Explanations

Foreword
After Months of Hard Work there were All Episodes to View, All Cassettes to Hear and All Stuff to
Read this Chronology is finished, well, not completely but in an Version that can be put to the
Public.
Of Course there are a Lot of Things that need to be put into this Chronology New (and Old) Comics,
New Seasons of the Cartoon and so far. I intend to do this as soon as possible and keep this
Chronology up-to-date.
But for now: Enjoy the Version below.
Some may not agree with any Points of the Chronology especially because there is everything in it,
that has ever been officially published to MOTU, including the New Cartoon, the Classic Cartoon and
the New Adventures, the German Cassettes and Publications and so on.
One of the great critics I recieved from the German Forums on this Chronology was, that it is
impossible to merge the Classics and the 200X Storylines. Well, at last Mattel himself has proven this
to be untrue with its Motu-Classics-Line, which, in its Character Bios combines all Sources. A feature
I highly appreciate ;).
Of Course it depends on the Reader whether to reject some Dates or not but hopefully youll enjoy this
Chronology I enjoyed writing it!
Feedback appreciated.

Basics
Writing a Chronology about MOTU is no easy task especially because there are a Lot of different
Sources in different Countries, for example the German Audio Cassettes or the Publications in
England or Germany. A Sort of Publication Chaos so to speak thats unthinkable of Nowadays.
But all this Stuff has been published under Official Licence so everything was sorted in this
Chronology.
Of Course there are a Few Problems with some Publications and in this File you can Read about them.
Why is Something in the Place in the Chronology where it is? You find it here.

Dating
The First Problem in Writing this Chronology: How to Date it? When takes what Event place?
There havent been any Reference Dates in None of the Series and there havent been Reference
Dates about Eternian Years too. So what to do? Setting MOTU in the Mid-80s where it had been
produced? Seems quite acceptable but He-Man would have an Age of 40 or older by now no chance
of making the Dating a little Timeless for the MOTU-Universe. And you cant start a New Timeline
for example at Adams Birth is Year 0 and so far.
But then there was the MOTU The Movie (1987) and its Comic (and whatever you may think of it,
it IS an official Part of the MOTU-Saga). The Comic of the Movie GIVES us the EXACT Date on
which MOTU takes place: The Earth Year 3221 (A Thousand Years after the Mentioned Crashlanding
of an Earth Ship on Eternia). There are no other Sources that deny this Information so there is no
Reason to reject it.
Now you can count on this Date: When the Earth Year 1987 is the MOTU-Year 3221, then 1983-1986
would be 3217-3220, and this is where the Classic Cartoon takes place. One Season on Television is
One Year so after every Season of the Cartoon there is another Year that has passed.
With This the Workings on the Chronology began.

The Classic Cartoon

The Cartoon started in 1983, which is the Year 3217 in the Chronology.
The First Season caused no Problems and it and the Second Season were sorted in the Production
Order mentioned on He-Man.org. 1985 there was the Princess of Power Cartoon, started off at about
the Hundreth Episode of MOTU (yet if it is not quite consistent with the Aired Dates). The First 30
She-Ra-Episodes are setted at the same time with the Last 30 MOTU-Episodes. The Christmas Special
is therefore set to December 1985 (or 3219 in the Chronology). The Last She-Ra-Episodes were
produced in 1986 but Aired First in 1987. This Episodes were also set in 1986/3220.
In The Cosmic Comet Zagraz explained, that he had his Last Visitor about 100 or 200 Years ago.
You can take the Middle of 150 Years here and place this Date in the Chronology.
In Shaping Staff Skeletor says, that he will restore Evil-Lyn and Faker. Till this Point only He-Man
saw Faker so that Fakers Later Appearances are consistent with this He-Mans Friends dont
recognize him as Faker.
In The Time Corridor there is no exact Date how Far He-Man and his Friends travel into Eternias
Past. There is only one Point for Sure: It is a Time where Grayskull doesnt yet exist.
Some of the Cartoon Episodes are similar (or nearly identical) with some of the Minicomics. These
are: Masks of Power / dto., Dragons Gift/dto. And A Tale of two Cities/Slave City. These
Episodes are nearly identical with the Comics and there is no Reason why two nearly identical Events
shall Happen, so the Comics were sorted with the Cartoon-Episodes.
In Creatures from the Tar Swamp you never hear a Date how old Adam was as he was rescued by
Orko even the New Cartoon (one of the First Episodes has nearly an identical Scene) doesnt.
Some Episodes, like Orkos Favorite Uncle are sorted before others. In this Case Orkos Favorite
Uncle must be placed before The Return of Orkos Uncle because Orko meets Montork the First
time in the First Episode. Although it was sorted correctly the Number of the Episodes remained in
Production Order. So it is possible that some Episodes with higher Numbers are placed before others
with Minor Numbers.
In House of Shokoti there are again no Chronological Dates. It is mentioned that 1000 Years after
the Buildance of Shokotis Pyramid it had been hidden but you dont hear a Date when it was built.
The Same Problem in Double-Edged Sword.
In The Mystery of Man-E-Faces presents us a Story of Man-E-Faces and how he was influenced by
Skeletor. This Story conflicts with some Others Like in the New Cartoon or the Minicomics. But it is
A Told Story and you may ask how exaggerated it is. Skeletor may have influenced Man-E-Faces but
there are no other Chronological Dates about this.
In The Energy Beast there are again no Informations about the Date when the Beast has been
arrested. Its only said it was Millions of Years ago. The Same in Fistos Forest. But of course
Fitos Forest presents another told Story and for every told Story you cant exactly say what is
true and what isnt.
Adam celebrates his Birthday in The Great Books Mystery. There are no Words about his Age but if
you count the Candles its about 17-19. The Minicomic The Tale of Teela! gives us the Birthday of
Teela (whether there are a few things in this Comic which are questionable there is no Reason to reject
the Given Date for more of this look in the Comic-Section). From The Once and Future Duke we
know that Adam and Teela are born in the SAME Year (they BOTH Played with David when they
BOTH were 8). Therefore its Adams 22th Birthday.

The Origin of the Sorceress shows us how the Sorceress became the Sorceress. This Happened at a
Time when the Horde attacked Eternia (or the Attack is directly ahead, because the sorceress says, that
theyll be ready for them). There may be a Problem with how long the Horde Attack lasts. A Year?
Longer? There are no Infos about this but the Episode must be about the Year 3196. As we know from
the new MOTU Classics Line this must be the Time when Hordak kidnapped Adora, which is
consistent with the Birth Year of 3196. As far as we don't know how exactly he was trapped at
Despondos we can't say if or how he managed to do this (maybe the Remembrance Scene in "Power of
the Sword" is not quite consistent and Hordak is just a 'placeholder' there, what means he was not
'really' there).
The Memories of Marlena in The Rainbow Warrior are also questionable. Randor wasnt King when
she crashlanded but it looks as if he is. Maybe its shortly before he became King, but this would be
about 3196 and it doesnt make sense that Adora and Adam were born in the same Year she landed
(this seems a Little too fast). In the New Cartoon we See Randor with his Beard in The Beginning,
which is also placed 3196. Well, Marlenas Memories contradicts her former Memorys seen in an
earlier Episodes so we can assume that she hasnt an exact Memory of her Landing. However, one of
the DC Comics gives us the exact Date of Marlenas Crashlanding, placing it in 3191.
The Episodes 91 and 92, Jacob and the Widgets and The Littliest Giant, presents us the Widgets
(again). Jacob stays with them but isnt mentioned in Episode 92. Ok, only the Beginning of Episode
92 is placed in the Widget Stronghold so maybe he is there but isnt seen.
The Transformation of Cringer to Battle Cat is described in Battlecat. There are Problems with this
with the New Cartoon and the first Minicomics. But again the Episode presents an told Story and
therefore it may not be Fully the Truth. An interesting Fact is, that Cringer cant Speak in the Episode
until he is transformed to Battle Cat. So this Episode maybe doesnt show Cringers FIRST
Transformation but the One after which he is able to Speak! This fits perfectly in accordance with
the New Cartoon. But there is Creatures from the Tar Swamp and in this Episode we can hear
Cringer in the Scene with Young Adam that he says something. But this can be ignored, because in the
New Cartoon in exactly the Same Scene in Lessons Cringer doesnt speak (so, to use a famous
word: it was retconned).
The Time Wheel again has no Chronological Reference Date.
As said in Search for the Past King Miro was imprisoned for Years. There is no exact Date about
Miros Disappearance (even not in the New Cartoon where this is mentioned too) but we can set it by
using the Facts: It must be before Randor became King (he wouldnt become King as long as Miro is
of course) and Randor became King in The Beginning, in the Year of Adoras and Adams Birth
3196. The She-Ra-Episode with King Miro mentioned this also.
Happy Birthday Roboto gives us another Problem: It contradicts with a Few Comics and the New
Cartoon. But Roboto is only a Robot and in this Classic-Episode it is said, that there are much more of
them. Maybe the Roboto of the New Cartoon has been destroyed sometimes before the Episode and
Man-at-Arms made a New One (Comic) which is also destroyed (or maybe send reprogrammed to an
Outworld Mission) until a New Roboto lands on Eternia (which has no Memories at all). All this
Incidents seem quite consistent especially with the Roboto Character so we can Set the Episode to
its right place in the Chronology.

She-Ra: Princess of Power

The She-Ra-Cartoon started off in 1985/3219. The Sorceress erased the Memories of all Eternians
about Adoras kidnapping, so it is also possible for the New Cartoon that Hordak kidnapped her. The
Sorceress and Man-at-Arms follow Hordak to Snake Mountain where he escapes (which ends the
Horde Attack on Eternia). This must be very shortly before the Sorceress and Man-at-Arms created the

Mystic Wall (mentioned in The Beginning). As mentioned before the New Cartoon states, that
Hordak was trapped in Despondos by 3196 so he may not "really" be there (maybe a Projection or a
Henchman or something else). This is of course no contradiction at all.
The First Season Episodes of She-Ra are set parallel to the MOTU-Episodes.
In Enchanted Castle we see the Celebration of the Freeing of Mystacor, but it is impossible that its
one Year or more back, so maybe the Story Adora tells Kowl happened recently (or the Etherian Time
runs faster). There is a similar Problem later with General Sunders Daughter. But like the Classic
Cartoon this Episode contains a told Story and you cant exactly say whether its true or not.
We too have mere Chronological Dates in the She-Ra Episodes. It is said that something happened
long ago etc..
The Attack of the Horde on Etheria can be set to 3199 like proven in two Episodes: Micah of Bright
Moon shows us the 20th Anniversary of Angellas and Micahs Wedding and that they were a happy
family, right before the Horde Attacked. Anchors aloft tells us, that Sea Hawks Father disappeared
20 Years ago while Fighting the Horde. So when the Horde wasnt there when Angella and Micah
married but were there when Sea Hawks Father disappeared in the Same Year it must be 3199.
Darksmoke and Fire presents She-Ra travelling 1000 Years into the Past (First it is told of a few
thousand Years but then the exact Years are mentioned). She helps to arrange Cease Fire between
Humans and Dragons. We know from the Classic-Episodes that Granamyr trusted a Human the Last
Time 2 Years earlier (Dragons Gift). You can debate about if this is the Battle from this She-RaEpisode or not. However in the upcoming 1000 Years the Peace between Dragons and Humans didnt
last.
Return of the General shows us Sunders Family his Wife and Daughter. The Daughter seems to be
3 Years old but going by the Seasons it could only be about 1 Year. Maybe she was adopted? But
when why hasnt she been there in Unexpected Ally? Maybe because she was a Baby about this
time? Other Episodes seem to prove that Etherian Time runs faster. But setting the Episode later in the
Chronology is senseless so maybe Sunders Daughter is adopted or is able to run and speak with Age
1 (one of those Miracle Childs?). After all this is not really a point that conflicts the Chronology - but I
found it interesting enough to mention it ;).
Another Strange Things in She-Ra are the Rock People and Snout Spout see about this in the ComicSection.
The Slime Pit in Loo-Kees Sweety must be another than the One from the Comics.

MOTU The Movie

By placing everything ever published in the chronology MOTU The Movie was also plotted in. But
there are a Few Points to reward about this: In the Movie Comic it is said that the First Eternians
stranded 2221 on Eternia. From Episodes from the Classic Cartoon we know that there WERE
Humans who lived before that time on Eternia. Maybe this indicates the First Royal Family?
(However a Starship crashed 1000 Years ago on Eternia and maybe thats the Reason why the
Eternians speak English;)?).
Saurod does not die in the Comic. Because of the Movie and the Comic shall be the Same we can
assume that Saurod didnt die (maybe he only was teleported somewhere). Some of the Later
published Comics feature Suarod as well so he must be alive somehow.
The Last Thing to debate about is of Eternia in Ruins after the Movie. Actually there is no sign of how
much of Eternia is destroyed and because of some Later Comics everything must have been build up
again.

New Adventures of He-Man

Again we have the Dating Problem here (and no matter what you think of the Series, it IS Part of the
MOTU-Saga) but in Crack in the World Skeletor mentioned the exact Date he and He-Man travelled
into the Future.
Again in the New Adventures there arent much References to foremost Events but if you see the
Time the Series plays it wouldnt have much influence on the Classic-Epoch.
There are of course Problems with the Minicomics and the Cartoon He-Mans travel into the Future
is different! It is for Sure that He-Man travelled into the Future with the Starship/Timeship like it is
mentioned in every Versions. In the Comics Skeletor sees Adams transformation, in the Cartoon this
remains a Secret (but well Skeletor is not so stupid after all, why didnt he ask himself what Adam
does in the Future?).

New Masters of the Universe

Another Part of the MOTU-Universe: The New Series. It is also Part of the Chronology instead of that
is stated it may be a total New-Interpretation. So far there are no discrepancies with the ClassicCartoon (well see about that when the Snake War of the 2nd Season ends). In the Classic-Cartoon the
only Snake Men that appeared are Rattlor and Tung Lashor (mostly in the She-Ra-Cartoon), so well
see about discrepancies to come with the ongoing New Series (as long as King Hsss is banned in the
Void again there should be None but well see about it (and maybe correct the Chronology) in
Time).
Also the Race between Man-at-Arms and Mer-Man in the Classic-Cartoon-Episode Teelas Quest
dated One Year after the Buildance of the Mystic Wall causes no Problems. In The Beginning
Mer-Man brings a Coridite-Crystal to Skeletor and its obviously that he is able to swim in the Sea of
Rakash and can therefore pass the Mystic Wall (you dont really believe that the Mystic Wall spans
the whole Planet, hundreth of Feets Deep in the Sea of Rakash do you?).
Again we have the typical Something happened Years ago-Sentences in the New Series (did I ever
mention how I hate this?), like in Mekanecks Lament.
In "The Power of Grayskull" you don't have an exact date (again!), when King Grayskull lived, but
you can come close looking the other Episodes:
Tung Lashor mentions in "Rattle of the Snake" that this is the second Invasion of Eternia - so there can
only been one Invasion, 1000 years earlier.
King Hsss fought King Grayskull, so this too must have been 1000 years ago (King Grayskull would
surely not be in an Age over 1000!). So what timespan is in between?
If you assume that the First Cartoon Season spans one year the time between "Snake Pit" and
"Rattle..." is almost one year too.
So, going back 1000 years, the events are as follows: 1000 years ago King Hsss fought Hordak and
was defeated (NOT a Snake Men Invasion at that point!) and King Grayskull defeated Hordak. One
year later (2214 in Chronology) Hss rose again and started his Invasion (after Serpos was banished by
the Elders).
The date from the Classics-Comics of Hsss banishment (2220) fits perfectly in this events (it is
realistic, that King Hsss Invasion spans 6 years before he was banished into the Void). This way the
old and new Series' fit perfectly to each other.
One thing to mention too: Hordaks' creating of the Dark Hemisphere and help in the Creation of the
Central Tower should also be around that time.

Comics and all other Stuff

Some of the Cartoon Episodes are similar (or nearly identical) with some of the Minicomics. These
are: Masks of Power / dto., Dragons Gift/dto. And A Tale of two Cities/Slave City. These
Episodes are nearly identical with the Comics and there is no Reason why two nearly identical Events
shall Happen, so the Comics were sorted with the Cartoon-Episodes.
The She-Ra-Minicomics arent familiar with the Cartoon but with the Toyline (Catra is the Enemy).
But you can sort them in the Chronology and say, that Catra attacked a few times without Hordak (an
Explanation that this is True is mentioned in the UK-Comics). The Comics begin in 1985 (3219) by
watching a Little Bit at the Surrounding Events. The 86 Comics and the Audio Cassettes are sorted
after the Cartoon Series. Some comics have a 1984 Printing Date but you have to sort them with the
85 Comics (Journey to Mizar for example: You cant fight with Angella when she isnt free which
happened in TSOS). Also you have to sort A Born champion After Assault on the Hive because of
the Appearance of Sweet Bee. It would make no Sense sorting the Cartoon after the Comics.
The Story of She-Ra has a Little discrepancy with the Cartoon Pilot Episodes. She-Ra fights against
Catra, He-Man appears and helps her and the Sorceress then tells them of her heritage. This might be
when She-Ra and He-Man flee from the Magna Beam and the Fright Zone in TSOS a Little fight
against Catra on the Way. Therefore it was placed with TSOS (and the Shortcut for The Story of SheRa is also TSOS).
The New Adventures Minicomics also have a Different Story like the Cartoon. This might be the
Most knowing Story how He-Man travels in the Future (the Real Event might be a Sort of Mixing the
two Story Elements). But luckily there are only 4 Minicomics which can be sorted right easily with the
Cartoon. The Comics are similar to the First Cartoon Episodes (theft of Trifusium-Crystals) so there is
no Reason why two nearly identical Events shall Happen, so the Comics were sorted with the CartoonEpisodes.
The First Classic Minicomics have an Other Version of Eternia: He-Man leaves hid Tribe to fight for
Grayskull. With the known Story of Adam there are a Lot of mistakes in here. But the Comics and
their Events cant be ignored though. The Second DC Comic The Key to Castle Grayskull explains,
that He-Man helped an Nomadic Tribe shortly before so this MUST be the Tribe of the First
Minicomic. In He-Man and the Power Sowrd it is also said, that Skeletor came from another World.
Well, maybe Skeletor visited another World somewhen in his Life so this could be possible.
In The Tale of Teela! it is said that Teela was born 20 Years ago (3196) and no Matter what you
may think of the Comic there is no Reason to reject this Date. The Story Skeletor tells Teela indeed
must be a Lie (or has some sort of it in it), because 3196 Skeletor was Keldor (but like in the Cartoon
Episodes you must be careful with told Stories).
The Magic Stealer! presents a tiny Mistake: Zoar and the Sorceress just standing nearby! Well that
Time no One knews that they wanted to make the Sorceress Zoar but we have to find an Explanation
for MOTU. So maybe its a Robot Bird or a Trick from the Sorceress to keep her identity.
He-Man meets Ram-Man presents the (first?) meeting of He-Man and Ram-Man but with a little
mistake (even if you exclude the New Cartoon). One Issue before in The Power of Point Dread!
asks He-Man for Ram-Man, who is en Route. The Early Minicomics all have NUMBERS so
Dread! cant play after Ram-Man. Maybe something with Ram-Mans Mind? Or maybe
something happened which we dont know of yet. Whatever we can assume that Skeletor influenced
Ram-Man somehow (he tells him of the Laughing Castle Grayskull) and for what Reason ever he was
tricked by him.

The Same with The Menace of Trap Jaw!. There are mistakes here as well it is definitvely NOT
the FIRST Meeting with Trap Jaw (even if you exclude the new Series). Again this Comic has a
Number and cant be set earlier. But you can see Trap Jaw on Skeletors Side a few Issues earlier! So
maybe a Little Journey of Trap Jaw to another World? An attempt to flee from Skeletor? Seems so
Again the Same in The Ordeal of Man-E-Faces! and The Terror of Tri-Klops!. The First One is
Less a Problem if you assume that Man-E-Faces was able to Transform himself before the Comic (as
shown in the New Series). An interesting Point is that the Sorceres says, that Skeletor maybe try to
influence Man-E-Faces again (as happened later in the Classic Cartoon and there is also an Episode
in the New Series in which Beast Man tries to control Man-E-Faces).
The Terror of Tri-Klops! must be seen under the Aspect of the New Series. But else you can
assume that Skeletor just grapped Tri-Klops out of Battle and using him to Attack He-Man. Again this
Comic has a Number and a Few Issues Earlier we can see Tri-Klops on Skeletors Side so again he
must have been there before.
The 85 Minicomics start after the Cartoon so they can sensefully go with the She-Ra-Episodes. The
83 and 84 Comics are at their appropriate Year, seeing for Surrounding Events and sort them all over
the Year as they were printed (Clash of Arms for example near the Episode Fistos Forest and so
on).
The Roboto-Section was mentioned in the Classic-Cartoon Section.
You have two Appearances of Battle Bones: Skeletors Dragon and Stench of Evil. They both
reappear in the Audio Cassettes but in other form see there for further Infos. In Skeletors Dragon
Skeletor didnt bend the Dragon on him so maybe it is another One the the One from the Cassette.
Grizzlor A Legend comes alive has a 84 Printing Date on Cover (Cover-Printing Dates are
normally a Good odd sorting them in) but has to be placed with the 85 Comics (He-Mans Friends
meet Grizzlor but faraway only He-Man had met him). Maybe it was printed in 84 but published in 85
(like Hordak The Ruthless Leaders Revenge and Mantenna and the Menace, both are placed
in 85 but after Grizzlor and Leech Master of Power Suction Unleashed because He-Mans
Friends meet the Creatures there the First Time). But what about Hordak, he could tried to Attack
Eternia earlier, before He-Man meets Adora, but this has a discrepancy with Leech in which the
Heroes are Surprised by an Attack of Hordak so it has to be placed before Hordak and
Mantenna.
The Treachery of Modulok must be set directly after (or partly during) Gateway to Trouble,
because you see Modulok going to the Horde. Well, He-Man must have seen Modulok before so we
can question why he didnt recognize him maybe he thought it would only be something similar.
That Modulok is able to spilt himself in Parts is unknown at that Point.
The History of the Rock People is a little confusing looking for their Appearances. First they land in
The Rock People on Etheria, then Stonedar and Rokkon travel to Eternia in Rock People to the
Rescue and hordak attacks them Twice after that (Between a Rock and a Hard Place & Escape
from the Slime Pit!). Very well so far. But then there are the Cassettes and the Second Ehapa-Comic.
In the Cassettes Stonedar and Rokkon again land on Eternia (and no one knows them) but maybe
they were seen as Rocks and therefore not recognized First, so they may have been on a Journey. In
the Comic we see a Swarm of Meteorites (actually Rock People) land on Eternia and He-Man and his
Friends stop them. Well again we can assume that they werent recognized in their Rock Form just as
Skeletor planned as he tried to throw them on Grayskull. Fits quite well and explains why He-Man
and the Rock People became Friends very fast. So maybe the Rock People took some Trips after their
landing on Etheria (or Move their whole Race to Eternia because Etheria is unsafe). In the Second
Star-Comic Rokkon and Stonedar again land on Eternia but here it is the Meteorb-Hunt which is
imminent to the Story. Because of so much different Sources we should ignore the Fact that the Rock
People introduce themselves so often to He-Man and his Friends.

The Terror Claws strike! must be set before Escape from The Slime Pit! and Flying Fists of
Power, because Skeletor wears his Claws in Pit! and we see a Snake Men (Rattlor as it seems) so
King of the Snake Men must be placed before that Comic too . Those two Comics have a 85
Signature but must be placed later in the Timeline, because they have to Play AFTER the Last She-RaEpisode in which we can see Snake Men (Shades of Orko, POP #90) because in King of the Snake
Men King Hiss teleports Rattlor and Tung Lashor from the Horde to Eternia and it doesnt make
sense that the two Snake Men will serve Hordak much longer when their King is back! Therefore this
Comic must be placed in 3220. Claws, Slime Pit! and Flying Fists follow, because the
Comics name Events from the Further Comics and must be placed after them. The Freeing of King
Hiss seems a Little disturbing because of the New Cartoon. At this Point we cant know what Further
Plans are with the Snake Men in the New Cartoon or the New Line but when Hiss is trapped in the
Void again with his Snake Men (instead of Rattlor and Tung Lashor, who Escape and Join Hordak
while Kobra Khan joins Skeletor) everything will be alright in the Timeline. Therefore Hiss
Revenge he speaks of in the Minicomics has much more sense if this happens. Well see about that
and further Events in the Future (maybe the Timeline needs to be corrected).
Multi-Bot first appears in Black Snow, a She-Ra-Episode. Therefore The Menace of Multi-Bot!
must be placed shortly thereafter, because this is He-Mans First Meeting with Multi-Bot.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place has a Scene from Rock People to the Rescue in it but has to
placed after Slime Pit!, because the Slime Pit is mentioned in the Comic. This places Rock
People to the Rescue at the End of the Year 3219.
The Ultimate Battleground! has to be placed after the Cartoon-Series in 3220. It presents the reappearance of the Eternia-Towers and makes the Way for The Powers of Grayskull. The Comic
ends with the Words The Bginning.
In Enter: Buzz-Saw Hordak Hordak enters the Central Tower and talks about Time Travels which
the Tower is able to accomplish. Because of this Randor wants to know more about Keldor in The
Search for Keldor and this makes the Way for Powers of Grayskull and the Time Travel in that
Comic so it has to be placed before the two Comics.
Well, with the New Cartoon at Hand we know that Skeletor IS Keldor so it seems strange that Randor
looks for him in The Search for Keldor. But he speaks of The Riddle of Keldor so we can assume
he wanted to know more about Keldors Magic or something else.
The Cosmic Key must be placed before The Powers of Grayskull because the Sorceress
mentioned that the usage of the Cosmic Key near the Eternia Towers opened the Time Portal.
The Volume II-Comic of the New MOTU-Series must be placed after NMOTU #16: Two-Bad is there
but Stinkor doesnt still exist. From the Icons of Evil-Series we know that Skeletor created his
Skeleton Warriors Years ago after the Creation of the Mystic Wall so it is possible that they appear
here.
The Target Exclusive Comic (2-Pack Comic) presents Skeletor who is able to Teleport or so it
seems (possibly it could be something else). But he learns it in the Volume II-Comic. Because of the
Episode Sky War mentioned in the Target-Comic this Comic cant be placed that Later and must be
placed shortly after this Episode (but about NMOTU #9 because it took a few more Episodes for
Skeletor to Learn of the Sorceress of Grayskull also mentioned in the Comic in direct Confrontation
with Skeletor).
The Icons of Evil again dont have an Exact Date (again it all happened Years ago). But from the
third Issue Trap Jaw we know they have to be placed shortly after the Creation of the Mystic Wall
so the Other Issue must be placed in the Same Year but a little earlier.
Now for the Cassettes. The German She-Ra-Cassettes from 1986 have to be set in the appropriate
Year after the Cartoon-Series (because of the Appearance of Sweet Bee they must be placed after The

Hive). One must ignore that in the Cassettes everyone knows Adoras Secret. The Cassettes
concentrate on the Toyline and not the Cartoon.
The German MOTU-Cassettes begin in 1985 (the First 11 Numbers). No. 12-24 are from 1986, 25-34
from 1987. They have been placed within their Production Years when the Comics End but beside the
Cartoon. The 86 Cassettes must be placed before the Appearance of the Eternia Towers the Towers
change Things on Eternia. Within the First Ehapa-Comic of 1987 we can see the Eternia Towers, so
the Cassettes have to be placed before. The Destruction of Snake Mountain in No. 37 wasnt as final
as it seems (in No. 6 Snake Mountain is als destroyed but only one number later it reappears as if
nothing happened, so this is the Same Problem). The Last 3 Numbers (35-37) are from 1988 but must
be placed with the 1987 Cassettes because the Last 5 Numbers have a ongoing Story which plays a
Few Days after another.
Some of the Cassettes must therefore be placed directly after each other because they Name Events of
Earlier Numbers.
The New Adventures-Cassette presents the Same Story as the Ehapa-Comic and the Minicomics of the
Toyline. The Touching of the Crystal with He-Mans Sword must be placed somwhere between/during
the First Episodes/Minicomic before the Theft of the Trifusium-Crystals no matter that it is never
mentioned in the NA-Series.
In Cassette No. 2 were given an Explanation for Skeletor but it cant be true (just watch the New
Series). The Giants may have transformed their Evil through Time on Skeletor you can also read this
from their Explanations and it seems to be the Best solution of this Problem. Again we have no idea of
how much the Friends travel back in time.
Cassette No. 12 presents seemingly the first Meeting with Whiplash and Kobra Khan very strange
because it is a 3220 Cassette. We have the First Appearance of the Dragon Walker here too. Well, we
have to ignore this little Sentences because they make no Sense. The Same with the Appearances of
Hordak and Battle Bones (in a Later Cassette we hear of more than one Battle Bones, so its obviously
a mistake). The destruction of the Talon Fighter is NOT a mistake: From the Minicomic The Power
of Point Dread! we know that the Talon Fighter once destroyed reapperas at Point Dread.
No. 14 and 16 (and partly No. 17) are nearly identical with Skeletors Ice Attack and Attack on
Castle Grayskull (the Ladybird Books). Like the Minicomics and the Cartoon it would make no
Sense that two identical Events shall happen therefore the Books were placed with the Cassettes no
matter that their printing date is one Year earlier. The German Mattel-Magazine Der Doppelgaenger
presents the Same Story like Cassette No. 7.
There are sevral accounts in the Cassettes which prove that they have a Lot of mistakes and that some
of them should be ignored: No. 21 and 22 for Example. Teela didnt recognize Modulok instead of
that she met him only One Number before. Or Multi-Bots First Appearance in No. 31 he was also
there in No. 29! And the First Meetings of No. 26 and 28 well, you see? Too much mistakes in
the Cassettes to take this for Serious.
The NA-Ehapa-Comics can be sorted between the NA-Episodes. There are two Stories in the Issues
playing shortly after another (like the Other Ehapas and the Interparts). The Story of EH89 #8
(Skeletors Falle schnappt zu) is almost the Same Story like the Episode Glasnost Schmaznost:
Skeletor convinces the Galactic Council that he is the Good One. In the Comic he has influenced
Darius to Help him, in the Episode he does it without him. Again it wouldnt make sense that two
(nearly) identical Events happen so the Comic was sorted with the Episode.
The Kellogs- and Micky Mouse-Comics were also sorted in (they were licensed though) but present
only little Story Events and were therefore sorted in with short Entries.
The German Masters-Magazines (the Mattel-Advertisement-Magazines) hav similar mistakes like the
Cassettes when you look at those incredible First Meetings of Characters. Again we must ignore
those Sentences but of Course not the Overall Stories which were placed in the Chronology.
Mag86 #1 must be placed after the Cassettes because of He-Mans Battle Armor (well could be a Point
to debate about but the further Workings must be Improvements of the Armour).
Mag88 #1 must be placed shortly before the Movie (despite it has a 88 Date), because it presents
Skeletors First attempt to Steal the Cosmic Key.

The 1987 Ehapa-Comics begin after the Movie (Hordak and the Eternia Towers are there and the First
Issue started at the End of 87). So far it continues with thee Comics until 3223 and the Beginning of
the
New Adventures.
The German Interpart-Comics were published in 1985 and therefore placed in the appropriate Year.
The DC Comics play shortly after another and are placed like that. The Story of the Two Halfes of the
Power Sword ended with DC #3 with the known Story of One Power Sword and He-Mans
Transformation. So before the Beginning of the DC Minicomics He-Mans Sword must have been
splitted apart (of Reasons we can barely think of) and reunited in or after DC #3 (the Sorceress
mentioned at the End of DC #3 that she will bring the Sword back to Safety she doesnt speak of the
Two Halfes any More and the Safety seems to be the Hands of He-Man). The only Explanation that
makes Sense for this Story Parts.
There are two Stories named The Power of Point Dread, the Minicomic and the Story which comes
along with a Second Story: Danger at Castle Grayskull!. This One must be placed before The Tale
of Teela because of the Appearance of Point Dread shortly before Skeletor wants to conquer it (The
Tale of Teela) and before Point Dread was placed atop of Grayskull. The Talon Fighter reappears in
Danger at Castle Grayskull but from the Classic-Cartoon we know that he must be near the Palace.
So he disappeared from Grayskull. Danger at Castle Grayskull was therefore placed in the Year it
belongs to: 3217.
The Fourth Starcomic describes the reappearnce of the Snake Men (similar to the Minicomic King of
the Snake Men but with little Differencies). Therefore this Comic must be placed directly after the
Minicomic (there is no Place for other Stuff in here). The only Strange Thing then are Skeletor and his
Terror Claws but they appear in the Chronology in the following Minicomic so it is possible that
Skeletor uses them here the First Time. The Terror Claws of the First Starcomic are obviously a
Prototype (they are looking ahm strange) so he has improved them.
The Last Three Starcomics have to be placed before the Movie (theyre published later) because in
Lifetime Part 1 it is mentioned how Skeletor conquered Grayskull using the Cosmic Key.
New Champions of Eternia (Golden Books) stated that Evil-Lyn, Tri-Klops and Beast Man might be
Crewmembers of Marlena as she crashlanded on Eternia. But this is questionable it could be a
magical Trick of Skeletor or something else. Marlenas Crewmembers might be got Lost in the Dark
Hemisphere but we cant surely say that theyre Evil-Lyn and Co.. An interesting Fact is, that in the
Golden Books (published mid-80s) there are much Things of the New Cartoon (the Mystic Wall, the
Elders).
The 1987 She-Ra-Annual has a Printing Date from 1986 and is therefore placed there.
Abbrevations
The Classic Cartoon was shortcutted with its Episode Numbers [MOTU #1-#130], as does She-Ra
[POP #1-#97], the New Adventures [NA #1-#65] and the New Cartoon [NMOTU #1-#x]
The Comics were shortcutted after their Titles. Sometimes a Shortcut for a Comic is the Same like
another Stuff, for example MOTU The Movie was shortcutted with MOTUM, the Comic has this
abbrevation too.
The Cassettes were shortcutted as MUHSP and POPHSP. The Ldaybird Books got an L before their
abbrevation, the Golden Books a G and so on.

Snake Men
The Story of the Snake Men is also interesting, compared with the old and new Sources. (The Events
in the Past of the Snake Men Invasion were detailed earlier in the New Cartoon Section).

If we look at it in close detail it fits together in a certain way, and I want to mention it here:
New Cartoon: The Snake Men were freed from the Void including the whole Snake Men Army
(Season 2)
Somewhen between the new and the old Cartoon the Snake Men must have been banished back into
the Void except for Tung Lashor and Rattlor, which joined the Horde (as shown in the She-Ra
Cartoon). The two express later in "King of the Snake Men" that they didn't know of Hiss return so
maybe they expected him to be dead.
Later on in the Timeline ("King of the Snake Men") King Hiss was again freed, but only managed to
free his "Generals" (as shown in the Classics) while his Army coming through was stopped by HeMan.

MOTUC (Masters of the Universe Classics):

Mattel did a great job with the new Toyline and their respective Bioses'. What was then thought to be
impossible - the combining of all Sources to a overall continuity - has finally become "official".
The new Bios' fit well in the continuity - but again we don't get any information of exact dates.
The only discrepancy so far is of He-Ro handing over his Sword to "the King" after his death. Is it
really King Grayskull or just another King? When we look at the Chrono He-Ro meets a
timetravelling Skeletor and He-Man seven years later, so he lives longer as King Grayskull....
Well, I think we have to wait until the full story of the Sword of He is revealed and see how it fits.

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