Same villainous robot henchmen appear. The costumes worn by Overlord and his guards were left over from The Humanoid (1979), which director Antonio Margheriti did the special effects for.
The movie was influenced by 'Flash Gordon' (1980) from just a few year's earlier. This was in relation to some music score evoking Queen, a blonde haired hero protagonist, the costume and make-up of the Overlord villain is reminiscent of Ming the Merciless and a title song with the hero's name also being the song's title.