Hanna-Barbera Beyond

Last updated
Hanna-Barbera Beyond
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
Publication dateMay 18, 2016 – April 10, 2019
Creative team
Written byVarious
Artist(s)Various

Hanna-Barbera Beyond is a comic book initiative started in 2016 by DC Comics that consists in a line of comic books based on various characters from the animation studio Hanna-Barbera.

Contents

Publication history

On January 28, 2016, Dan DiDio and Jim Lee announced a new partnership between Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics, both companies owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, in order to remake most of the studio's comedic characters and adapt them into darker and edgier settings. [1]

The first four titles in the line are Future Quest, Scooby Apocalypse, The Flintstones and Wacky Raceland. [2] New titles were released in March 2017. [3]

Titles

TitlePublication dates / IssuesInitial creative teamNotes / References
Future Quest May 18, 2016 [4] – May 10, 2017
(#1–12)		Writer
Jeff Parker
Artists
Ron Radall
Craig Rousseau
Steve Rude
Evan "Doc" Shaner		Crossover featuring characters from Jonny Quest , Space Ghost and Dino Boy , The Herculoids , Birdman and the Galaxy Trio , Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles and Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor .
Scooby Apocalypse May 25, 2016 [5] – April 10, 2019 [6]
(#1–36)		Writers
J.M. DeMatteis
Keith Giffen
Jim Lee
Artists
Wellington Alves
Dale Eaglesham
Howard Porter 		Based on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! .
The Flintstones June 6, 2016 [7] – June 6, 2017
(#1–12)		Writer
Mark Russell
Artist
Steve Pugh 		Based on The Flintstones .
Wacky Raceland June 8 [8] – November 30, 2016 [9]
(#1–6)		Writer
Ken Pontac
Artist
Leonardo Manco		Based on Wacky Races .
Future Quest PresentsAugust 16, 2017 – July 18, 2018
(#1–12)		Writer
Jeff Parker
Artist
Ariel Olivetti		Continuation of Future Quest . Originally was going to be titled Future Quest Showcase.
Dastardly and MuttleySeptember 6, 2017 – February 7, 2018

(#1-6)

Writer
Garth Ennis
Artist
Mauricet		Based on Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines .
The Ruff and Reddy Show October 25, 2017 – March 28, 2018
(#1–6)		Writer
Howard Chaykin
Artist
Mac Rey		Based on The Ruff and Reddy Show .
The Jetsons November 1, 2017 – April 4, 2018
(#1–6)		Writer
Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist
Pier Brito		Based on The Jetsons .
Exit, Stage Left!
The Snagglepuss Chronicles 		January 3 [10] [11] – June 6, 2018
(#1–6)		Writer
Mark Russell
Artist
Mike Feehan		Featuring Snagglepuss from The Yogi Bear Show .

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPagesPublication dateISBNRef.
Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 1Scooby Apocalypse #1–6176February 1, 2017 1-4012-6790-4 [12]
Future Quest Vol. 1Future Quest #1–6176February 15, 2017 1-4012-6807-2 [13]
Wacky RacelandWacky Raceland #1–6144March 8, 2017 1-4012-6827-7 [14]
The Flintstones Vol. 1The Flintstones #1–6160March 22, 2017 1-4012-6837-4 [15]
Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 2Scooby Apocalypse #7–12176September 20, 2017 1-4012-6790-4 [16]
DC Meets Hanna-BarberaBooster Gold/The Flintstones #1, Suicide Squad/Banana Splits #1, Adam Strange/Future Quest #1, Green Lantern/Space Ghost #1168September 20, 2017 978-1-4012-7604-1 [17]
Future Quest Vol. 2Future Quest #7-12144October 3, 2017 978-1-4012-7391-0
The Flintstones Vol. 2The Flintstones #7–12160October 10, 2017 1-4012-7398-X
Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 3Scooby Apocalypse #13-18160February 13, 2018 978-1-4012-7748-2
Future Quest Presents Vol. 1Future Quest Presents #1-3, 5-7160May 8, 2017 978-1-4012-7830-4
Dastardly and MuttleyDastardly and Muttley #1–6160May 9, 2018 978-1-4012-7461-0
The Ruff and Reddy ShowThe Ruff and Reddy Show #1-6168June 19, 2018 978-1-4012-7498-6
The JetsonsThe Jetsons #1-6, Booster Gold/The Flintstones #1168July 10, 2018 978-1-4012-8025-3
Exit, Stage Left! The Snagglepuss ChroniclesExit, Stage Left! The Snagglepuss Chronicles #1-6, Suicide Squad/Banana Splits #1168August 28, 2018 978-1-4012-7521-1
Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 4Scooby Apocalypse #19-25160September 25, 2018 978-1-4012-8445-9
Future Quest Presents Vol. 2Future Quest Presents #4, 8-12160December 18, 2018 978-1-4012-8542-5
DC Meets Hanna-Barbera Vol. 2The Flash/Speed Buggy #1, Super Sons/Dynomutt #1, Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey #1, Aquaman/Jabberjaw #1168December 19, 2018 978-1-4012-8628-6 [18]
DC Meets Hanna-Barbera Vol. 3Deathstroke/Yogi Bear #1, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound #1, Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla #1, Superman/Top Cat #1168August 6, 2019 978-1-4012-9130-3
Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 5Scooby Apocalypse #26-30160May 28, 2019 978-1-4012-8957-7
Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 6Scooby Apocalypse #31-36158January 21, 2020 978-1-4012-9546-2

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hanna-Barbera</span> American animation studio

Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company that was active from 1957 until it was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) to close its in-house cartoon studio, and was formerly headquartered on Cahuenga Boulevard from 1960 until 1998 and at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Evanier</span> American comic book and television writer

Mark Stephen Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series Garfield and Friends and on the comic book Groo the Wanderer. He is also known for his columns and blog News from ME, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, such as his award-winning Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics.

<i>Top Cat</i> American animated sitcom

Top Cat is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961, to April 18, 1962, for a single season of 30 episodes. The show was a ratings failure in prime time, but became successful upon its time on Saturday morning television. The show also became very popular in Latin American countries, and the United Kingdom.

<i>Wacky Races</i> (1968 TV series) American animated television series

Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS on Saturday mornings. The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, with all of the drivers hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The show was inspired by the 1965 comedy film The Great Race.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Space Ghost</span> Fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera

Space Ghost is a fictional superhero created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1960s for TV network CBS. He was designed by Alex Toth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Snagglepuss</span> Fictional cartoon character

Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character who debuted in prototype form in 1959 and established as a studio regular by 1961. A light pink anthropomorphic puma sporting an upturned collar, shirt cuffs, and bow tie, Snagglepuss enjoys the fine things in life and shows particular affinity for the theatre. His stories routinely break the fourth wall as the character addresses the audience in self-narration, soliloquy, and asides. As originally voiced by Daws Butler, Snagglepuss seeks quasi-Shakespearean turns of phrase. Some of his campy verbal mannerisms became catchphrases: "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", "Exit, stage left/right/up/down!", and a fondness for closing sentences with the emphatic "even".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Shaw (artist)</span> American cartoonist and animator

Scott Joseph Shaw, often spelled Scott Shaw! and Scott Shaw? in Rick and Steve, is an American cartoonist, animator, and historian of comics. Among Shaw's comic-book work is Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, and Simpsons Comics. He was also the first artist for Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist</span> Cartoon Characters

Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist are a family of fictional characters inspired by The Addams Family cartoons that appeared in The New Yorker. They appeared on the Snagglepuss and Snooper and Blabber animated television series and starred in their own comic book.

Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue is a 1978 American live-action/animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions featuring animated character Fred Flintstone and hosted by Roy Clark and Bonnie Franklin. It premiered on CBS on Friday, January 13, 1978 at 8:00 pm EST.

Matt S. Wayne is an American writer of comic books and television. Wayne is probably best known for his work on the animated series Niko and the Sword of Light, Cannon Busters and Ben 10: Omniverse, and writing and editing comic books for Milestone Media.

Tooncast is a Latin American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its International division. It was launched on December 1, 2008; its programming consists of classical animation, both from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network. The channel is a commercial-free service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yogi Bear</span> American animated television and film character

Yogi Bear is an anthropomorphic animal character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows, and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show.

<i>Laff-A-Lympics</i> American animated television series

Laff-A-Lympics is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series premiered as part of the Saturday-morning cartoon program block Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics which consists of 24 episodes, on ABC in 1977. The show is a spoof of the Olympics and the ABC primetime series Battle of the Network Stars, which debuted one year earlier. It featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters organized into teams which competed each week for gold, silver, and bronze medals. In each episode, the Really Rottens would try in each event to cheat only to get caught by Snagglepuss each time. One season of 16 episodes was produced in 1977–78, and eight new episodes combined with reruns for the 1978–79 season as Scooby's All-Stars. Unlike most cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, Laff-A-Lympics did not contain a laugh track. Scooby’s Laff-a-Lympics was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution currently owns the series through its two in-name-only units, Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and Turner Entertainment.

<i>Wacky Raceland</i>

Wacky Raceland is a comic book series that re-imagines the cast of Wacky Races competing in a desert wasteland, reminiscent of the Mad Max film series, full of obstacles, towards a single goal, Utopia, mankind's last safe haven. It is also one of four comic books introduced by DC Comics in 2016 as part of the comic book initiative Hanna-Barbera Beyond, along with Scooby Apocalypse, Future Quest and The Flintstones.

The Flintstones is a comic series spun off from The Flintstones animated series. Various comic book publishers have created their own versions.

<i>The Flintstones</i> (2016 comic book) Comic book series

The Flintstones is a comic book series based on the 1960-1966 animated sitcom created by Hanna-Barbera. The series was published by DC Comics as part of the Hanna-Barbera Beyond comic book initiative. The 12-issue limited series was written by Mark Russell and drawn by Steve Pugh, with the first issue published June 6, 2016, and the twelfth and final issue published June 7, 2017.

<i>The Jetsons</i> (comics)

The Jetsons is a comic series spun off from The Jetsons animated series. Various comic book publishers have created their own versions.

<i>Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles</i>

Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles is a satirical comic book, published by DC Comics, that reimagines the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Snagglepuss as a gay playwright in the 1950s being victimized under McCarthyism. The comics make regular reference to real-life events and historical figures, including subplots about the blacklisting of Dorothy Parker and Lillian Hellman, Marilyn Monroe's affair with Arthur Miller, the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and the testing of the first hydrogen bomb.

References

  1. ↑ Towers, Andrea (January 28, 2016). "DC Entertainment announces new slate of Hanna-Barbera titles". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Damore, Meagan (April 26, 2016). "DC COMICS ANNOUNCES FREE "SCOOBY APOCALYPSE," "FUTURE QUEST" PREVIEWS". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Couto, Anthony (December 12, 2016). "DC'S HEROES & HANNA-BARBERA CREATIONS TO CROSSOVER IN MARCH ANNUALS". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Future Quest #1 (Preview)". Comic Book Resources. May 16, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Scooby Apocalypse #1 (Preview)". Comic Book Resources. May 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Scooby Apocalypse Also Canceled in April". Bleeding Cool. January 19, 2019. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Flintstones #1 (Preview)". Comic Book Resources. June 5, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Wacky Raceland #1". Comic Book Resources. June 10, 2016. Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Wacky Raceland #6". cbr.com. November 29, 2016. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "DC'S 'GAY, SOUTHERN GOTHIC' SNAGGLEPUSS COMIC INTRODUCES AUGIE DOGGIE". Comic Book Resources. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles #1". 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "SCOOBY APOCALYPSE VOL. 1". DC Comics. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ "FUTURE QUEST VOL. 1". DC Comics. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  14. ↑ "WACKY RACELAND". DC Comics. November 21, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  15. ↑ "THE FLINTSTONES VOL. 1". DC Comics. November 21, 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  16. ↑ "SCOOBY APOCALYPSE VOL. 2". DC Comics. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  17. ↑ "DC MEETS HANNA-BARBERA". Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  18. ↑ "DC MEETS HANNA-BARBERA VOL. 2". Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.