The He-Man/Conan Myth

There has been the myth that the He-Man series was supposed to be a Conan franchise. So I think it is wrong because He-Man toys were sold in 1981. On the other hand, the He-Man cartoon was shown in 1983 a year after Conan the Barbarian was shown in 1982. It may have not been meant to be a Conan cartoon but the inspiration was certainly there.

Why I do think there has been a connection? He-Man started off as a barbarian in a mini-comics but the idea was later scrapped. Even if they changed him into the alter-ego of Prince Adam, some things can't be denied with the following characters of having Conan influence even if the setting of the show is not the same with Conan's ancient times:

• He-Man has to be the most obvious. Self-explanatory.
• She-Ra is similar to Red Sonja except she is He-Man's twin sister.
  
• He-Rol is similar to Kull the Conqueror. Both are ancestors to their respective protagonists.
  
• The main villain Skeletor is similar to the Conan villain Thulsa Doom. No not the movie version but the one from the Robert E. Howard literature that had a skull face. He is in some stories of Conan the archenemy. BTW his base Snake Mountain is almost like the Mountain of Power and he is a cult leader as well proving that the influence came from the comics, not the movie.
  
• King Hiss is similar to the evil Thoth-Amon (who was renamed Wrath-Amon for the cartoon series that came AFTER He-Man). He is also a worshiper of Serpos, which is derived from Set. He and Skeletor and an uneasy alliance with one another like Thulsa Doom did with Thoth-Amon to defeat a common foe even if they don't like each other.
  
• Both series have their own serpent men. Skeletor had Kobra Khan and Hordak had both Tung Laser and Rattler.
• Horde Prime the leader of the Horde seems to be derived from one of the deities in Conan.

However this is all IMO.