The 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.
They cross paths with various figures and have battles against their comic book rogues, including Dr. Doom, the Mole Man, Galactus and Diablo.
[6] Upon confirming his son's interest, Fischer took the idea to Joseph Barbera who read the comic himself and agreed that it would translate well as a cartoon.
After acquiring the rights, Barbera and Fischer successfully pitched the series to ABC for the 1967 TV season.
Susan plants a sonic wave jamming device on the Super-Skrull before he can destroy them with his ultimate power level.
However, Reed tricks Kurrgo and leaves him on the doomed planet while the micro-sized population, the Fantastic Four, and a defeated robot get away to safety.
She claims to have come from a land beneath the sea called Pacifica, which is under siege by Attuma.
The Watcher fails to prevent the Silver Surfer from coming and summoning Galactus.
Ben puts a stop to the Lizard Men and then the Fantastic Four return to their own world.
In The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows, David Perlmutter writes, "While Hanna-Barbera was, because of obvious production restrictions, unable to duplicate Lee and Kirby's complex, labyrinthine plotting from the comics, their 1967 adaptation of the Four was well produced in every other respect, and gave the team welcome exposure to those previously unfamiliar with their comic-book existence.
The voice actors were unusually well cast, with Frees' Brooklyn-accented Thing standing out, and this helped compensate for the limitations of the animation process of the time.
Unfortunately, the erroneous concerns about violence in the mass media ultimately marginalized the series, as it did others from the same time period.
It never ran again after Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide that has full rights to Marvel content.