Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures
of Jonny Quest – is the original American science fiction/adventure animated
television series that started the franchise. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera
Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic-book artist Doug
Wildey.
Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure
genre, including Doc Savage and John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it
featured more realistic art, characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's
previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera
action-based adventure shows, which would later include Space Ghost, The
Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, and ran on ABC in prime time on
early Friday nights for one season from 1964 to 1965.
