80's-90's Cartoons that should be revisited as comics

[Alton]

Honestly, TMNT wasn't all that great back then either.

To be completely fair, most of the "best of the best" action cartoon of the '90s already had their shot at a comic or came from the comics originally. A lot of people love Gargoyles and say it's great, for example. And that had a comic from Slave Labor Graphics a number of years back. The one cartoon that people seem to agree was the best of that time was Batman. I'm pretty sure Batman already has a comic book. Multiple comics, even.

This is a case where it's better to look for hidden gems whose concept can be put to better use in comics than on children's television.

To be honest I had forgotten Gargoyles which I vaguely remember as being halfway decent but unable to carry the story arc very far because it may have had only 1-2 seasons. I seem to remember another company doing the comic like DC or Marvel,but I'm probably wrong.A good choice as hidden gem and you are probably right about TMNT's translation to TV from comic.The stuff I most object to is Transformers/ Voltron type shows which directly led IMO to the horrors of Power Rangers and other "live action" crappolla. The fact is there is other original material out there that deserves consideration above and beyond whether it becomes an animated series or comic or not instead of dreging up material from the worst era of animation ever.Of course I did get a kick out of Biker Mice From Mars. Guilty pleasure.

[dupersuper]

Gobots anyone?

Go-Bots every one!

[Rafa]

Not a cartoon, but Aimorphs should be brought back. It has HUGE potential.

[rasx]

To be honest I had forgotten Gargoyles which I vaguely remember as being halfway decent but unable to carry the story arc very far because it may have had only 1-2 seasons. I seem to remember another company doing the comic like DC or Marvel,but I'm probably wrong.A good choice as hidden gem and you are probably right about TMNT's translation to TV from comic.The stuff I most object to is Transformers/ Voltron type shows which directly led IMO to the horrors of Power Rangers and other "live action" crappolla. The fact is there is other original material out there that deserves consideration above and beyond whether it becomes an animated series or comic or not instead of dreging up material from the worst era of animation ever.Of course I did get a kick out of Biker Mice From Mars. Guilty pleasure.

Not sure what you meant, but I think the 80's were the best era in animation in terms of concepts.
What about Johnny Quest(especially the 90's version), has a lot of comic potential?

[BugsySig]

To be honest I had forgotten Gargoyles which I vaguely remember as being halfway decent but unable to carry the story arc very far because it may have had only 1-2 seasons. I seem to remember another company doing the comic like DC or Marvel,but I'm probably wrong.A good choice as hidden gem and you are probably right about TMNT's translation to TV from comic.The stuff I most object to is Transformers/ Voltron type shows which directly led IMO to the horrors of Power Rangers and other "live action" crappolla. The fact is there is other original material out there that deserves consideration above and beyond whether it becomes an animated series or comic or not instead of dreging up material from the worst era of animation ever.Of course I did get a kick out of Biker Mice From Mars. Guilty pleasure.

Gargoyles was pretty good. I espescially liked when they went to Avalon and then were wondering the world encountering other tribes of Gargoyles and other adventures. Very few cartoons had season-long arcs at that time, so it differentiated itself. Plus it had pretty decent animation and most of the ST:TNG cast doing the voices (Michael Dorn, Johnathan Frakes, Mirina Sirtus and others). Had to have had at least 3 seasons, maybe 4.

[Sailor Moon]

This. It was a terrible show, but that doesn't mean much. No one really remembers it anyway. As long as they have vaguely similar characters it'll be fine.

Though according to wikipedia, it may not be completely dead.



Live action... not sure thats much better then nothing at all.

A live action Captain Planet, eww..

[Blade X]

Galaxy rangers
bionic six
mighty orbots
mighty max
dungeons & dragons
exo-squad
monster force
spiral zone
blackstar
skysurfer strikeforce
centurions
thundarr the barbarian
ROSWELL CONSPIRACIES
INVASION AMERICA

[Kikaider]

Inhumanoids for sure
Mighty Orbots would be great
Bionic Six
Thundarr
I would like to see those in that order. Inhumanoids would be my top pick