Cover: Francesco Mattina

The Herculoids #4

May 2025 · Dynamite Entertainment · 4.99 USD

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“A Day of Change!”

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The Herculoids #4 (2025) marks the first time in comics history that Zok — the laser-ray dragon of Alex Toth's 1967 Hanna-Barbera creation — receives a dedicated point-of-view, interior-perspective issue exploring his psychology and mysterious pre-Amzot past. In doing so, it approaches a creative frontier the original animated series never touched: Toth himself famously refused to explain the origins of Zandor's family or their creature companions, leaving that mythology deliberately blank for nearly six decades. Dynamite's Herculoids series, of which this is the fourth chapter, represents the first self-titled ongoing comic run for the property and sits within a broader Dynamite initiative reviving classic Hanna-Barbera action properties alongside their critically received Space Ghost title — a shared universe that would eventually culminate in a full crossover event.

In "A Day of Change!", a young stone forest dweller and the laser-ray dragon Zok each face pivotal rites-of-passage that ripple across their worlds—unbeknownst to one another, their journeys collide in ways neither could have predicted. Written by Tom Sniegoski and brought to life by Craig Rousseau’s dynamic art, with colors by Omi Remalante Jr. and letters by Taylor Esposito, this 2025 issue from Dynamite Entertainment delivers a striking blend of mythic wonder and unexpected connection. The cover by Francesco Mattina captures the moment’s tension with bold, expressive detail.

writer Tom Sniegoski · artist, inker Craig Rousseau · colorist Omi Remalante Jr. · letterer Taylor Esposito · cover Francesco Mattina

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History

Announced in October 2024, the Dynamite Herculoids series was positioned as a successor to the publisher's successful Space Ghost ongoing, both properties drawing from Hanna-Barbera's late-1960s Saturday-morning action catalogue. Writer Tom Sniegoski — known for work on Vampirella and Hellboy tie-ins — and artist Craig Rousseau were tapped as the creative team, with colorist Omi Remalante Jr. completing the interior art duties. The series launched in February 2025 and #4 arrived in shops on May 28, 2025, following the conclusion of a Mole People story arc in issue #3.

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Written by Tom Sniegoski; interior art by Craig Rousseau; colors by Omi Remalante Jr.; released May 28, 2025 by Dynamite Entertainment.
The issue is structured as a first-person POV story focused entirely on Zok the laser-ray dragon — the first such character-centric, interior-perspective issue devoted to Zok in the character's comic book history.
Story follows directly from the Mole People arc concluded in issue #3, narrowing focus from ensemble action to individual character study.
Zok's narrative involves hints of a 'dimly-remembered past that seems like a dream — or possibly a nightmare,' seeding an origin mystery for the character that the original 1967 TV series never addressed.
The original Herculoids TV series was created and designed by Alex Toth and debuted September 9, 1967 on CBS; Toth's characters and their unexplained backstories form the mythological foundation this comic expands upon.
The Herculoids and Space Ghost shared animated history: the Herculoids made a crossover appearance in the Space Ghost episode 'The Molten Monsters of Moltar,' and both properties were later packaged together in NBC's 1981 Space Stars anthology — context for Dynamite's eventual crossover plans.
Issue #4 ships with four cover variants: Cover A by Francesco Mattina, Cover B by Joseph Michael Linsner, Cover C by Björn Barends, and Cover D — sources conflict on whether this is by Felipe Massafera or Kyle Holtz (see flagged).
The Dynamite Herculoids series is a 10-issue run (2025–2026) that serves as narrative groundwork leading toward the announced crossover miniseries Space Ghost vs. The Herculoids (September 2026), written by David Pepose with art by Jonathan Lau.