The New Fantastic Four facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The New Fantastic Four |
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| Genre | Superhero Action Adventure |
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| Narrated by | Dick Tufeld |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Lee Gunther |
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| Distributor | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 9 – December 16, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Fantastic Four (1967) |
| Followed by | Fantastic Four (1994) |
The New Fantastic Four (on-screen title: The Fantastic Four) is an animated series produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation in 1978. It is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four, following a 1967 series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
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), because the 1978 television rights to use that character were tied up by a proposed television pilot movie in development by Universal Studios that ended up never being produced.
Within the Marvel Comics Multiverse, the 1978 Fantastic Four cartoon universe is designated Earth-78909.
Episode list
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| 1 | "A Monster Among Us" | January 18, 1978 | 101 |
| A spaceship containing a giant alien monster crash-lands on Earth and heads for New York. The Fantastic Four must find a way to contain the giant alien monster before a second spaceship arrives. | |||
| 2 | "The Menace of Magneto" | January 25, 1978 | 102 |
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Magneto challenges Mister Fantastic for leadership of the Fantastic Four. Magneto wins and makes the team commit crimes disguised as good deeds. Note. This episode lifts its conclusion from Incredible Hulk #6 in which the Hulk used a cardboard gun to trick the Metal Master into believing he lost his powers. |
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| 3 | "The Phantom of Film City" | February 1, 1978 | 103 |
| When the Fantastic Four are invited to make an epic film adventure, the movie set is plagued by the mysterious Phantom of Film City and some all too real Skrull actors. | |||
| 4 | "Medusa and the Inhumans" | February 8, 1978 | 104 |
| Upon investigating reports of mysterious beings living in the Alps, the Fantastic Four are captured by the Inhumans led by Medusa who are making plans to take over the Earth. | |||
| 5 | "The Diamond of Doom" | February 15, 1978 | 105 |
| Queen Sebel of Manopal hires the Fantastic Four to retrieve the Great White Stone that was stolen from her not knowing what Queen Sebel plans to do with the Great White Stone. | |||
| 6 | "The Mole Man" | February 22, 1978 | 106 |
| When power plants from all over the world sink beneath the Earth, the Fantastic Four discover that Mole Man is behind this. | |||
| 7 | "The Olympics of Space" | March 1, 1978 | 107 |
| Thing is abducted by aliens and forced to compete on the Moon in a contest between warring factions. Thing ends up fighting the other alien race's champion Monstro. | |||
| 8 | "The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom" | March 8, 1978 | 111 |
| Doctor Doom introduces himself to the Fantastic Four and takes them back to Latveria where he forces them into going back in time and recovering the treasure of Blackbeard. | |||
| 9 | "The Frightful Four" | March 15, 1978 | 108 |
| In order to combat the Fantastic Four, Wizard brings together Medusa, Sandman, and Trapster to form the Frightful Four. | |||
| 10 | "Calamity on the Campus" | March 22, 1978 | 109 |
| Professor Gregson Gilbert introduces his creation Dragon Man to the Fantastic Four in order to use it for good. Unfortunately, Professor Gilbert's assistant George steals the controls to Dragon Man in order to use it for his own purposes. | |||
| 11 | "The Impossible Man" | March 29, 1978 | 110 |
| A green alien that can do anything lands on Earth and is called Impossible Man by the criminal it befriends. | |||
| 12 | "The Final Victory of Doctor Doom" | April 5, 1978 | 112 |
| Doctor Doom blackmails the United States into making him its leader causing the Fantastic Four to spring into action. | |||
| 13 | "Blastaar, the Living Bomb Burst" | April 12, 1978 | 113 |
| Mister Fantastic discovers the Negative Zone and unknowingly lets Blastaar onto Earth who goes on a rampage. | |||
Cast
- Ted Cassidy . . . Thing / Benjamin J. "Ben" Grimm, Mole Man
- Mike Road . . . Mister Fantastic / Prof. Reed Richards
- Dick Tufeld . . . Narrator
- Ginny Tyler . . . Invisible Girl / Susan "Sue" Richards
- Frank Welker . . . H.E.R.B.I.E., Impossible Man
Additional voices
- Joan Gerber
- Don Messick . . . J.J. Colossal
- Gene Moss . . . Trapster
- Vic Perrin
- Hal Smith
- John Stephenson . . . Doctor Doom, Magneto, Karnak, Professor Gregson Gilbert, Presenter at Science Convention
- Nancy Wible
Marvel Mash-Up
In July 2012, scenes from Fantastic Four were re-cut, edited, and re-dubbed into comical shorts as part of Disney XD's Marvel Mash-Up shorts for their "Marvel Universe on Disney XD" block of programming that included Ultimate Spider-Man and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
See also
In Spanish: Los 4 Fantásticos (serie animada de 1978) para niños
