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The New Fantastic Four

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The New Fantastic Four
GenreSuperhero
Action
Adventure
Based on
Voices of
Narrated byDick Tufeld
Theme music composer
  • Dean Elliott
  • Eric Rogers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerLee Gunther
Producers
Editors
  • David H. DePatie, Jr.
  • Richard Gannon
  • Richard Corwin
Running time21–22 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 9 (1978-09-09) –
December 16, 1978 (1978-12-16)
Chronology
Preceded byFantastic Four (1967)
Followed byFantastic 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.[1] It is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four, following a 1967 series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.[2]

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.[3][4]

Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Marvel Productions. The series is not available on Disney+.[5][6][7]

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DePatie–Freleng Enterprises

DePatie–Freleng Enterprises

DePatie–Freleng Enterprises was an American animation production company that was active from 1963 to 1981. Based in Burbank, DFE produced animation for film and television.

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, Magazine Management/Atlas Comics in 1951 and its predecessor, Marvel Mystery Comics, the Marvel Comics title/name/brand was first used in June 1961.

Comic book

Comic book

A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form.

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in The Fantastic Four #1, helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the first superhero team created by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and editor/co-scripter Stan Lee, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics with this title.

Fantastic Four (1967 TV series)

Fantastic Four (1967 TV series)

Fantastic Four is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. The program, featuring character designs by Alex Toth, aired Saturday mornings on ABC from September 9, 1967, to September 21, 1968. It lasted for 20 episodes, with repeat episodes airing on ABC for three years until the network cancelled the program. It was also rerun as part of the continuing series Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure.

Human Torch

Human Torch

The Human Torch is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. He is writer Stan Lee's and artist Jack Kirby's reinvention of a similar, previous character, the android Human Torch of the same name and powers who was created in 1939 by writer-artist Carl Burgos for Marvel Comics' predecessor company, Timely Comics.

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

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

H.E.R.B.I.E. is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was initially conceived for The New Fantastic Four and integrated into the comics continuity shortly afterwards. The character is usually depicted as an ally of the Fantastic Four.

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal.

Marvel Productions

Marvel Productions

New World Animation Ltd., formerly known as Marvel Productions, was the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group, based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation.

Disney+

Disney+

Disney+ is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by The Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Television, with dedicated content hubs for the brands Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic, as well as Star in some regions. Original films and television series are also distributed on Disney+.

Plot

After getting exposed to cosmic radiation, Reed Richards, Susan Storm, and Ben Grimm, alongside their robot H.E.R.B.I.E., fight crime as the Fantastic Four.

Episode list

No Title Original air date PC
1"A Monster Among Us"January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18)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 (1978-01-25)102

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 Hulk used a cardboard gun to trick Metal Master into believing he lost his powers.
3"The Phantom of Film City"February 1, 1978 (1978-02-01)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 (1978-02-08)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 (1978-02-15)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 (1978-02-22)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 (1978-03-01)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 (1978-03-08)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 (1978-03-15)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 (1978-03-22)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 (1978-03-29)110
A green alien that can do anything lands on Earth and is called Impossible Man by the criminal Grogan as he befriends him and his gang. Now the Fantastic Four must find a way to expose Grogan to Impossible Man and get him off Earth.
12"The Final Victory of Doctor Doom"April 5, 1978 (1978-04-05)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 (1978-04-12)113
Mister Fantastic discovers the Negative Zone and unknowingly lets Blastaar onto Earth who goes on a rampage.

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Mole Man

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Doctor Doom

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Latveria

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Frightful Four

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Negative Zone

Negative Zone

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Blastaar

Blastaar

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Cast

Additional voices

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

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

H.E.R.B.I.E. is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was initially conceived for The New Fantastic Four and integrated into the comics continuity shortly afterwards. The character is usually depicted as an ally of the Fantastic Four.

Impossible Man

Impossible Man

The Impossible Man is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #11, and was created by writer Stan Lee and writer/artist Jack Kirby. The Impossible Man has been featured in other Marvel-endorsed products such as action figures, arcade and video games, animated television series, and merchandise such as trading cards.

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Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #5. The monarch of the fictional nation of Latveria, Doom primarily serves as the archenemy of Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four. He has also come into conflict with other superheroes in the Marvel Universe, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, the X-Men, and the Avengers. He has also been portrayed as an antihero at times, working with the heroes if their goals align and only if it benefits him.

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 comedic Marvel Mash-Up series of shorts for their "Marvel Universe on Disney XD" block of programming that included Ultimate Spider-Man and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.[8]

Home media

The company Liberation Films was going to release this series on DVD in the UK in November 2008, but due to the company going into bankruptcy, that never happened. However the company Clear Vision in the UK which had acquired the rights to the Marvel shows, released the series on DVD in March, 2010.

Morningstar Entertainment has released 2 episodes on Region 1 DVD in Canada, however both The Impossible Man and Meet Dr. Doom are reissues of Volumes 2 and 7 of the 1980s Prism Video Marvel Comics Video Library. Both DVDs were mastered from VHS copies of those old releases, and therefore contain the Spider-Man episodes that were added on as bonus episodes to the VHS releases.[9] Meet Doctor Doom is only available in the Villains Gift Set by Morningstar.

Source: "The New Fantastic Four", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 11th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Fantastic_Four.

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Further Reading

Fantastic Four

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981 TV series)

Ben Grimm

Human Torch

Spider-Man (1994 TV series)

Fantastic Five

Fantastic Four (2005 film)

Spider-Man (1981 TV series)

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

Fantastic Four (1967 TV series)

Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)

RoboCop (American TV series)

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

The Incredible Hulk (1982 TV series)

The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)

Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)
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  3. ^ "Is it true that the Human Torch was replaced in the 1978 Fantastic Four cartoon show because the network was afraid that kids would imitate him and set themselves on fire?" -- POVOnline.com. Retrieved on 7 December 2007. Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ^ "The New Fantastic Four DVD news: DVDs Planned in Canada for 1978's The New Fantastic Four Cartoons". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
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