Dr. Benton Quest was a brilliant scientist, a kind of Renaissance man - dabbling in biology, physics, and electronics and able to handle himself like a secret agent.
In September 30th 1960 a milestone in animation history was made when Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones premiered on ABC. It ran for six seasons and opened the door to other prime time series from Hanna-Barbera the other series were Top Cat (1961), The Jetsons (1962) Where’s Huddles (1970) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972).
But it was the series that premiered on September 18th 1964 that is one of the most celebrated and influential animated series to come from Hanna-Barbera. Jonny Quest only ran for one season with 26 episodes but the influence of that series is still being felt today. The DVD packaging refers to the show being season 1 but there was only one season and should be referred as the complete series. It does contain all 26 produced episodes in the correct aired order:
Mystery of the Lizard Men
Arctic Splashdown
The Curse of Anubis
Pursuit of the Po-Ho
Riddle of the Gold
Treasure of the Temple
Calcutta Adventure
The Robot Spy
Double Danger
Shadow of the Condor
Skull and Double Crossbones
The Dreadful Doll
A Small Matter of Pygmies
Dragons of Ashida
Turu the Terrible
The Fraudulent Volcano
The Werewolf of the Timberland
Pirates from Below
Attack of the Tree People
The Invisible Monster
The Devil’s Tower
The Quetong Missile Mystery
The House of Seven Gargoyles
Terror Island
Monster in a Monastery
The Sea Haunt
The show was designed by two great artist that were working for Hanna-Barbera at the time. Doug Wildey and Alex Toth defined the look of the show that raised the bar from the standard look of other Hanna-Barbera shows of the time.