Space Ghost, along with his new sidekick, Haji and Bandit, returns to Earth and continues his battle with Dr. Nightmare across the galaxy of Nightmare Planet, while Yang and Jace help Johnny’s father Dr. Quest brings the boy home. Space Ghost/Jonny Quest: Space Quest #4 ends the miniseries with high notes, adding everything from previous issues in the miniseries, including action, visuals, and emotions.
Author Joe Casey and artist Sebastian Pilis (with the eye-opening colours of Lorenzo Scalamera) felt like the Johnny Quest/Space Ghost Whoang Crossover where children would have been totally fascinated on the cold fall mornings of the 1960s.
Every character (and there are many of them) gets a moment of sparkle. We get Johnny’s bold and fast wisdom, Haji’s martial arts skills, Jace’s impulsive glow, and the ability to reduce Dr. Quest’s most intimidating military brass to the chaos of sputtering and the raw power and ferociousness of the space ghosts. Certainly, the overall storyline is very simple, with Johnny, Haji and the Thief activating the alien portal and sending them throughout the galaxy while simultaneously bringing Yang, Jace and Blip to Earth, bringing the resulting chaos, but simplicity isn’t fun.
The book cleverly combines the adventures of Johnny Quest’s show Science Gone Mad with Space Ghost’s superhero action. In the course of this issue, you will be fighting robot-winged monsters in both space and Earth, portaling to standoffs with other dimensions with high-tech assassins armed with laser weapons. It’s Edgar Rice Burrows, HG Wells and AE Van Fogt all blend in exciting stories, with artist Sebastian Piris making it wonders everywhere.
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The climax of this book is particularly thrilling as Yang and Dr. Jace make their final and desperate efforts to bring Johnny, Haji and the bandits back to Earth. You wonder if that will happen. After all, isn’t another miniseries with Johnny and Haji and Space Ghost and cruising space that’s not too bad?
Dr. Nightmare is a great villain, the perfect nemesis for Space Ghosts, with his strange rounded features and an army of Titanic’s mechanical beasts. He’s like a more crazy version of Doctor Doom, but he’s not intimidating. He was one of my favourite villains from the original Space Ghost Show and it was great to see him again here.
The big issue I had in the miniseries was how Race Bannon was sidelined in the early issues. The main story is ongoing while he basically blows the whirlwind with his ex-lovers, but thankfully, he gets more to go back and carry on this issue. I wanted to see him enter both fisted fights in a heavy documentary Savage style with the goons. Bannon has always been my favorite part of the Johnny Quest Show. Maybe there are too many people in the miniseries who have two big personalities (Space Goth is the other)? Despite that minor complaints, I enjoyed this issue and the entire miniseries, so I hope to get another miniseries in the near future that will reconnect these heroes.
All of this issue includes robot space kaiju, dimension portals and assassins wielding laser pistols. It blends everything that makes Johnny Quest and Space Ghost so great.
“Space Ghost/Johnny Quest: Space Quest” #4 is a space crossover that stabs a landing
Space Ghost/Johnny Quest: Space Quest #4
All of this issue includes robot space kaiju, dimension portals and assassins wielding laser pistols. It blends everything that makes Johnny Quest and Space Ghost so great.
The book captures a sense of wonder and danger that was very common in older Johnny Quest episodes.
Artist Sebastian Pilis and colorist Lorenzo Scalamera bring the character back to vivid detail.
The space battle scenes with Space Ghost, Johnny and Haji are dazzling.
