavour of the day ie. it's not neccessarly Conan.

Little do we know, that's actually Vikor.

Originally Posted by Eamon

Am ok!

What has that got to do with anything given I already said that sword & sorcery was the flavour of the day ie. it's not neccessarly Conan.

But look at the helmet and the Arnold like face.

I could show you about ten illustrations of buff guys wearing that sort of helmet that are not Conan from the same period.

I don't see much in that face let alone Arnold.

He-Man was inspired by Frazetta not Conan. Frazetta painted a lot of dudes with helmets.

A wonderful drawing of great minicomic artist Alfredo P. Alcala - thanks for posting and sharing it with us!