Moltar is one of the main antagonists of the Space Ghost franchise.
Physical Appearance[]
In early appearances, Moltar wore a yellow and white outfit with white gloves. He eventually switched to his more well-known red and gray outfit with green gloves.
In the Dynamite Entertainment comic, Moltar wears a red and blue outfit. Outside of the suit, he is a human alien who was disfigured due to a fire. His physical appearance before the fire is based on Ted Cassidy who voiced Moltar in the original Space Ghost cartoon.
Biography[]
Space Ghost[]
He was one of the greatest villains of Space Ghost and member of the Council of Doom. In his first appearance, the character was called Moltor and had a different appearance. The name Moltor was later used as the name of his home planet in Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Space Ghost Coast to Coast[]
He later became the director of Space Ghost's talk show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Although he still hates Space Ghost which he bonds with Zorak over, Moltar still tries to do a good job as show director and usually doesn't try to bother Space Ghost much like Zorak does. Space Ghost also seems more tolerant of his behavior than he is with Zorak, although it is implied that Space Ghost doesn't care for Moltar in the slightest. Despite this, they both seem to have an ok working relationship, and Moltar in general seems to take the show somewhat seriously, and gets mad if Space Ghost screws up as well.
Moltar was also briefly the host of Toonami from 1997-1999, before he handed the role over to his friend TOM.
Moltar is also married as he has a wife named Linda and a few kids.
The Brak Show[]
Moltar appears in the episode "Runaway" in where he is a hitchhiker.
Jellystone![]
Moltar first appeared in the season two finale "Sweet Dreams" on a book cover. He physically appears in the third season episode "Space Con" in which he initially disguised himself as Meteor Man.
Space Ghost Vol. 1 (Dynamite Entertainment)[]
Moltar appears in the Dynamite comic.[1] In the comic, he works for Robo Corp. This version of the character is a human rather than an alien. Moltar has a more tragic backstory in this version as he was a physicist who lost his family to a fire and became disfigured as a result. It was his own fault though.[2] He gets arrested by Space Ghost. Moltar joins the Council of Doom.
Trivia[]
- In the original cartoon, he was not a magma man but a creator of magma men called the Molten Men.
- The reason why Moltar was replaced by TOM as the host of Toonami was due to C. Martin Croker losing interest in hosting the block, and Jason DeMarco and Sean Akins wanted to explore new creative venues for the block.[3]
- Moltar's original white and yellow outfit would later be repurposed for Linda's design.
- Of the six villains chosen to form the Council of Doom, Moltar was the only one to have only appeared in a single episode prior. Zorak, Creature King, Black Widow, and Brak had all appeared in two episodes prior to the six-part Council of Doom storyline, whilst Metallus had been the antagonist of three prior episodes.
Gallery[]
References[]
External links[]
- Moltar from Hanna-Barbera Wikia
- Moltar from Hanna-Barbera Wiki
- Moltar from Villains Wiki