Fantastic Four (1967 TV series)

Fantastic Four
Format	Animation/Action-adventure
Created by	Stan Lee & Jack Kirby (characters)
Starring	Gerald Mohr Jo Ann Pflug Jack Flounders Paul Frees
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	22 mins (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 9, 1967 – March 15, 1970

Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and the first animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The program, featuring character designs by Alex Toth, aired on ABC from 1967 to 1970. It lasted for 20 episodes, with repeat episodes airing on ABC until the network cancelled the program. It was also rerun as part of the continuing series Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure.

Voice cast

• Gerald Mohr - Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
• Jo Ann Pflug - Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards)
• Jack Flounders - The Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
• Paul Frees - The Thing (Benjamin J. Grimm)/The Watcher/Additional Voices

Episode list

1. Klaws
2. Menace Of The Mole Men
3. Diablo
4. The Red Ghost
5. Invasion Of The Super-Skrulls
6. Three Predictions Of Dr. Doom
7. The Way It All Began
8. Behold A Distant Star
9. Prisoners Of Planet X
10. The Mysterious Molecule Man
11. Danger In The Depths
12. Demon Of The Deep
13. Return Of The Mole Man
14. It Started On Yancy Street
15. Galactus
16. The Micro World Of Dr. Doom
17. Blastaar
18. The Terrible Tribunal
19. Rama-Tut
20. The Deadly Director

Trivia

• Contrary to some episode guides, Ted Cassidy did not supply the voice of the Thing for this series (although he did play Galactus in one episode, and indeed later voiced Thing in the 1978 version).
• Due to the rights to the Sub-Mariner being held by Grantray-Lawrence Animation, the adaptation of the first meeting between the FF and Namor was altered. Instead, Triton of the Inhumans was reworked into the Namor role.
• In the episode "Galactus", Sue Richards (The Invisible Girl), has the role originated by Alicia Masters (explaining to the Silver Surfer about humanity).
• Hanna-Barbera revived the Thing in 1979's Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, which loosely adapted the character.
• Through a series of transactions, Disney currently holds the rights to Marvel's 1960s-1990s animated output. However, the 1967-1968 Fantastic Four was produced by Hanna-Barbera, which is part of Time Warner, making the series one of only a handful of Marvel related TV projects not owned by Disney.

External links

• Fantastic Four (1967) at TV.com
• Fantastic Four at the Internet Movie Database
• Marvel Animation Age: Fantastic Four (1967)
• Fantastic Four at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• International Hero: Fantastic Four
• Pazsaz - synopsis and episode guide