With Jonny Quest's sense of adventure, I can see him joining up with a team like the Challengers of the Unknown. He's definitely got experience with going up against evil organizations and escaping near-death situations, after all. Heck, he'd probably eventually end up running the group!
This made my Friday. I would buy this in a heartbeat, maybe less. JQ was my FAVORITE show when I was a kid (the original cartoon, that is). That dates me, I suppose. Excellent cover. Just excellent. You have an fantastic day, Ross.
ReplyDeleteThank you, JT!
ReplyDeleteI've said this before, but this should be a real comic book.
ReplyDeleteI bought the Jack Kirby's Challengers collection and really enjoyed it.
This is a team-up that DC probably wishes it had done, instead of some of the horrible HB/DC team-ups they gave us. JQ would also fit in well with the early version of Kirby's other Fantastic Four-some. Reed and Dr. Quest deep in a scientific discussion, Ben and Race having a beer, Johnny and Jonny working on a car, and Sue and Hadjii just hanging out.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Jay! Great combo cover.
ReplyDelete@Jay Johnson: Challengers of the Unknown was once Amalgam-ated (pun partly intended) with the Fantastic Four.
ReplyDeleteAll these comparisons between the Challs and the FF are most fitting for another reason. That futuristic guy Bandit is growling at looks a lot like Immortus/Rama Tut!
ReplyDeleteAs JJ pointed out, this one could easily happen, since Time Warner owns both sets of characters.
ReplyDeleteJonny Quest meets Tarzan? Anyone? Anyone?
ReplyDeleteI'll second the motion if Ross could depict Jonny and Tarzan going up against some truly exotic menace. Like, say, xenomorphs?
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ReplyDelete"I'll second the motion if Ross could depict Jonny and Tarzan going up against some truly exotic menace. Like, say, xenomorphs?"
Why not? After all, according to Dark Horse, Tarzan's already fought against Predators (at the Earth's core)!
Huh. Didn't think of this one, but yeah, a very natural ones for all the reasons you pointed out. As for Johnny maybe one day leading the Challs? I can see it. But who would replace Johnny?
ReplyDeleteJQ made me want to travel and see the world, especially the less developed parts. These cartoons, and the Peace Corps commercials of the late '70s inspired me to be who I am now, an Energy and Political Risk Analyst based in Istanbul, Turkey.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Peace Corps workers would have had better (= non-violent) luck against the Poho Indians of the Amazon Rain Forest?*
ReplyDelete*Who, judging by the lack of women in that village, must live in sexually segregated communities.
Anonymous... Istanbul, not Constantinople?
ReplyDeleteSonofjack...you can find dead Constantinople in books and museums, but the living city is ISTANBUL.
DeleteAt ease, dude. Sonofjack was just referencing an old novelty song from the "doo-wop" phase of rock n' roll's Golden Age.
ReplyDeleteHuh. I never heard it before, but after these comments I had to look it up. LINK
ReplyDeleteThe Four Lads. That would be Lightning, Element, Ferro, and Matter-Eater?
ReplyDelete@Bob Buethe: GOOD ONE! :-)
ReplyDeleteCan you depict a Jonny Quest Speed Racer crossover? Maybe with the giant sea lizard from the Jonny Quest episode terror island fighting one of the giant gorillas from the Speed Racer episode crash in the Jungle?
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