Fantastic Four
Genre	animated television series
Country of origin	United States
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC

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. Another 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). An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (sometimes abbreviated to DFE) was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The Fantastic Four is a fictional American team of comic-book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This article or section on a comics-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... H.E.R.B.I.E. is a fictional robot from the Marvel Universe, and an ally of the Fantastic Four. ... Marvel Age is an imprint of Marvel Comics intended for younger audiences, including children, established in 2003. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

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.

H.E.R.B.I.E.

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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)

Theodore Crawford Ted Cassidy (born July 31, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - January 16, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor who played Lurch (in which role he was able to demonstrate his genuine skill on the harpsichord) and Thing on The Addams Family. ... Mike Road was the voice actor of Race Bannon in Johnny Quest. ... Dick Tufeld (pronounced TOO-feld - born 1927) is an American actor best known for being an announcer, narrator and voice actor from the 1950s onward. ... Franklin Willard Welker (born February 16, 1945) is an American voice actor. ...

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

External links

• Marvel Animation Age: Fantastic Four (1978)