Classic Jonny Quest

Miscellaneous Jonny Quest Items

© 1998-2005, Lyle P. Blosser

Items images wanted: if you can share any of these with us here at ClassicJQ, we'd be grateful!

Episode Script Pages


Here are two pages from an episode script called "The Chu Sing Ling Caper", better known to fans as "Terror Island"! (Images courtesy "CJQ Friend")
"Terror Island" page 1
"Terror Island" page 2

Tim Matheson (Jonny Quest) autographs



at one time for sale at
Autograph World
for $75.00
(Image courtesy
Gary Karpinski)
(Image courtesy
Richard Blatt)

Link to more info on Tim Matheson

Don Messick (Dr. Quest and Bandit) autographs



A large black and white image showing the Hanna-Barbera characters Don lent his voice to.
A smaller color version of the image.

Recently, another image presented with Don's autograph showed up on eBay, but it does not have Messick's picture, and not even necessarily images of the characters whose voices he provided, but simply a generic collection of characters representing the cartoons he was involved in.

Link to more info on Don Messick

Hoyt Curtin (Jonny Quest musical composer/director) autographs


(Image courtesy Richard Blatt)

Here is a link to an "e-mail interview" with Hoyt Curtin and some additional autographs. (Images and interview courtesy Gary Karpinski)

Doug Wildey poster: Jonny Quest



Select image to see larger version and some additional details. (Image courtesy Richard Hill)

A second Doug Wildey poster: The Youngest American Hero


Doug Wildey Comico promotional poster

(B&W images and color autograph image courtesy Gary Karpinski)

An image of part of this poster showing an autograph signed by Doug Wildey during a comic book convention in Erie, Pa. in 1986 for Gary Karpinski.
This poster was used to promote the upcoming comic book series from Comico, as well as the new Jonny Quest show (the infamous "second season"). Right above the large "ON SALE IN JUNE" letters, the poster indicates that originally the comic book series (which eventually went to 31 issues, plus a number of specials) was being planned as a 12-issue run. The series proved to be so popular, that it was held over. Unfortunately, the TV show did not do nearly as well, as was cancelled after only 13 installments.

Want to make your own poster? If you have a color ink-jet or laser printer, you can download the following four files, unzip them, and print! Then match the images (there are some areas of overlap, which should make matching easier), tape or glue the images together, and...voila! Your very own poster! Using high-quality glossy photo paper produces a VERY nice result, but even plain paper will make a tolerable reproduction.
Thanks to Gary Karpinski for the great scans to make this possible!

Thanks to "an anonymous Jonny Quest fan" (you know who you are), you can now download a very large scan of the entire poster here: large scan archive

The fan writes: "I assembled a single jpeg image of Doug Wildey's "The Youngest American Hero" poster from the four separate files you so kindly provide. After placing the quadrants I cleaned-up the sharp edges (where the images overlap) and filled-in some missing border material. Some folks might be interested in a single image file of the poster, especially if they have access to a large format printer."

Image specs: Dimensions: 3157 x 4400 pixels, File Size: 1.6 MB.

There also is a Photoshop format file at 59 MB available. If you are interested, please write to me (lyle@classicjq.com), and I will put you in contact with this fan.

Once you've downloaded the file, unzip and enjoy!

Doug Wildey Autographed comic book page


This autographed page of comic book art by the great Doug Wildey is from issue #1 of the Comico "Jonny Quest" series. Doug Wildey wrote, drew, inked, etc. the entire first half of this comic book, as well as painting the wrap-around cover! See Classic Jonny Quest comics for images and more on the comics.

"Jonny Quest in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" record


(Image courtesy Heidi Schreiber)
There are apparently 33-1/3 rpm (LP) and 45 rpm versions with this title; it is presumed the 45 rpm version contains excerpts of the LP. Judging solely by the price (49 cents), the photo at left appears to show the 45 rpm version.

Gary Karpinski provided much of the following information (as well as these images of the LP's front and back covers) based on his copy of the LP; I've added some additional information based on additional research.
  1. 1965, Hanna Barbera Productions
  2. On the inner circle of the album it states:For Broadcast Only Not For Sale
  3. Album is 28 minutes in length (14 minutes each side).
  4. Side I:
    1. Song: "Jonny Quest" :a different version by Hoyt Curtian. (see note under item 12 below)
      Gary writes: "Not even half as good as the Cartoon intro music. Sounds a little bit like "James Bond" music. I said a little bit!" After listening to a copy of this album, I must agree - this "jazzed-up" version of the familiar theme misses the mark.
    2. Story: "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" Part I
  5. Side II:
    1. Story:"20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" Part II
    2. Song: "Jonny Quest"
  6. Stories - Charles Shows
  7. Art Direction - H.C. Pennington
  8. Layout - Warren Tufts
  9. Cover Art - H.C. Pennington
  10. Hand Lettering - Robert B. Schaefer
  11. Editor, 35 mm Track - Milton Krear
  12. Song: Hoyt Curtian (NOTE: This is the spelling on the album; on the credits for the Jonny Quest episodes, it is spelled without the 'a', i.e. Hoyt Curtin. The LP spelling [i.e., Curtian] appears to be a typographical error.)
  13. Voices
    1. Jonny Quest - Tim Mathieson. Gary writes:"Tim's voice had definitely changed when they recorded this 1965 album. It's a lot lower sounding than his JQ cartoon voice."
      Further research reveals that the record was indeed made after the series, in 1965, which explains Jonny's lower voice. And speaking of name changes -- I'd been aware that Matthieson (from the TV credits) eventually became Matheson, but the Mathieson seen on the LP's cover is probably just a typographical error.
    2. Dr.Quest - John Stephenson (Don Messick wasn't available.)
    3. Race Bannon - Michael Road (NOTE: After careful listening to the audio, I believe Mike also provided the voices of the narrator and the government operative calling via DC-O37.)
  14. Warren Tufts and H.C. Pennington signatures on the bottom left corner of album cover
  15. Based on the Jules Verne Classic "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"
  16. Additional note from Gary: "Like I said before, the intro and end "Jonny Quest" song is different from the cartoon version,but during the story you can hear some of the familiar classic JQ music from the cartoon."
Gary was kind enough to send a copy of this audio presentation, and I was quite surprised to discover that the "story" was actually a new Jonny Quest adventure! The intro made mention of the fact that Jonny was reading Verne's classic tale, and was very excited by the story of the giant squid, etc., but the rest of the story tells how Jonny, Dr. Quest, and Race get a call from a government official about a sub that went down in deep waters not too far from where they were testing Dr. Quest's diving bell. During the course of their subsequent search for the sub, they... well, let's just say it would've made a good TV episode, with science and mystery and excitement and danger!

Oh, all right, if you must know the details...
Here's a transcript of part 1 of the story on the LP. And here's part 2 of the story transcript. And finally, here's a transcript of the 45 RPM version.
Thanks to inachan2@ican.net for providing the original text for these transcripts!

And thanks to Mark Meschino who sent in the following MP3 files for the tracks on the LP!

"Favorite Songs of Jonny Quest" record

(image courtesy inachan2@ican.net)

The cover lists the following 5 songs: Top Cat, Smokey the Dragon, Bed Rock Rock, Robin Hood, Jonny Quest. Having said that, the actual contents of the 45 inside are: Top Cat, Augie Doggie, Bed Rock Rock, and Jonny Quest! I have no clue as to why there's such a big discrepancy. The Jonny Quest song is the same "jazzy" version that apears on the "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" LP, as discussed above.

Thanks to inachan2@ican.net for the above information!

Pic-A-Nic Basket of Cartoon Classics

© 1996 Hanna-Barbera, produced by Kid Rhino

This 4-CD collection is the definitive gathering of musical tracks for Hanna-Barbera cartoons, containing nearly a hundred tracks of music, culled from nearly every Hanna-Barbera cartoon and animated feature ever made!

It contains the only known "official" recordings of Jonny Quest themes and underscores, on volume 2 of the collection. Both the opening theme and the closing theme are present, as are about 9 minutes of underscores, which include the famous "Mummy" underscore, the "Lizard Men hydrofoil chase" underscore, and numerous other readily-recognizeable tracks. My only complaint is that not all of the underscores heard in Jonny Quest are represented; my unofficial guesstimate is about 10% of the tracks are here.

Magnets (home-made items)

A magnet based on the Jonny Quest Transogram board game.

A large magnet based on a 1965 LP album cover; the magnet measures 5 inches wide by 5 inches high.

Hanna-Barbera Greeting Cards

Original hand inked and hand painted Christmas card cel produced in the 1960's and given to the employees at Hanna-Barbera. Extremely Rare!!!
(image courtesy Gary Karpinski)

Here are links to two more images showing a Jonny Quest greeting card also produced by H-B for employees.(images courtesy Dan Johnson)
Note:Inside image is from Comico Jonny Quest comic book cover for issue #6.

1995 Jonny Quest Lunchbox

Black plastic lunchbox with decal images on both sides. The lunch box is dated 1995.

Joe Tumminelli writes: "It was interesting to finally get a glimpse of the elusive Jonny Quest lunchbox on Ebay. I knew a vintage metal-type of lunchbox does not exist (I researched it), but I was not sure of the more recent plastic variety. I thought it was nice, but I felt they could have used more interesting graphics for the front panel, given the graphic-rich legacy of the series. Nonetheless, for JQ collectors, even a plastic box can be a great item. This was the first one I have ever seen. But this plastic box at least fills a void. If any series deserves to be honored with a lunchbox, Classic JQ is at the top of the list."

When I asked Joe about the "lunchbox research", he replied "Basically, I looked through many collector's guides on lunchboxes that list boxes and their prices in hopes of finding the existence of a vintage JQ metal lunchbox. I have also visited many lunchbox specialized websites of collectors and dealers, but there has never been a mention of a JQ metal lunchbox. Thus, my depressing conclusion that this box does not exist."

1975 Hanna-Barbera Promotional Flyer

This 8-1/2 in. by 11 in. full color flyer was used to promote the Hanna Barbera library of animated cartoon series for licensing and TV syndication. It is dated 1975, and features full-color pictures of The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear (check out Ranger Smith's BLONDE hair!!), Jonny Quest, Ruff & Reddy, Lippy the Lion, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggy, Huckleberry Hound, Peter Potomus, Loopy de Loop, Wally Gator, Magilla Gorilla, and Touche Turtle.

Jonny Quest "Floaty" Pen

Float action pen made by Eskesen in Denmark. Scene shows Jonny Quest with his dog and Hadji as a snake charmer; action = Jonny climbs rope. Writing on back side: "Hanna Barbera - Jonny Quest" with graphic of Jonny and Bandit's face. Pen color is blue.
(Image courtesy Aaron Bates)

Jonny Quest "Floaty" Key Ring

Very similar to "floaty" pen shown above; presumed made by the same company at about the same time.

Jonny Quest and Hadji Bobble-Heads

 Here's an image from issue 148 of "Lee's Action Figure & Toys Review" magazine for a proposed set of bobble-heads that potentially are to be released sometime in 2005. Thanks to Ron Lopez for the image

Jonny Quest stickers from Mexico

 Apparently a whole collection of cartoon images were placed on stickers for collecting. This link takes you to a page with the Jonny Quest sticker images. Thanks to Jim Alexander for the images!


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