"Sword & Sorcery, with barbarian heroes in a world of magic, became a distinct sub-genre of fantasy fiction as long ago as the 1930s. But it took until the '70s, when Conan the Barbarian came to Marvel Comics, which then created Red Sonja to go with it, for it to make any inroads into the cartoon form of storytelling. The following decade, with Thundarr the Barbarian leading the way, it began to proliferate in animation. It was in 1985 that Hanna-Barbera got into the act with Galtar & the Golden Lance."