It's
PSN time again, kiddies! The new
BACK ISSUE! spotlights comic book adaptations of cartoon characters and cartoon adaptations of comic book characters from the '60s (yay!) thru the '80s (boo!). I have a special fondness for the Hanna-Barbera superheroes of the 1960s,
the Herculoids,
Shazzan!,
Frankenstein Jr. (and the Impossibles!), and especially the über-sleek
Space Ghost (about whom
I rhapsodized in GEEK Magazine in 2008).
Sadly, Space Ghost's comic book legacy is short and spotty (see the linked article above for more). The last incarnation, a
seriously grim adaptation by writer Joe Kelly and artist Ariel Olivetti was about as ill-advised as a murderous Captain Marvel or a
gun-toting Alfred. There remains a lot of untapped potential in the character. Maybe someday.
In the meantime, I speculated as to what might have happened had the H-B TV Heroes been fully integrated into the Marvel Universe of the Silver and Bronze eras, mocking up comic covers, panels, ads and merchandise. This installment is not quite as inside as the
Implosion Happy Hour episode, but it's still not going to make sense to the less-geeky of you. That is, I'm afraid, the fun of doing this comic strip.
Here's the strip as it appears in BACK ISSUE!, followed by the individual elements for a closer look.
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| Based on the cover of CAPTAIN MARVEL #17 by Gil Kane |
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| The Human Torch leaves the Fantastic Four for the Galaxy Trio, presumably now the Galaxy Quartet |
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| The Wasp cheats on Ant-Man with Atom Ant |
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| Based on the cover of IRON MAN #36 by Sal Buscema |
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| Poor Spidey is gonna lose his chicks to rock stars. |
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| It's a subtle joke. |
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| No doubt Mego would've left Space Ghost's hands uncovered. |
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| Birdman = Angel. Samson = Hercules. Jana ≠ the Black Widow, but whattyagonnado. |
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