DC Meets Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Beyond

by Amanda Conner, Mark Russell, Dan DiDio

DC’s iconic superheroes meet some of Hanna-Barbera’s best-loved characters in the most unexpected stories of the year, collected here in DC MEETS HANNA-BARBERA.

 When Booster Gold tries to rescue future Earth from an alien invasion, he travels back in time and finds help from none other than Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble! In an unexplored sector of space, Green Lantern and Space Ghost join forces to help an alien race facing disaster! Adam Strange lands on an unfamiliar Earth, and only Jonny Quest, Hadji, Dr. Quest and Race Bannon can help him get home! And when Amanda Waller needs to rescue the Suicide Squad, she reaches out to the newest inmates in Belle Reve: animal rock band the Banana Splits!

 All this plus unexpected takes on Hanna-Barbera characters the Jetsons, Top Cat, Ruff ’n’ Reddy and Snagglepuss in a collection featuring some of comics’ top creators, among them Howard Chaykin, Mark Russell, Jeff Parker, James Tynion IV, Steve Lieber, Tony Bedard, Marc Andreyko, Ariel Olivetti, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan DiDio and Howard Porter!

 Collects BOOSTER GOLD/THE FLINTSTONES SPECIAL #1, GREEN LANTERN/SPACE GHOST SPECIAL #1, ADAM STRANGE/FUTURE QUEST SPECIAL #1 and SUICIDE SQUAD/BANANA SPLITS SPECIAL #1.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

162 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 26, 2017

About the author

Amanda Conner started out in comics working small projects for Marvel and Archie while working as an illustrator for New York ad agencies Kornhauser and Calene and Kidvertisers. working a number of launches and campaigns such as Arm & Hammer, PlaySchool and Nickelodeon.

However, loving comic books and cartooning the most, Amanda found herself working for Marvel on their Barbie line (much of Amanda’s covers inspired designs for the line of Barbie toys), Disney line which included the Gargoyles books. At the same time she was illustrating “Soul Searchers & Co.” for Claypool Comics and worked on other Marvel projects, such as Excalibur for the X-Men line and “Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils”.

During an assignment for Crusade (‘Tomoe’) she and Jimmy Palmiotti became a real team as penciller/inker.

Amanda then moved on to do what is probably one of her best known works. She did several years as penciller on the hit series “Vampirella” for Harris Comics and drafted 24 issues. While illustrating “Vampirella”, Amanda worked with the top writers in the field, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Warren Ellis.

Continuing to expand her horizons, Amanda illustrated the best-selling crossover “Painkiller Jane vs. the Darkness”, and went on to work on “Painkiller Jane” #0 (the origin book). She also wrote and illustrated a story for “Kid Death and Fluffy”.

Since then, Amanda has worked on many of the top titles in comics such as “Lois Lane”, “Codename: Knockout”, and “Birds of Prey” for D.C. Comics Vertigo line, “X-Men Unlimited” for Marvel, co-created “Gatecrasher” for Blackbull Comics, and “The Pro”, an Eisner nominated creator owned book for Image Comics with Jimmy Palmiotti and Garth Ennis. Recently she worked on the highly publicized Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre series with Eisner winning creator Darwyn Cooke.

Amanda’s work can also be seen outside the comic book community in such places as ABC’S Nightline, the New York Times, Mad Magazine, the new sci-fi Stan lee “So You Want to be a Superhero” series and the upcoming Disney Underdog movie character designs for film and television, character designs for the Los Angeles Avengers stadium football team and is featured in a Biography magazine commercial on A&E. Amanda does spot illustrations in “Revolver” magazine each month and has had a huge success with the JSA Powergirl miniseries in previous years, each issue going into 3rd printings.

She continuously produces cover work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and an assortment of independent titles.

With PaperFilms co-founder Jimmy Palmiotti, they are currently working on the highly received Harley Quinn series and other Harley Quinn related titles for DC Comics, in addition to several upcoming DC related projects. Garnering national attention and sales results, the team continues to receive accolades for their work on these titles. The new relaunch of Harley Quinn for DC in the Rebirth line garnered an estimated 250,000 copies ordered.

Reviews

[Sam Quixote · Rating 2 out of 5]

DC superheroes go on adventures with Hanna-Barbera characters: it shouldn’t work – and it doesn’t!

Way too many of these stories were plain terrible for this whole concept to have ever been a thing. Booster Gold and the Flintstones, Green Lantern and Space Ghost, Ruff’n’Reddy (sheesh, how obscure can you get?!), Adam Strange and Future Quest, Batman and Top Cat (Dan DiDio should be banned from writing comics), Suicide Squad and the Banana Splits – poo on all of them! Arbitrary, uncreative match-ups, uninspired, forgettable tales – especially James Tynion IV and Christopher Sebela’s horribly convoluted Green Lantern/Space Ghost issue – make most of this book a chore to slog through. Much of the art is equally unimpressive.

Ariel Olivetti’s art for Green Lantern/Space Ghost though was pretty damn cool as was Howard Porter’s on the Snagglepuss short. The Jetsons story included an unexpected and weirdly interesting origin for Rosie the Robot but Mark Russell’s Snagglepuss prologue to his own series was the only part of the book that really intrigued me. Here the character is reimagined as a 1950s gay Southern playwright whose work has landed him in hot water with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Heavens to Murgatroyd, I’ll definitely be checking out this title after Russell’s recent fine work on Prez and The Flintstones!

Overall though, DC Meets Hanna-Barbera is one helluva boring read – don’t bother.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some stories work, some don't , and a few are just plain weird.

Booster Gold/Flintstones: Booster travels back to Bedrock to fix a mistake he created back in his original time. Booster's never really went back to the 25th century since coming to our time.
The Flintstones really just make a cameo. This wasn't very good.

The Jetsons: This was just bizarre. George Jetson's mother euthanizes herself and buts her brain inside Rosie.

Space Ghost/Green Lantern: The best story of the bunch. Fantastic art by Ariel Olivetti too. Hal Jordan and Space Ghost team up to save a planet of people who don't believe in aliens.

Ruff 'n' Reddy: I don't even remember this Hanna Barbara cartoon. Here they are a Abbott and Costello type comedy act. Meh.

Adam Strange/Future Quest: Adam Strange gets transported to the world of Future Quest and must find his way home. This was a good one, but can you really ever go wrong with Jonny Quest?

Batman/Top Cat: Top Cat meets Batman in an alley way and gives Batman his origin story. Dan Didio wrote this and it's just stupid. I'm guessing it only happened because Didio is in charge and can do what he wants.

Suicide Squad/Banana Splits: Really stupid with bad art by Ben Caldwell. The Banana Splits get arrested over a misunderstanding and sent to Belle Reve. When the Suicide Squad gets pinned down Amanda Waller sends in the Banana Splits to help. Mind you they're a bubblegum pop band, not soldiers.

Snagglepuss: Snagglepuss is a playwright appearing before House Committee on Un-American Activities back in the 50's. Yeah, this is another weird one. Didn't make a lot of sense.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars.

This series features four main stories along with some back ups. I've been reading the recent Scooby Apocalypse and Future Quest series, so I was expecting more serious stories here. When you look at the match ups, however, I wonder what I was thinking because it's going to be hard to get a serious story out of some of these match ups.

Booster Gold/Flintstones: Kinda silly as Booster travels through time and meet the Flintstones. Really, the Flintstones had a small part in this one.

Suicide Squad/Banana Splits: Since the Splits are like watching Animal Planet on acid, this one was a little silly too. The Splits end up in our universe and get arrested. They find their way to Belle Reve Prison and become a new Suicide Squad who have to rescue the real Squad. It's kind of cool to see the Banana Splits as killing machines, but still silly.

Adam Strange/Future Quest: This one was a little more serious as it was set in the same universe as the recent Future Quest series when Strange finds his way there.

Space Ghost/Green Lantern: This is probably the most logical of the crossovers. Could have been better, but not a bad read.

The back ups are pretty unusual. You get The Jetsons with a strange origin of the Robot Maid Rosie. Then we see Snagglepuss being questioned as a communist during the McCarthy era. Top Cat ends up in Gotham City in between Catwoman and Batman. And Ruff and Ready end up as a comedy team with a fairly adult style of comedy.

The art is nice in this one as DC got some good artists for this crossover.

Overall not bad, but there are match ups that could work better. However, if you like camp and silliness, this ones for you.

[Alex Sarll]

Yes, there really is a comic where the Banana Splits team up with the Suicide Squad. It has a sly subtext regarding racial profiling in the American police and prison system, and it's really quite good. Probably the best of the main features here, in fact. Elsewhere, Booster Gold finds himself back in Bedrock, and it doesn't quite come off, not like the main Flintstones comic from the same writer did. But it still has smart things to say about extinction, religion and messing with time. But I've never previously encountered any reason to give two hoots about Space Ghost; pairing him with Boring Uncle Hal, who of the universe's 7200 Green Lanterns was always approximately the 7300th most interesting, does not change this. Future Quest/Adam Strange has a similar problem, though at least there I like Adam Strange.

The back-up strips are short trailers for the second wave of Hanna-Barbera books, some of which have now arrived, others of which are still MIA for the moment. The McCarthy hearings meet Tennessee Williams take on Snagglepuss is the one which has drawn the most attention, which is understandable, but they're all promising. I know Chaykin's reboot of Ruff and Reddy as a scabrous history of the screen is already in progress, though I've yet to read more of it than this, and I'm now definitely looking forward to more of the post-post-apocalyptic, vaguely San Junipero-infused take on the Jetsons. Granted, I'm not sure how much long-term mileage there is to a book about Top Cat living in Gotham, but it was still fun to see him meeting Batman - and playing the useless chump just as easily as he ever did Dibble.

There's already a second volume in the works, of course, though they're stretching it a bit with some of the pairings; I don't recall Jabberjaw or Dynomutt in the least, so there's perhaps a limit to how interested I'm going to be in them meeting Aquaman or the Supersons. Still, after this, who knows?

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a collection of single issues, the quality level is variable, but the overall level is low. The best story, Green Lantern and Space Ghost, is only middling quality, as is the Adam Strange/Johny Quest one (although both use the straight-laced versions of the characters, which was an odd choice). The best story is probably the Jetsons short, which has no real DC tie-in and decides to be philosophical (and paints a disturbing back story for Rosie), or the Snagglepuss back-up which reflects some of the quality of his standalone series. The worst is a tie between the Suicide Squad/Banana Splits story which is just terrible plot with some okay action and the Ruff 'n Reddy back-up story, which was nigh unreadable.
The art is decent to good throughout, but ultimately the few 'good' stories are completely outweighed by the terrible ones. Not recommended.

[Travis · Rating 2 out of 5]

50% treasure, 50% horrific crap.
Shame, As I love the HB heroes and when DC gets them right it's a lot of fun, but when they overthink the characters and decide to be really clever we end up with nearly every back up story in this collection.

Top Cat is not even pretending that it's not a Howard the Duck rip off.

Ruff and Reddy is a couple known characters randomly jammed into an idea. With new characters or characters that actually have something to do with the story and isn't ignoring the characters history it might have worked.

and Snaggletooth: Hey let's use a cartoon animal to make a statement on gay culture in america! Kids love that stuff!

Space Ghost/Green Lantern was weak but fun.
Booster Gold/Flintstones works so much better then it has any right to.
Adam Strange/Jonny Quest was brilliant and tells a nice story while being a mini-epilogue to the FutureQuest mini-series.

Why do we keep making kids characters mature for the old fans, rather then keeping them classic in the hope of attracting new fans?

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute crossovers between characters from different creators. Enjoyable for what it is - one off entertainment - but the shtick would pale quickly if overexposed.

[Emma Gear · Rating 3 out of 5]

DC's Looney Tunes crossovers were far more good than bad but Hanna Barbera doesn't have the same pedigree or nostalgia that the Looney Tunes have as a brand. On the one hand this does allow the stories more wiggle room in what they can depict, as going too far off brand with something as instantly recognizable and beloved as a Looney Tunes could be received poorly, but this first batch is more bad than good imo.

Adam Strange / Future Quest is the most bland of the bunch. It often feels like an episode of the ancient Johnny Quest cartoon in its own way, as nothing of note happens for minutes at a time and things are rather boring, all considered. Strange himself contributes next to nothing to the plot as he spends much of the issue in varying stages of amnesia, leaving the Future Quest crew to pick up the slack. There is a fun nod to the Herculoids, another Hanna Barbera property that would have made for excellent crossover material and an appearance by Birdman, but it is by and large a dull issue.

Booster Gold / The Flintstones leans heavily into the other DC Flintstones comic and is in some ways a continuation of it. Booster's on a date with a lovely young woman when aliens invade the planet, and he attempts to find out what is the cause behind it. Hijinks ensue as he continuously makes things worse in his attempt to fix the problems, but more jokes miss than hit in my opinion.

Green Lantern / Space Ghost is an issue that strives for greatness in its depiction of two different scions of justice answering the same distress call at the same time and getting into a fight. An alien planet doesn't believe that there is anything at all outside of their planet and are going to war while one genius living there is attempting to build a ship to prove that they're not alone in the universe. But all of the dramatic moments feel forced, and uneven in their attempts to portray both Green Lantern and Space Ghost as intrepid, brave explorers.

The truly stand-out issue from this bunch is Suicide Squad / The Banana Splits. A bizarre fusion that I was expecting to crash and burn as much as the rest, but one that it's clear the creative team had a hell of a time working on. The Suicide Squad is involved in a mission that is not going well, and a second Suicide Squad is formed to retrieve them, which winds up being a recently incarcerated bunch of anthropomorphic animals with enormously oversized heads. The Banana Splits themselves are distinct as characters, in design, and enormously fun to watch in action. It even has one of the better endings from this entire group, and if you read any of the stories from this batch then it should be that one.

The back stories are barely worth mentioning, with Top Cat meeting Batman the only one I'd really consider fun with a good twist. There's a Jetsons story with the backstory behind Rosie, an origin for the duo of Ruff 'n Reddy, and a small extra story linking to the greater Snagglepuss comic DC ran for awhile.

Overall the other Hanna Barbera crossover books worked much better, but a single standout issue is still nice to see. Feel free to take or leave the rest as you will. Were I rating these individually I'd give Adam Strange and Green Lantern a 2, Booster Gold a 3, and a very respectable 4/5 for Suicide Squad.

[Norman Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

For someone like me who is both a DC comics fan and a Hanna-Barbera fan, this is a fun series of unlikely team-ups. I'm not so entrenched in Hanna-Barbera continuity (such that it is) that I minded DC's updates on some of these largely forgotten characters.

Adam Strange/Future Quest - This story follows directly from the recent Future Quest, Vol. 1 mini-series, featuring not only the Quest family, but also Dino Boy in the Lost Valley. Jeff Parker has a great feel for the Hanna-Barbera characters. The artwork by Steve Lieber takes some getting used to.

Green Lantern/Space Ghost - Beautiful painted artwork by Ariel Olivetti complements a story that starts out in typical team-up fashion with the two protagonists misinterpreting each others' motives, but eventually turns into a moving tale of using science to break through societal taboos.

Suicide Squad/The Banana Splits - I suppose almost no one who reads this collection remembers The Banana Splits, so the writers were able to update them from their wacky personas of the 1960s. They did keep the emphasis on them being musicians. Pairing them with Suicide Squad, DC's often wacky team, seemed appropriate, but the story's mission was too serious and didn't necessarily go with Ben Caldwell's cartoony artwork. I did smile at the fact that Harley Quinn was the only human who could understand Snork's "language" (and I also enjoyed that Snork was somewhat of a badass). This was one of the few stories that wasn't in some alternate dimension, so I hope we can see the talking animal musicians again.

Booster Gold/The Flintstones - A humorous tale of misunderstandings through time and alternate dimensions. Writer Mark Russell captured the inanity of Booster Gold. Artists Rick Leonardi and Scott Hanna successfully walked the line between the realistic and absurd.

Batman/Top Cat - Top Cat is another property that is largely forgotten, but this update didn't feel either nostalgic or modern. Part of it was because Phil Winslade's artwork was too muddy, and part of it was Dan DiDio's none too subtle writing.

Ruff 'n' Reddy - A really obscure property updated by Howard Chaykin. I enjoyed it, but I suspect many modern readers won't appreciate the many references to Vaudeville.

Snagglepuss - Another obscure character brought to life as an allegory of the 1950's Senate Communist hearings. Augie Doggy makes an appearance as well. I think this has potential; we'll see when the monthly title comes out.

The Jetsons - This was my favorite story in the collection. Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner wrote a story that is both funny and poignant. The Jetsons are modernized and reimagined in a way that makes sense; for example, citing ocean rise due to climate change as the reason everybody lives and works in flying buildings. The character designs and overall artwork by Pier Brito are magnificent: clean, expressive, and modern.

Note: I read this as individual comic book issues.

[Fizzgig76 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reprints Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special #1, Green Lantern/Space Ghost Special #1, Adam Strange/Future Quest Special #1, and Suicide Squad/The Banana Splits Special #1 (May 2017). Booster Gold finds himself on a time travelling adventure, but when he is teamed with Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in an attempt to get home, he could cause the destruction of Earth’s future. Green Lantern and Space Ghost respond to a threat and are part of a team-up of the ages. Adam Strange is trapped in the Lost Valley and joins the battle against the Agents of F. E. A. R.! Task Force X has been captured and Amanda Waller’s only hope could be the new Suicide Squad…The Banana Splits!

Written by Mark Russell, James Tynion IV, Christopher Sebela, Marc Andreyko, Jeff Parker, Tony Bedard, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Howard Chaykin, and Dan Didio, DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 1 is a DC Comics crossover event series. The one-shot specials feature art by Rick Leonardi, Scott Hanna, Ariel Olivetti, Steve Lieber, Ben Caldwell, Mark Morales, Pier Brito, Howard Chaykin, Phil Winslade, and Howard Porter.

Normally, crossover events are a bit of a bore. They don’t tie into anything major and you know that it is written off as “Elsewhere” or “What If” type storylines. While this is still true of DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 1, the crossovers are just wacky enough to work…and also short enough to be fun.

The series is essentially an anthology comic and there is no ties between the titles (which is good). Some comics like the Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special #1 really land and tie in well to The Flintstones comic book. Other titles like Green Lantern/Space Ghost Special #1 make a lot of sense (because of the roles of the characters in the universe) but don’t quite hit the mark. While I was excited about Suicide Squad/The Banana Splits Special, I found it to be one of the weaker ones in the collection.

The series also features back-up stories. The Jetsons back-up ties heavily into the Jetsons limited series and doesn’t feature a crossover. Top Cat and Batman is a fun little entry that plays with Batman’s affinity for cats while the Ruff ‘n’ Reddy short was weak. My favorite story-short in the whole book is the Snagglepuss story which was also reprinted as part of his great mini-series…it features a great moral lesson that is appropriate for today.

The DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 1 is hit or miss…but I kind of expected it to be. You are combining two franchises with varying levels of interest into individual tales. If you like the Future Quest comic, you might not like Adam Strange or you might love Green Lantern but have no interest in Space Ghost. If the two can meet on equal terms, it can be a great ride…or it could even elevate a character you never cared about. It is worth seeking out just to see how DC tries. DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 1 is followed by DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 2.

[Michael Emond · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this one for a lark and it lived down to my expectations. That's a shame because the Future Quest series (which mixed Hanna Barbera cartoons all into the same story and updated the characters) was amazing and we get some of the same talent here. In fact, the one writer from that Jeff Parker is the one story that was slightly readable, the Adam Strange meets Jonny Quest. That story was at least fun while being true to the characters.

In general this was a very odd idea in the first place to try to mix DC heroes in with Hanna Barbera cartoons. There was no narrative reason to do this other than "maybe it will sell some comics!". The majority of them are so clunky in how the characters are forced together it is embarrassing. The stories are very boring/basic and it makes you wonder if anyone - aside from some of the great artists - even cared about this project.

Booster Gold meets the Flintstones - no reason for the Flintstones to be in this silly story of Booster Gold accidentally killing an alien prophet.

Space Ghost meets Green Lantern - the art is amazing and I had hopes for this story but GL acts like a teenager and the story is clunky. The interaction between him and Space Ghost is awkward and if you take either one of them out of the story you can still tell the same story. Again - no reason for the team up in terms of story or character interaction.

Top Cat meets Batman - the less said about this horrible story with weak art - the better. It is as forced and stupid as you could imagine.

Suicide Squad meets Banana Splits - SS is the flavour of the moment and it pains me to see the tone of them being all cartoony and fun with the animals from Banana Splits. The art is nice but really/ This is a bunch of criminal killers teaming up with a Saturday morning cartoon? Tonal problems, anyone? I know it may seem ridiculous to complain about that but seriously, if Jason from Friday the 13th movies teamed up with the Smurfs, wouldn't you wonder who was smoking what to pitch that idea?

Snagglepuss ... not even sure why this was here.

Adam Strange and Jonny Quest - as I said, Jeff Parker (who wrote Future Quest) actually managed to pull it off and Adam and Jonny's friends seem more like a natural fit together. Well done.

Overall - give it a miss. Not worth anyone's time.

Seriously? Top cat and Batman?!?! Exit..stage right.

[Ben Truong · Rating 3 out of 5]

DC Meets Hanna-Barbera is a collection of four inter-company crossover specials between DC Comics and Hanna-Barbera. This trade paperback collects Green Lantern/Space Ghost Special, Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special, Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Special, and Adam Strange/Future Quest Special.

Green Lantern/Space Ghost Special (★★★☆☆) has Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and Thaddeus Bach as Space Ghost teaming up trying to get out of a space rift in time. It is written by Chris Sebela and James Tynion IV and penciled by Ariel Olivetti with Howard Chaykin writing and penciling the backup of Ruff and Reddy.

Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special (★★★★☆) has Michael Jon Carter as Booster Gold travelling to the distant past and teams up with Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble to solve the mystery that would eventually screw up the twenty-fifth century. It is written by Mark Russell, penciled by Scott Hanna and Rick Leonardi with Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Carter writing the backup feature starring The Jetsons, and penciled by Pier Brito.

Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Special (★★★☆☆) has the Banana Split mistaken as meta-humans and thrown in Belle Reve. They are recruited by Amanda Waller for a secret mission – to save the Suicide Squad. It is written by Tony Bedard, penciled by Ben Caldwell with Mark Russell writing the backup feature staring Snaglepuss, and penciled by Howard Porter.

Adam Strange/Future Quest Special (★★★☆☆) has Adam Strange blasted through multiple dimensions only to land on Earth, but not the Earth he knows. He encounters Jonny Quest, Hadji, Dr Quest, and Race Bannon and with their help, he might be able to get back to his Earth. It is written by Jeff Parker and Marc Andreyko, penciled by Steve Lieber with Dan Didio writing the backup feature starring Top Cat and pencilled by Phil Winslade.

Inter-company crossovers are not unusual in the comic book industry. Usually the team-up makes some sense. However, the team-up between DC Comics and Hanna Barbera is an odd and rather unconventional mix and it shows in the specials. Overall, the specials are mediocrity done with Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special being the stronger of the four, but not by much.

All in all, DC Meets Hanna-Barbera is a rather mediocre collection of specials that has the unusual team-up between the DC Comic and Hanna Barbera universes.

[John Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let’s be real, if you got into this expecting some groundbreaking Long Halloween-Kingdom Come storytelling from a Hanna-Barbera/DC crossover you’re probably the problem. Let’s start by stating the facts, Hanna-Barbera was relevant once upon a time during the 1950s n 60s so it’s kinda on you if you end up not liking this expecting the next Injustice or Watchmen. And to be fair, these cartoons are just bleak dried out imitations of old ass comedians, but I digress, these stories are great when you go in blind. They’re weird, unholy creations that present some very great one-liners and definitely call backs if you ever where into the only fun thing these cartoons had to offer: merch; cause the comedy wasn’t it lets be honest, and company if you were an all nighter kid that only had access to Boomerang.

In the end: heck yeah for Yogi/Deathstroke, bless Spaceghost/Greenlantern and that weird art style that felt like one of those Boomerang commercials that warned those late night young viewers: Hey, Herculoids is almost on and it’s past your bedtime. Suck it up or go to [Adult Swim] and risk getting grounded if your mom wakes up. Unless it’s friday and you’re at your dad’s

And bless that uncanny Banna Splits / Suicide Squad story.

So give it a go, I definitely enjoyed this whole acid trip. Specially when I realized later on the Secret Squirrel gets to get laid with hot humans.

[Kyra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth it if you want some cute nonsense and can get from your library or DC Infinite. The extra stories stuffed into the end of each issue were nearly all terrible, though. Green Lantern/Space Ghost and Adam Strange/Future Quest were my favorites by far, and I always love a Booster Gold story.

Booster Gold/Flintstones: 3.5 stars, didn't really utilize the Flintstones at all other than my new favorite panel of Boost calling Fred "hey you, beefcake." Love BG's unorthodox plans in any time period. Great Booster story, not a good Flintstones story.

Green Lantern/Space Ghost: 4.5 The art is PERFECT, I love LOVE the change in background style when they get to the planet. The story is solid and the understanding these two come to was surprisingly empathetic. Now I want to read more about the girl! The extra story sucked, though. Was absolutely terrible.

Suicide Squad/Banana Splits: uh, 3 stars? I don’t know, it was fine! The art was good! Harley’s so pretty. I'll probably look into the Banana Splits horror movie done by the Five Nights at Freddys team, I guess.

Adam Strange/Future Quest: 5 stars! I wasn’t looking forward to this one because Adam’s always seemed like kind of a boring passive character to me and I don’t know anything about the Quest team but wow I loved this! Now I have to hunt down Future Quest stuff because wow what a great found family.

[Scott Waldie · Rating 3 out of 5]

You really only get so much space here in a one-shot to wedge together two storied IPs, and while DC has achieved a lot of success with their Future Quest line, as well as their excellent and unexpected Looney Tunes - DC crossovers (among many others), this particular volume falls a little flat. Not because the writing is bad, not because I don't like these characters, but because they're thrown into such wild situations with one another in such a short span of pages that you barely get time to breathe. It also doesn't flow that well as a collected volume, all of the four main crossover issues and the bonus stories in each feel so different and so it's rather a jumpy, chaotic read. Now, THAT said, the art is quality, like with most DC properties for the last decade, and there are plenty of clever bits and parodies in the stories. It wasn't a chore to read, and I cracked up a few times. But definitely go for the DC Looney Tunes volume before this, some of those are actually quite genius (like the Batman - Elmer Fudd crossover). Or the Future Quest comics which already feature characters like Space Ghost (my fave superhero), the Quests, etc.

[Jacob Shaffer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the first 2.5/3 stories in this book, and then it fell apart on me.

Booster Gold & The Flintstones ⭐️
could’ve had more to do with the flintstones, imagine my surprise when I get to the end and find out this was penned by Superman Space Age and Batman Dark Age writer Mark Russell 😧
“You didn’t listen to a word of my teachings, you just used my death as an excuse to go on being the same old buttholes you were before.” -Gorak

-The Jetsons backup 🌟
REALLY GOOD

Green Lantern & Space Ghost ⭐️
Really good as well, the art is so insaneo whackadoo it’s really unique, when Space Ghost dons GL’s ring there is nooooo GL variation to his suit. Big missed opportunity, absolutely worth nothing and dare I say demoting

-Ruff n Reddy backup
Cute, cliffhangs us I guess?

Adam Strange & Future Quest
It’s an adventure, it’s just not remarkably fun or entertaining

-Topcat & Batman backup
Cute

Suicide Squad & Banana Splits
This story shares a lot of similar beats with The Suicide Squad movie, weird. Banana Splits feel like they share one personality except the one with the lisp.
“We thold our thoulth to thatan.” -the one with the lisp

-Snagglepuss backup
Neat

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. I downloaded this to be a fun, "cotton candy for your brain" read during quiet moments. And... it kind of wasn't even that. I mean, it's Hanna-Barbera meets DC! It should be fun and ridiculous. And parts of it were... the Booster Gold one had me chuckling. But then most of it... felt like it was trying too hard. Several of the stories didn't even have DC characters (which, upon, reading the back, I guess was advertised). But honestly... I don't think we need re-imaginings of these cartoon characters. I don't need to see Top Cat in prison. Or Snagglepuss representing the artist's message vs. society's insatiable need for meaningless entertainment. Honestly... if they all would have been like the Booster Gold comic, I probably would have liked them. But I kept waiting for the punchline most of the time. Johnny Quest and Space Ghost maybe didn't need to be funny (so those were okay), but the rest... just... meh. Take those ideas and put them with something other than Hanna-Barbera meets DC. Not bad ideas or writing necessarily, just... definitely not the right platform.

[James Bowman · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few of the stories in this collection are straightforward crossover tales, like Green Lantern/Space Ghost and Adam Strange/Future Quest. Most are more off-beat combos, like Booster Gold/The Flintstones, Batman/Top Cat, and Suicide Squad/Banana Splits, where they transplant family-friendly characters into more adult situations with modern DC heroes. And then there are the shorts that are just "adult" upgrades of classic Hanna-Barbera characters like The Jetsons, Ruff 'n Reddy, and Snagglepuss.

The result feels kind of odd and off-putting for the most part, with Ruff 'n Reddy probably being the worst offender. I was also disappointed with Green Lantern/Space Ghost and Booster Gold/The Flintstones, which seemed much less interesting than they should have been. However, the Jetsons and Snagglepuss shorts aren't bad, and Adam Strange/Future Quest is a nice dose of nostalgia (probably the best of the set). I also didn't hate Suicide Squad/Banana Splits, which was kind of fun in a dumb way. (B-)

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Booster Gold and the Flintstones: An ok story as I am not a huge fan of Booster Gold but I do like the nods to other Time Travel franchises like Doctor Who.
Space Ghost and Green Lantern: Another ok one but I am not a fan of the misunderstand between heroes causes fight type cliche which is most of the story but the ending is very heartwarming especially the message Hal gives to the people of the world.
Adam Strange and Johnny Quest: I am not to familiar with either of these characters but it was ok with a pretty interesting plot about helping Adam regain his memories and it was ok also love the gag about Hawkman and Birdman.
Top Cat and Batman: A short one and probably the weakest as it is mostly just Top Cat talking with barely any interaction between him and Batman granted the twist is kind of funny but still would have preferred if Top Cat and Batman interacted a bit more as it feels to short.
Banana Splits and the Suicide Squad: The weirdest thing in this book and it was pretty funny and I wish it was a bit longer

[Brandon Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

While the concept is not new DC has been doing great with the crossover stuff. Marvel really needs to try new things. DC lately had a great series with Batman and TMNT as well as Looney Tunes and Power Rangers. Not at equal but all pretty decent.

This has a collection of DC heroes and Villains, mostly heroes meeting. Green Lantern meets Space Ghost(The hero space cop one, not the talk show host) against a planet of xenophobic people.

Adam Strange, living up to his name, meets the Quest family and Birdman. Booster Gold travels to Bedrock.

Top Cat has a heart to heart with The Batman. Then the Suicide Squad grows larger with The Banana Spilts. There are a few stand alone stories with just Hanna Barbara characters the best being Snagglepuss.

While it is not all great, it is fun and had some interesting takes, there is a sequel of sorts and both are fun. Give it a read if you are a fan of either.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

What an odd collection!
We have 4 crossover stories: Booster Gold/Flintstones, Green Lantern/Space Ghost, Adam Strange/Jonny Quest, and Suicide Squad/Banana Splits. GL/SG is the most heroic and coherent of the tales, and SS/BS is so off the wall and funny, but BG/F and AS/JQ are mediocre and not great.
The real gem here is the previews for the new line of Hanna Barbera comics coming soon. Having already launched the line with Flintstones, Future Quest, Scooby Apocalypse, and Wacky Raceland, we see brief snippets from The Jetsons (going to be great), Ruff n Ready (niche, but won't be horrible), Top Cat (could go either way, but this story was good) and Snagglepuss (which will be great and definitely push boundaries). Looking forward to seeing this next generation of titles.
Recommend, though with the knowledge that you will be reading something very different and odd.

[Oscar · Rating 2 out of 5]

No son las mejores historias pero tampoco están mal.

Obvio que lo más valioso es ver a estos personajes de DC y de Hanna-Barbera juntos; los argumentos e historias pasan a segundo plano. Los argumentos para juntarlos tampoco están mal, están relativamente creíbles y naturales.

Mis favoritos fueron Batman con Don Gato y Johnny Quest con Birdman y Adam Strange, pero la verdad todos están interesantes. Droopy, los Banan Splits, los Supersonicos, los Picapiedra, etc...

Vale la pena por el factor nostalgia en general, fuera de eso hay solo unos 2 o 3 que sí valen la pena completo como comic. Mas una pieza histórica y de morbo que un super comic.

No muy largo, son como 8 numeros.

[Gordon Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection in the Hanna Barbera Beyond series includes Booster Gold & the Flintstones, Green Lantern & Space Ghost, Adam Strange & the Quest Team, Batman & Top Cat, Suicide Squad & the Banana Splits; and also excerpts from the Jetsons, Ruff & Reddy Show, and Snagglepuss graphic novels.
The Booster Gold/Flintstones & Suicide Squad/Banana Splits stories are the silly ones , and the other stories have a more dramatic angle. A good collection & it's fun to see DC characters teaming up with Hanna Barbera characters. There is a variety of art styles, so each story has its own look as well.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

While not quite as good as when the DC heroes met the Looney Tunes characters, this one wasn't bad, and most of them made thematic sense, i.e. time traveler Booster Gold meeting the Flintstones. About the only really weird one was the Suicide Squad teaming up with the Banana Splits. The book also included previews of other modernized Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, and one or two of them looked rather promising in their own right.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are four five star stories in this book, Batman/Top Cat, Snagglepuss/Aguie Doggie, Banana Splits/Suicide Squad and Adam Strange/Johnny Quest/Birdman are nearly perfect blends of drama humor. The others aren't. The other stories being the lead-ins could make you give up before the quality starts.

Seeing Top Cat Cat in Batman's world and Snagglepuss in ours, the art could have gone cartoony, instead it is straight on illustration and helps the writing.

[Jim Ordolis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those things where you had to be there to really appreciate what it is. The Booster Gold/Flinstones was really good. The Green Lanturn/Space Ghost was also good. The Jetsons update was okay. Adam Strange/Future Quest was great. The Batman/Top Car was excellent and Snagglepuss was good too. So there was enough here to make it a fun read even more so when you find it in the remainder bin for cheap.

[Ron Turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Adam Strange/Future Quest and Green Lantern/Space Ghost crossovers weren't too bad. I like how they're firmly set in the multiverse. Otherwise the rest of the Hanna Barbera stuff falls flat. I think they made a mistake in trying to make EVERYTHING edgier. The Batman/Top Cat meetup and the Jetsons "Rosie the robot is actually dead grandma" revelation were especially weird.

[Jocardo · Rating 2 out of 5]

The stories are horrible, as well as the flow. I have enjoyed reading both The Flintsones and Scooby Apocolypse but the stories in this book were just plain awful. The Jetson's was a cool story, as well as Snagglepuss, but every thing else? Just plain confusing. I'm still trying to figure out some of the stories

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the concept of this graphic novel was great -- except when I started reading, I realized I'm not that familiar with Hanna-Barbera OR DC! Several of the stories were not standalones and required knowledge of the greater universe, both comics and TV shows. Without the context, this was not as interesting to me, despite the very excellent art styles showcased within.

[Sheldon Wiebe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intermittently excellent.

I'd buy a Green Lantern/Space Ghost miniseries or an Adam Strange/Johnny Quest one, but most of the rest are kinda average (though the Jetsons' origin-of-Rosie short was fun).

Please, though, don't ever team up Booster Gold and the Flintstones ever again!