The Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four
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The Fantastic Four

7.6 / 10
1978
1 season
13 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyAnimation

The second independent animated adaptation of Marvel's Fantastic Four, consisting of 13 episodes. This series is the premiere for the robot H.E.R.B.I.E., as the Human Torch was unable to be used in the show due to a rights issue.

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The second independent animated adaptation of Marvel's Fantastic Four, consisting of 13 episodes, introduces the robot H. for the first time E. R.B.I.E. replaces Thunderbolt Fire as controversial innovation

  • A Monster Among Us

    1.A Monster Among Us

    5.0
    09-09-197824m

    Above the Earth, a meteor shower damages an alien spacecraft, which then falls down to the planet's surface. A giant humanoid alien emerges and makes its way towards New York. In t...

  • The Phantom of Film City

    2.The Phantom of Film City

    6.0
    16-09-197824m

    Magneto travels to New York, seeking out the Fantastic Four. He uses his magnetic powers to break into the Baxter Building and challenges Reed for leadership of the team. Magneto b...

  • The Mole Man

    3.The Mole Man

    5.0
    23-09-197824m

    The Fantastic Four patrol the skies above New York in the Fantasticar when they spot a tank ramming into a bank and sucking out the money. They land and attempt to stop the tank fr...

  • The Olympics of Space

    4.The Olympics of Space

    6.0
    30-09-197824m

    Travelling over the Bavarian Alps in the Fantasticar to investigate reports of mysterious beings in the mountains, the Fantastic Four come under attack from Gorgon, an Inhuman. The...

  • Medusa and the Inhumans

    5.Medusa and the Inhumans

    6.0
    07-10-197824m

    Herbie is helping Ben exercise using Reed's testing room, when a mysterious lady enters their headquarters and is captured by the automatic defense systems. She introduces herself...

  • The Menace of Magneto

    6.The Menace of Magneto

    0.0
    14-10-197824m

    In Europe, a large power plant sinks into the ground, the latest such occurrence. The Fantastic Four are contacted for help, and Reed mentions that a mysterious individual known as...

  • The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom

    7.The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom

    5.0
    21-10-197824m

    With nothing to do on a quiet night, Ben takes the Fantasticar out for a spin and observes a spaceship in the sky. The spaceship abducts Ben, and the rest of the team attempt to tr...

  • The Impossible Man

    8.The Impossible Man

    6.0
    28-10-197824m

    In Latveria, Doctor Doom plans to defeat the Fantastic Four before ruling the world himself. Doom travels to New York and ensnares the Baxter Building with a giant electrical wire....

  • The Diamond of Doom

    9.The Diamond of Doom

    6.0
    04-11-197824m

    In an isolated mansion deep in a far away forest, the super-villain known as the Wizard has invited Medusa, the Sandman and the Trapster. He tells them that they must work together...

  • The Frightful Four

    10.The Frightful Four

    5.0
    11-11-197824m

    On board a commercial airline, the Fantastic Four are travelling to Gateway University in St. Louis where Reed is due to receive and honorary degree when the plane is hit by a myst...

  • Calamity on the Campus

    11.Calamity on the Campus

    5.0
    18-11-197824m

    A strange green rocket lands on Earth and turns into a powerful green alien. The first people he meets up with are a gangster named Grogan, and his accomplices who have just robbed...

  • The Final Victory of Doctor Doom

    12.The Final Victory of Doctor Doom

    6.0
    09-12-197824m

    Doctor Doom leaves Latveria for New York on his royal rocket. Herbie detects the rocket's launch and Doom makes his way to the Latverian embassy. There, he broadcasts a holographic...

  • Blastarr, The Living Bomb Burst

    13.Blastarr, The Living Bomb Burst

    6.0
    16-12-197824m

    Reed's new experiment yields in the discovery of another dimension known as the Negative Zone. He wants to see if the Zone contains new power sources to help the Earth's energy cri...

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