tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142853949883354813.post633136029519078056..comments2023-05-17T01:44:23.822-07:00Comments on The Herculoids!: "King" Zandor??David C. Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02588742755384547966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142853949883354813.post-84626740509138207662011-11-29T00:58:17.930-08:002011-11-29T00:58:17.930-08:00actually, Zandor was originally intended to be Kin...actually, Zandor was originally intended to be King Zandor according to Hanna Barbera themselves, so calling him King Zandor is actually a sign of excellent research into early official press releases, not poor research<br /><br />the official Hanna Barbara website used to have a section about the Herculoids, and according to that section, the earliest version of the Herculoids was "inspired by" Tarzan, the so-called "King" of the Jungle---IIRC, Zandor was originally named Zartan, but the name was considered too similar to Tarzan by either HB lawyers or the Burroughs estate<br /><br />so HB press releases originally referred to Zandor as King of the Herculoids in imitation of the way Tarzan was often called King of the Apes or King of the Jungle<br /><br />Zandor has also been referred to as King Zandor in the official HB books---so the creators and owners of the Herculoids seem to be fairly certain that his official title is KingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142853949883354813.post-11707512594427890272010-08-07T06:45:50.434-07:002010-08-07T06:45:50.434-07:00I'm leaning towards the "lazy researchers...I'm leaning towards the "lazy researchers using an invalid resource like Wiki or just making it up". That's just my theory. Also, I always get confused when I see Tara's name spelled with two r's. O_oAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458096804211542442noreply@blogger.com