Fantastic Four (1967 TV series)

infobox television
show_name = Fantastic Four


caption =
format = Animation/Action-adventure
runtime = 22 mins (per episode)
creator = Stan Lee & Jack Kirby (characters)
starring = Gerald Mohr
Jo Ann Pflug
Jack Flounders
Paul Frees
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = September 9, 1967
last_aired = March 15, 1970
num_episodes = 20|

"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".

Through a series of transactions, Disney currently holds the rights to the majority of 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. Ironically, Time Warner is also the owner of Marvel's biggest competitor, DC Comics.

Episode list

# Klaws
# Menace Of The Mole Men
# Diablo
# The Red Ghost
# Invasion Of The Super-Skrulls
# Three Predictions Of Dr. Doom
# The Way It All Began
# Behold A Distant Star
# Prisoners Of Planet X
# The Mysterious Molecule Man
# Danger In The Depths - 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, an original pastiche of Namor was reworked into the Namor role.
# Demon Of The Deep
# Return Of The Mole Man
# It Started On Yancy Street
# Galactus - In the episode "Galactus", Sue Richards (The Invisible Girl), has the role originated by Alicia Masters (explaining to the Silver Surfer about humanity).
# The Micro World Of Dr. Doom
# Blastaar
# The Terrible Tribunal
# Rama-Tut
# The Deadly Director

Cast

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

External links

*Tv.com show|id=17178|title=Fantastic Four (1967)
*imdb title|id=0061250|title=Fantastic Four
* [http://marvel.toonzone.net/ff1967/ Marvel Animation Age: "Fantastic Four" (1967)]
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/D-F/Fantastic_Four/index.html "Fantastic Four"] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/ff1967.htm International Hero: "Fantastic Four"]
* [http://www.pazsaz.com/ff3.html Pazsaz - synopsis and episode guide]
* [http://www.fantasticfour.info All About Fantastic Four Team]