Starting within the Nineteen Fifties, Hanna-Barbera emerged as one of many biggest creators of Saturday-morning cartoons of the twentieth century, because of properties like Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones and The Jetsons. As the corporate continued to supply glorious and widespread reveals, it constructed up a robust, nostalgic repute that has endured nicely into the twenty first century, regardless of the corporate being defunct. Alongside the best way, the most effective characters and reveals of the corporate have been given some enjoyable comedian books.
Hanna-Barbera’s properties come from two visionary creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, whose distinctive type of animation dominated TV for near 20 years. From their legendary crossover reveals to reinventions of their very own characters, the corporate’s IP continues to prosper right now, via video games, movie, animation and comics – the latter of that are liable for a slew of good tales, particularly in tandem with its sister firm, DC Comics.
10 The Actual Adventures of Jonny Quest
#1 by Kate Worley, Francisco Solano López, Andrew Pepoy, James Sinclair, and Tracy Hampton-Munsey
Jonny Quest was created as a kid-friendly homage to traditional journey serials, drawing closely on characters like Doc Savage. Jonny was written as an all-American boy who, alongside his father, adoptive brother, and a authorities agent named Race Bannon, traveled around the globe to foil the schemes of dangerous guys and recuperate misplaced artifacts. Underneath Darkish Horse, the traditional collection was continued for ’90s readers, and print managed to honor the collection and its supply materials extremely nicely.
Darkish Horse’s The Actual Adventures of Jonny Quest returns readers to the missions and explorations of the Quest household, bringing again traditional villains like Physician Zin. The collection is generally structured just like the animated present, primarily specializing in adventure-based arcs that see the heroes looking for misplaced relics.
9 Tremendous Sons / Dynomutt Particular #1
Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin, Olclair Albert, Gabe Eltaeb, and Rob Leigh
Due to the work of Peter J. Tomasi, the Tremendous Sons turned a fan-favorite pairing of heroes at DC Comics. It was solely pure that the 2 younger heroes, Robin Damian Wayne and Superboy Jon Kent, can be a part of DC’s crossover with Hanna-Barbera, and there could not have been a greater match than Dynomutt and Blue Falcon, who share an identical dynamic to Batman and Robin. After discovering an injured Dynomutt, the 2 sidekicks got down to rescue Blue Falcon, who has been kidnapped by the Crimson Vulture, who means to position his thoughts within the hero’s physique.
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Tremendous Sons / Dynomutt Particular #1 does a fantastic job of making use of the Batman formulation to a Hanna-Barbera traditional, reminding readers what a fantastic character the Falcon is. Bringing a surprisingly touching method to the traditional cartoon heroes, the one-shot delivered an underrated story of what it means to be a superhero.
8 Black Lightning / Hong Kong Phooey Particular #1
Bryan Hill, Denys Cowan, Invoice Sienkiewicz, Jeromy Cox, and Janice Chiang
Hong Kong Phooey made his debut as a parody of the kung fu craze of the Nineteen Sixties and ’70s, by the way debuting the identical 12 months as Marvel’s Iron Fist and one 12 months after Shang-Chi. By day, the character is the unassuming police station custodian, Penrod Pooch, solely to grow to be the bumbling, martial artist superhero, Hong Kong Phooey, by evening. In DC’s crossover with Hanna-Barbera, the mutt teamed up with Black Lightning to ship a fantastic ’70s-themed buddy-cop story.
Black Lightning / Hong Kong Phooey Particular #1 follows the 2 heroes as they tackle the alliance of Bronze Tiger, Cheshire, and Professor Presto, and the latter of whom plans to make use of magic to realize unprecedented energy. The story reimagines Phooey as a significantly extra competent model of himself, and brings again Jefferson Pierce’s unique superhero design as Black Lightning.
7 Adam Unusual / Future Quest Particular #1
Jeff Parker, Marc Andreyko, Steve Lieber, Veronica Gandini, and Dave Lanphear
In Adam Unusual / Future Quest Particular #1, two worlds of science fiction collide as DC’s reply to Flash Gordon makes his method to the shared Hanna-Barbera universe. The story primarily serves as an exploration of this world, introducing Adam to its heroes, from the Quest household to Mightor. The problem compares and contrasts the 2 worlds, showcasing heroes who’ve a resemblance to DC heroes fairly than specializing in a serious menace.
Adam Unusual / Future Quest Particular #1 is a superb mix of two sci-fi franchises, calling again to old-fashioned Silver Age journey. The story is, at first, a window into a few of Hanna-Barbera’s most obscure heroes, and delivers a easy exploration of the world, from its perils to its protagonists.
6 Scooby-Doo, The place Are You?
Ongoing; #130 by Sholly Fisch, Valerio Chiola, and Saida Temofonte
Whereas a lot of Scooby-Doo’s comedian e-book adventures have introduced a singular angle to the gang, from team-ups to horror, DC has additionally honored the present’s unique formulation. Within the ongoing collection Scooby-Doo, The place Are You?, readers are given a constant collection of bi-monthly adventures, which vary from reinventions of traditional episodes to slice-of-life type comedic mysteries.
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DC has printed two totally different volumes of Scooby-Doo, The place Are You?, although the present ongoing collection is the most effective place to dive in. Latest mysteries have included the gang going up towards mechanical sea monsters, demon,s and creepy slasher-inspired villains.
5 Booster Gold / The Flintstones Particular #1
Mark Russell, Rick Leonardi, Scott Hanna, Steve Buccellato, and Dave Sharpe
Since 1986, Booster Gold has been one in all DC’s most lighthearted superheroes. With an unrelenting love of capitalism and fame, the time-traveling hero initially traveled from the twenty fifth century again to the current day to make a reputation for himself and construct his model. Within the firm’s Hanna-Barbera crossover, the high-tech hero went again even additional, touchdown him within the prehistoric period of The Flintstones.
Booster Gold / The Flintstones Particular #1 explores the distinction between the technologically-advanced hero from the longer term together with his new stone-age mates. The story follows Booster as he tries to reverse the chaos attributable to the sudden inflow of futuristic know-how, working with Fred and Barney to return order to Bedrock. The story sums up the traditional Booster Gold formulation, as a well-meaning hero usually causes his personal issues.
4 Future Quest
#1 by Jeff Parker, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Steve Impolite, Jordie Bellaire, and Dave Lanphear
Future Quest was created by DC to provide all of the traditional Hanna-Barbera fantasy, journey, and science fiction heroes a shared universe. Housing everybody from Mightor and the Herculoids to Jonny Quest and Area Ghost, this universe is one large homage to cartoon adventures. The story itself follows the alliance of the world’s heroes to save lots of Earth from the World Ender, a cosmic being able to destroying planets.
Future Quest is a comic book collection aimed squarely at followers of old-fashioned pulp comics, science fiction, and traditional journey, giving every of the cartoon heroes their very own nook of the universe. Not solely is the collection among the best tales of every of its respective heroes, nevertheless it additionally noticed Hanna-Barbera’s characters attain their fullest potential in saving the world.
3 Scooby-Doo Workforce-Up
#1 by Sholly Fisch, Dario Brizuela, Heroic Age, and Saida Temofonte
Scooby-Doo Workforce-Up follows Thriller Integrated in a Silver Age-inspired model of the DC Universe, pairing them up with characters from each Hanna-Barbera and DC. Starting from a Western journey with Jonah Hex to a space-based caper with Area Ghost, the collection is pure fan service for followers of traditional Saturday-morning cartoons and the JLA.
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Scooby-Doo Workforce-Up affords readers a shiny, comedic and kid-friendly imaginative and prescient of the DC Universe, one thing doubly vital contemplating that it launched through the New 52. Starting from pleasing supernatural mysteries to nostalgic returns to the Tremendous Mates, the collection is one large love letter to whimsical DC tales and Saturday-morning cartoons.
2 The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries
2024 #1 by Sholly Fisch, Dario Brizuela, Franco Riesco, and Saida Temofonte
Batman and Scooby-Doo have a shared historical past that dates all the best way again to the Seventies, once they first crossed over in The New Scooby-Doo Motion pictures present. DC has returned to this team-up many instances, however The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries has given followers of their team-ups an unprecedented consistency. Following the merging of their two worlds, the collection sees Velma and Batman examine brains and explores the gang’s group dynamic.
The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries has featured some nice tales, from a time journey caper with the aim of discovering Batman’s purple gloves to saving Gotham from the Joker. For individuals who favor a extra lighthearted Darkish Knight or seeing Thriller Inc get extra in-depth tales, this collection is ideal.
1 Area Ghost
David Pepose, Jonathan Lau, Andrew Dalhouse, and Taylor Esposito
Area Ghost was one in all Hanna-Barbera’s first superheroes, later joined by the likes of Blue Falcon and Captain Caveman. The character is a mash-up of widespread heroes like Superman, Batman, and Inexperienced Lantern, forming a gadget-reliant, space-based hero who works together with his sidekicks: his siblings, Jace and Jan, and their pet monkey, Blip. Collectively, they fought galactic villainy, prevented the destruction of planets and confronted monsters.
Underneath Dynamite Comics, Area Ghost was revived, with author David Pepose and artist Jonathan Lau revising the hero’s origin story following DC’s collection in 2004. The Dynamite collection is leagues forward of most comedian books in print as of 2024, exploring the primary assembly of the hero and his mates, their rivalries with the villains, and traditional area adventures. Whereas this Hanna-Barbera collection does keep in mind its Saturday-morning cartoon roots, it is also a superb, action-packed superhero story that beats Marvel and DC at their very own recreation.
