Details

Release year: 1967

Storyline

Four costumed superheroes battle the world's most terrifying villains.

Top credits

Cast

Paul Frees — The Thing, Benjamin J. Grimm, Additional Voices, The Watcher, Ben Grimm, King Tok, The Mayor, The Thing aka Ben Grimm
Gerald Mohr — Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards, Additional Voices
Jack DeLeon — The Human Torch, Johnny Storm, Mole Man, Human Torch
Jo Ann Pflug — Invisible Girl, Susan Storm Richards

Did you know

• In the fall of 1966, Sy Fischer, a television agent who at the time worked at the powerful Ashley Famous Agency where his job was to sell shows on behalf of his clients, one day noticed his son Stuart reading a Fantastic Four comic book. Fischer saw potential in the Fantastic Four when he asked his son if this comic book could be a good cartoon who enthusiastically said, "Yes!" The very next day, Fischer got on the phone with Joseph Barbera, the co-founder and head of Hanna-Barbera and told him of this wonderful comic by Marvel Comics and recommended that Hanna-Barbera get the rights to develop it for Saturday morning. After taking a look at the FF, Barbera agreed. Both Joe Barbera and Sy Fischer then contacted Stan Lee and asked if the rights were available and luckily enough they were. A deal was quickly made between the two companies and Hanna-Barbera put the show into development and pitched it to ABC, and quickly it was on the ABC Saturday morning schedule for the Fall of 1967.

• Marvel had a very good year in 1967: "The Marvel Super Heroes" was still going in syndication, and it introduced two shows on network Saturday morning television: The Fantastic Four, done by Hanna-Barbera, and Spider-Man done by Krantz Films. Fantastic Four began one half-hour before Spider-Man, debuting on September 9, 1967 at 9:30 in the morning, with Spider-Man following at 10:00 A.M.

• On the stories adapted from the comics, the small print on the title cards for each individual episode actually gives credit to the specific comic issue it is adapted from.

Episodes

20 episodes – 1 seasons

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

Stan Lee & Jack Kirby's monumental Comic Book Feature Fantastically adapted & Faithfully Rendered to its Fantastic Origin & Storyline! so, "It's Clobberin' Time!"

👍 6 · 9/21/2007

⭐ 7/10

classic cartoon

👍 2 · 7/23/2017

⭐ /10

The greatest cartoon ever????

👍 16 · 4/30/2004