#mighty mightor

[chernobog13]

A quick color sketch by Steve Rude of the Mighty Mightor and his faithful dragon, Tog.

[pulpsandcomics2]

Mightor

[funtasticworld]

HAPPY 66TH ANNIVERSARY TO HANNA-BARBERA

Shows 1967 to 1969

Fantastic Four // Mighty Mightor // Moby-Dick // Young Samson and Goliath // The Banana Splits // The Adventures of Gulliver // The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn // Wacky Races // Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines // The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

[burningrhino]

Jellystone (BurningRhino Style) Last Wave

Yeah, I figured I might as well include the Biskitts and Moby Dick since there were more that I want to illustrate in my style. Left to right are Waggs, Lady, Shiner and Scat

The Funky Phantom is a lot of things: he's a ghost from the revolution, he's one of the many mascots to a group of mystery solvers, he's Lord Infernicus and he's a wrestler who once went against The Mighty Mightor

Space Wanderers: The Galaxy Trio, Space Ghost, Quack-Up and Scare Bear from Space Race and Galaxy Goof-ups and Bleep from Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space

I went with the Super Secret designs from 2 Stupid Dogs because I thought they looked cooler and the buffalo version of the chief is more diverse compared to the original. I probably should have included Penny for more diversity but oh well

Miscellaneous: I was thinking about filling in one more character in that space like Glump from The Valley of Dinosaurs or Dynomutt but then I just gave up halfway through. Sorry

Finally: the series that are so well known that they only get cameos but only as images on objects, voices heard off-screen from a movie or a hallucination

[theruffiansretrorampage]

art by BezerroBizarro

[omniversalobservations]

Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure (1982?)

Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure featuring the most fantastic collection of spectacular super heroic stars ever assembled! They will take you on adventures in space, meeting strange creatures, to exotic lands and fantastic flights of fancy, to jungle planets and mysterious invaders, to prehistoric times and super forces, to honored and winged avengers, to giant, terrifying creatures against primitive power. In space, land, sea and air, it's a variety of stars – mighty, musical, athletic, extraordinary – from funtastic to the fantastic where amazing weapons, men and robots meet in combat in the far-out reaches of the universe. Dedicated to protecting the peace, these fantastic heroes defend the weak, right the wrong and battle against the forces of evil everywhere. And now it's take-off time for the gathering of the greatest…Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure! Source: Wikipedia

This image was painted by Bob Singer in 1973. The heroes shown here are Birdman, Shazzan, Frankenstein, Jr., Human Torch, Coil-Man, Fluid-Man, Young Samson, Goliath, Space Ghost, Superman, Mighty Mightor, Wonder Woman, Batman, Thing, Zok, Tundro, Zandor, Gloop and Gleep. Source: SuperFriends Wiki

[ericmhe]

Just today I found out about an old 1960's cartoon that featured a prehistoric superhero who teamed up with Moby Dick, the literal public domain white whale being the plucky animal helper back in prehistoric times and I find myself wanting to see someone's long winded essay on that and what it means for the novel to incorporate that into continuity. Just, deranged alternate history the god in the shape of a whale that turned against man with the loss of his superhero buddy. I haven't actually read Moby Dick and media analysis is not a skill I managed to develop very well so it will never be.

It's called the Mighty Mightor and from the look of the guy I think they wanted to use Thor but likely ran into copyright issues (I don't know this, I'm guessing it based on 'He-Man is kid-friendly Conan' sort of trivia) so amusingly in the opening Moby Dick gets top billing as the one with the name recognition.

[chronivore]

Batman, The Mighty Mightor, and TUROK (Dinosaur Hunter)

[catchdacraze]

"NEW ART" Doodie went way back paying Homage to the Mighty Mightor! 

This print will be available as a stretch goal for book 6 of There's an Alien in my Toilet ® Signup and get us closer to 100 before we launch on Oct 2nd. https://bit.ly/Doodie_Book_6

[darker-than-darkstorm]

But he saved those kids, he can't be all bad, right?

[ronk]

From the Hanna-Barbera vaults comes one of the odder animated pairings in Saturday Morning cartoon lore. Moby Dick is a friendly white whale to teens Tub and Tom, and together with their pet seal Scooby, they battle the dangerous villains of the undersea world like the Iguana Man and the Crab Creature. 

You can almost feel Herman Melville turning over in his grave - but maybe laughing a little too.

Did any kids see this and try to read the book?

[extraordinary-heroes]

Future Quest #9 (Cover Art by Evan Doc Shaner)

[chernobog13]

The Mighty Mightor, Hanna-Barbera's prehistoric version of Marvel's Thor.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"NO ONE WAS USING THESE CHARACTERS AT THE TIME I PAINTED THIS" -- THE HANNA-BARBERA UNIVERSE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a piece titled "Hanna-Barbera Heroes" (2001), artwork by Alex Ross, and created for the Warner Bros. Studio Stores as a tribute to the most notable superhero types of characters from Hanna-Barbera’s extensive library of cartoon shows.

"No one was using these characters at the time I painted this.  They weren’t even in regular rotation on Cartoon Network at the time. I talked Warner Bros. into letting me do this huge image, even though I was unfamiliar with many of the characters."

-- ALEX ROSS (American comic-book artist/writer/painter) on his "Hanna-Barbera" piece

Now, for one of the greatest roll calls I've ever posted on here, so here goes:

The Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt ("Blue Falcon & Dyno-Mutt"); Blip, Jan, Jace, and Space Ghost ("Space Ghost"); Shazzan, Kaboobie, Chuck, and Nancy ("Shazzan"); Tundro, Gleep, Igoo, Gloop, Zok, Tara, King Zandor, and Dorno ("The Herculoids"); Samson and Goliath ("Samson & Goliath"); Jayna, Gleek, Apache Chief, Black Vulcan, Zan, Samurai, Marvin, Wendy, and Wonder Dog ("Super Friends"); Mightor ("The Mighty Mightor"); Avenger and Birdman ("Birdman"); Vapor Man, Meteor Man, and Gravity Girl ("The Galaxy Trio"); Raseem, Bez, Fariik, Prince Turhan, Princess Nida, and Zazuum ("Arabian Knights"); and Jana ("Jana of the Jungle").

Resolution from largest to smallest: 3552x2688, 3476x2400, 3183x1571, & 1280x1222 (2x).

Source: www.illustrationhistory.org/illustrations/hanna-barbera-heroes.

[strongheartmaid]

I was wrong - apropos of my mentioning the “God has abandoned us” Moby Dick movie (2010: Moby Dick). I forgot about the time that Moby Dick was underwater superhero. 

No, you did not read that wrong. Thank you ‘60s for the lovely piece of what the fuck am I watching? I’d say enjoy but um, this was special >.>

[theruffiansretrorampage]

art by BezerroBizarro