Superman's Pal, Jonny Quest

 

I am happy to combine the artwork of two greats for this cover.  Doug Wildey is an artist that I was aware of, but began to truly appreciate when looking for Jonny Quest images for this blog.  I have been a huge Steve Rude fan for many years.  So  much so, that I commissioned three sketches from him, and purchased up a page of his from Spider-Man: Lifeline:

Challengers of the Unknown and Jonny Quest

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!

Jonny Quest and Chance Falconer

I'm still holding out hope for new adventures of Leave it to Chance some day.  I loved what James Robinson and Paul Smith did with that series and always have wanted to see more.  It may seem like a long shot but if DC can bring back Jonny Quest and a host of other Hanna-Barbera characters and even team them up with heroes of the DCU, then anything can happen, right?

Man-Thing and Jonny Quest

I'm loving that Jonny Quest is again in the spotlight with Future Quest.  Even better, the title is used as a springboard for bringing back many other Hanna-Barbera action heroes. And even better still, those characters will be crossing over with some of DC's most popular heroes in an upcoming series of annuals! Those promise to be fun comics.

Jonny Quest and Wolverine

I was happy to see that DC is Planning on bringing back Jonny Quest and the rest of the classic Hanna-Barbera action stars in a bunch of new titles.  The one that has me most intrigued is Future Quest, by Jeff Parker and Evan Shaner, which will feature Jonny and his crew alongside the likes of Space Ghost, The Herculoids and Mightor.  Cartoon stars of my youth in a team-up title?  Sign me up!

Dick Tracy and Jonny Quest

Watching Gotham reminds me of how cool it would be to have an ongoing Dick Tracy series.  If you are going to have a police procedural set in a city rife with strange criminals, Chester Gould's classic comic strip is a perfect property to adapt.  While Gotham is fun, we won't really get to see the villains fully formed because of the prequel nature of the series.  With a Dick Tracy show, we could have the bad guys and the city's top cop in their prime.