THE SPIDER OF THE MYSTIC MOUNTAINS
Webstor (200x)
The 2002 series turns Filmation's blue-skinned thief into a true spider, and lets his appetite become the Snake Men's gain.
The 2002 series redraws Filmation's spider-themed thief as a true spider. Webstor's own episode is "Web of Evil," in the second season.
The record
The facts
BEFORE 2002
Filmation's Webstor, the thief
Filmation's Webstor is a blue-skinned Evil Warrior with a red star on his vest and a grappling line, and a thief more than a fighter. He first sits at Skeletor's council table in "The Good Shall Survive" in September 1984, and his signature episode, Larry DiTillio's "The Cat and the Spider," sends him after the statue of Grimalkin. John Erwin voiced him.[1] The Webstor entry carries that run.
The 2002 cartoon made him an actual spider, with six red eyes, fangs and a body slung between long, jointed legs, and kept the star on his vest and the name. The spider below is that series' own invention, and the site treats him as non-canon.
[1] ^ John Erwin is credited as Webstor in the cast lists of his Filmation episodes.
THE SIGNATURE EPISODE
Web of Evil
He turns up among the villains Skeletor gathers in Dean Stefan's "The Council of Evil Part 2" in October 2003, but his own story is Kevin Campbell's "Web of Evil," first shown on December 20, 2003 in the second season. It opens with a raid on Andreenos, the city of Buzz-Off's people, where Webstor gorges on their ambrosia, and by the time Buzz-Off and Stratos arrive Andreenos and Avion are both deserted and strung with spider-webbing.
The ambrosia is the point of the episode. It is poison to most, an Andreenid explains, but Webstor is an Arachna, close enough to the Andreenids that it made him stronger instead, with effects nobody can predict.[2] The first one turns up in his cave: eggs. Buzz-Off and Stratos are taken and cocooned, and when they ask what he means to do with them, he answers, "Me? Nothing. But they're going to be awful hungry."
The Masters follow him into the Mystic Mountains, free the captives and are buried by a cave-in that He-Man has to hold up on his shoulders while Webstor's brood feeds. It is Fisto, the man Man-At-Arms called a deserter earlier in the episode, who punches through the rock to let them out, and Man-At-Arms answers by calling him brother. The last scene is the one with consequences: the Masters return to the lair to find the Snake Men have eaten every egg and spiderling, ambrosia and all, and come out stronger for it.
[2] ^ The ambrosia line is spoken by an Andreenid, who says Webstor's kind are closer to the Andreenids in genetic makeup than he cares to admit.
The classic series' Webstor, on the ray cannon in Disappearing Dragons.
Clipped from our own copy of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Disappearing Dragons (1984), 5:17 to 6:44, 1 minute 27 seconds. Nothing is added and nothing is sped up. Copyright Mattel.
AFTER THE WEB
What the Snake Men took from him
"Web of Evil" is the only episode built around this Webstor, and its ending matters more to the Snake Men than to him. The 2002 series spent its second season on King Hiss's army, and "Rattle of the Snake" picks up that thread a week later.[3] Webstor himself does not return before the series ends in January 2004.
[3] ^ "Rattle of the Snake," the next episode, has the Snake Men grown stronger "since devouring Webstor's ambrosia-filled eggs."
AFTER 2002
Later shows and the plastic
Revelation's credits have no Webstor.
THE FIGURE TO OWN
The Webstor on shelves now
Mattel's Origins Cartoon Collection Webstor is the Filmation design, a 5.5-inch figure. The 2002-styled Origins Webstor is no longer in stock.
Origins Cartoon Collection Webstor
- Webstor figure
- Grappling hook with rope
- Grimalkin statue
- Mini comic
Buy at BigBadToyStore, $15.99 Paid link
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IN BRIEF
From a stolen statue to the Mystic Mountains
Filmation's Webstor
He steals the statue of Grimalkin in "The Cat and the Spider."
The Council of Evil
The 2002 Webstor is among Skeletor's new allies.
Web of Evil
His own episode, shown on December 20, 2003.
Rattle of the Snake
The Snake Men are still stronger for it.
Questions
Webstor (200x) questions, answered
Who is Webstor in the 2002 He-Man series?
A spider warrior, an Arachna, who serves among Skeletor's allies.
What is the ambrosia in Web of Evil?
The Andreenids' food. It is poison to most, but Webstor's kind are close enough to the Andreenids that it makes him stronger instead.
What happens to Webstor's eggs?
The Snake Men find his lair after the Masters leave and eat the eggs and spiderlings, which makes them stronger.
Who saves the Masters in Web of Evil?
Fisto, who punches through the cave-in. Man-At-Arms calls him brother.
Is Webstor in The Council of Evil?
Yes. He is among the villains in Part 2.
Where is Webstor's lair?
In a cave in the Mystic Mountains, strung with webs and filled with his eggs.
Is the 2002 Webstor the same as the Filmation one?
Same name, different creature. Filmation's Webstor is a blue-skinned thief rather than a spider; see the Webstor entry.
Is Webstor in Revelation?
No. Revelation's credits do not include him.
Is Webstor in the He-Man movies?
No. The 1987 film has no Webstor, and he is not in the 2026 film's announced cast.
Is there a Webstor figure on sale now?
Yes, the Filmation-styled Origins Cartoon Collection Webstor.
Buy the Origins Cartoon Collection Webstor, $15.99 Paid link See the figure
Compiled by the heman.org desk from the 2002 series episodes and their English subtitles, our Web of Evil and The Council of Evil Part 2 guides, and the Filmation episodes and their cast lists.
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