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Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation in the mid-1970s. It is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. In an infamous move, the series replaced the character of the Human Torch with a robot named H.E.R.B.I.E. A long-lasting rumor, which was even reiterated by Marvel themselves in at least two issues of their 1980s fan magazine Marvel Age, stated that this change was made by the TV network (NBC) because they supposedly did not want young viewers to imitate the Human Torch by setting themselves on fire. However, the true reason for the change was because of merchandising strategies: a movie featuring the Human Torch was in the early stages of production at the time (although it was never completed).
As of 2006, similar to the majority of the other Disney-acquired Marvel Comics animated series, there are no plans to release this series on DVD.
[edit] Voice Cast
- Ted Cassidy - Thing/Benjamin J. 'Ben' Grimm (voice)
- Mike Road - Mr. Fantastic/Prof. Reed Richards (voice)
- Dick Tufeld - Opening Narrator
- Ginny Tyler-Hilton - Invisible Girl/Susan 'Sue' Richards (voice)
- Frank Welker - H.E.R.B.I.E. (voice)
[edit] Opening narration
"It was the world's strangest accident. While testing a new rocket ship, our heroes were bombarded by mysterious cosmic rays from outer space. Though they crash-landed safely, the strange and powerful rays had changed each one of them. Transforming their leader, Reed Richards, into the plastic-skinned Mr. Fantastic; Sue Richards into the "now you see her, now you don't" Invisible Girl; and Ben Grimm into a mighty-muscled powerhouse called The Thing. Now together with H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot, the newest member of the group, they have become the greatest team of superheroes the world has ever known. The NEW Fantastic Four!"
[edit] Episode list
- A Monster Among Us
- The Menace Of Magneto
- The Phantom Of Film City
- Medusa And The Inhumans
- The Diamond Of Doom
- The Mole Man
- The Olympics Of Space
- The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom
- The Frightful Four
- Calamity On The Campus
- The Impossible Man
- The Final Victory Of Doctor Doom
- Blastaar, the Living Bomb Burst
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