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Fantastic Four
Genre	animated television series
Presented by	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Marvel Comics Animation
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	David DePatie, Friz Freleng
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC

Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation in the late 1970s. It is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The 1978 series replaced the character of the Human Torch with a robot named H.E.R.B.I.E., (Humanoid Experimental Robot, B-type, Integrated Electronics). A long-lasting rumor stated that this change was made by the TV network (NBC) because NBC executives did not want young viewers to imitate the Human Torch by setting themselves on fire. This rumor proved to be untrue, as the Human Torch had appeared in the '60s version of the cartoon without incident, and the 1978 rights to use the character were tied up in a movie version of the character (a film was never made).

As of 2007, 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] Episode list

1. A Monster Among Us
2. The Menace Of Magneto
3. The Phantom Of Film City
4. Medusa And The Inhumans
5. The Diamond Of Doom
6. The Mole Man
7. The Olympics Of Space
8. The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom
9. The Frightful Four
10. Calamity On The Campus
11. The Impossible Man
12. The Final Victory Of Doctor Doom
13. Blastaar, the Living Bomb Burst

[edit] External links

• Marvel Animation Age: Fantastic Four (1978)
• The Dreamers: The New Fantastic Four (1978)

v • d • e Fantastic Four
Characters	Mister Fantastic · The Invisible Woman · The Human Torch · The Thing
Titles	Main continuity: Fantastic Four · Four · The Thing Other continuities: Ultimate Fantastic Four · Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four · Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four
Television	Fantastic Four (1967) · Fantastic Four (1978) · Fantastic Four (1994) · Fantastic Four (2006) · Other appearances
Movies	The Fantastic Four (1994) · Fantastic Four (2005) · Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Related	Locations · Video games