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Above is the iconic Space Ghost, the elegant and sleek space superhero created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera back in the 60's.
But it seems that classic look took a while to come to. Here are a gaggle of sketches showing a somewhat different Space Ghost, a more wan figure with some distinctive styling differences.
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Apparently they were going to show his face too.
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Here the design is in color.
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But these designs didn't do the trick, and Toth went back to the drawing board. He came up with this look.
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnmOfYxISlXxPn0xJixMWWezmTMmqN5MvZ4lX9oETN-qiiG7unKnAsKi0VT4dWTq0r_hkUp47DgKrSkum_gqIKSgmE-1SxRGtR4Tu1SndMDoaaSo66uLD1wBv4v2gysKfRJ2eKODw_KA/s400/Toth+6.jpg)
And the rest as they say is history.
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