Randy
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Tim
Registered: May 2006
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Tue July 10, 2007 9:09am
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Good job, did you do this entirely in photoshop or some other program?
Space Ghost was one of my favorites when I was a kid. For those of you who
don't know who he is here's some stuff I got off of wiki
Space Ghost Powers
Space Ghost debuted in 1966 in Space Ghost and Dino Boy, where Space Ghost shared time with an unrelated segment called Dino Boy in the Lost Valley. That show only lasted until 1968, but Space Ghost re-appeared as segments on Space Stars in 1981.
I wasn't born yet in 1966, but I caught him in the reruns. The 60's cartoons were better than the 80's version. A lot more cartoon violence was in the 60's version.
Comic books
In the late 1960s, Gold Key Comics published one issue of Space Ghost in his own comic. The character also appeared in the anthology title, Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes, which featured other Saturday morning crimefighters such as the Herculoids, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.
Marvel Comics' "Hanna-Barbera TV Stars" no. 3 (Dec. 1978 issue) was a superhero special that featured a Space Ghost story, "Pilgreen's Progress." Ironically, it was the only time Alex Toth ever drew the character for comics.
In 1987, Comico published an adaptation of Space Ghost by Mark Evanier and Steve Rude that was an homage to the spirit and look of the cartoon.
In 1997, Archie Comics published "Cartoon Network Presents Space Ghost" with art by Scott Rosema.
In 2004, DC Comics published a Space Ghost mini-series, which featured a serious, sci-fi/space opera version of the character and showed his origins for the first time.
The series was written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Ariel Olivetti. Bach, an interplanetary peacekeeper, is betrayed by corrupt officers, who kill his pregnant wife and abandon him on a desolate planet. Bach is rescued by an alien who gives him both a reason to live and the technology contained in his suit.
Opinion on this depiction is somewhat divided. Some fans appreciated the darker approach, while others disliked seeing the light tone abandoned to fit the more nihilistic contemporary tone of superheroes. In spite of those opinions, the miniseries proved to be a surprise hit, and a sequel by the same creative team is in the works.
Space Ghost's super powers originate from the Power Bands he wears on his wrists and his Inviso-Belt; without them he has proven to be mostly a normal human, though in at least one episode he demonstrates apparently innate superhuman strength. The Power Bands feature six buttons (three on each wristband). Pressing a certain combination of these buttons activates its functions. The Power Bands grant Space Ghost a wide variety of abilities for attack and defense. These include different types of attack beams, such as Freeze Force, Heat Ray, Stun Ray, Magnetic Ray, Energy Force, and so on; for defense they provide some types of protective force fields. Although the variety of these abilities give Space Ghost a formidable arsenal, the Power Bands are only able to use just one attack and one defensive function simultaneously. For example, in one episode of the cartoon series, he combined the Energy Force with his force field to create a concussive attack called Force Hammer. Space Ghost's only power not provided by his Power Bands is his signature ability to turn invisible, which he activates by touching a button on his belt..
Within the DC comic book mini-series, the Power Bands initially can only generate offensive energy blasts. DC has said this is because the mini-series takes place ten years before the original cartoon took place,[citation needed] so it can be assumed that the Power Bands were upgraded over that time frame to include other forms of attack.
Space Ghost is also capable of flight and can fly through space without any apparent need for protection or life support, though it is unclear that this ability is granted to him via his Power Bands, his Inviso-Belt or some other means.
When Space Ghost is invisible he phases out so he can go through walls, thus making him undetectable by radar and similar means of locators.
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fanboy1171
Registered: May 2007
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Thanks Tim. It was all created using my pencil and Photoshop.
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fanboy1171
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AirForce509th
Registered: June 2007
Location: USA
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Wed July 11, 2007 7:32pm
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This is just awesome. Incredible.
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JNESS
Registered: July 2007
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Wed July 11, 2007 9:32pm
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You nailed it! To be honest, you added something to Space Ghost that I never saw in the cartoons, this looks like him in a more serious setting, like a graphic novel. Excellent work.
JNESS
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fanboy1171
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Location: Washington State
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The Midnight Avenger
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