Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)

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Fantastic Four
The cover for the DVD release.
The cover for the DVD release.
Genre animated television series
Creator(s) Jack Kirby
Stan Lee
Starring Beau Weaver
Lori Alan
Quinton Flynn
Chuck McCann
Stan Lee
Brian Austin Green
Simon Templeman
Country of origin Flag of United States United States
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel First-run syndication
Original run September 24, 1994 – February 24, 1996
Links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Fantastic Four is the third animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four.

In the mid-1990s, Marvel Productions syndicated a new Fantastic Four animated series as part of The Marvel Action Hour. The first half of the hour was an episode of Iron Man; the second half an episode of Fantastic Four (many episodes of which were direct recreations of episodes from the original 1960s series). During the first season, Stan Lee was featured speaking before each show about characters in the following episode and what had inspired him to create them. Both the Fantastic Four and Iron Man series were radically retooled for the second seasons, sporting new opening sequences, improved animation, and more mature writing, though noticeably having fewer introductions by Stan Lee, with several of the new shorter intros being used more than once. The Marvel Action Hour lasted two seasons before being cancelled.

Following the release of the 2005 live-action film, The Walt Disney Company released the entirety of the series on Region 1 DVD, now featuring new introductions by Stan Lee for all 26 episodes, replacing the original introductions which were removed for network broadcast. Additionally, pieces of footage from the episodes themselves were later removed for network broadcast, and it is these cut episodes that comprise the DVD set. Region 2 received only a DVD comprising of the first four episodes.

Contents

[edit] Voice cast

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Season One

  1. The Origin of the Fantastic Four (1)
  2. The Origin of the Fantastic Four (2)
  3. Incursion of the Skrulls
  4. Now Comes the Sub-Mariner
  5. The Silver Surfer & the Coming of Galactus (1)
  6. The Silver Surfer & the Coming of Galactus (2)
  7. Superskrull
  8. The Mask of Doom (1)
  9. The Mask of Doom (2)
  10. The Mask of Doom (3)
  11. The Silver Surfer and the Return of Galactus
  12. Mole Man
  13. Behold the Negative Zone

[edit] Season Two

  1. And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them
  2. Inhumans Saga (1): And the Wind Cries Medusa
  3. Inhumans Saga (2): The Inhumans Among Us
  4. Inhumans Saga (3): Beware the Hidden Land
  5. Worlds Within Worlds
  6. To Battle the Living Planet
  7. Prey of the Black Panther
  8. When Calls Galactus
  9. Nightmare in Green
  10. Behold, a Distant Star
  11. Hopelessly Impossible
  12. The Sentry Sinister
  13. Doomsday

[edit] The Incredible Hulk Crossover

Main article: The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)
Image Title Writer(s) Original Airdate(s) #
"Fantastic Fortitude" Bob Forward November 10, 1996 8
Banner and She-Hulk go to New York hoping to find Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, so he can help cure Banner of the Hulk. However, the Fantastic Four is on vacation, except for the Thing, who She-Hulk immediately takes a liking to. Will the Thing, Hulk, and She-Hulk be able to take down the Ogress and the Leader's Gamma Warriors? 

[edit] Spider-Man Crossover

Main article: Spider-Man (1994 animated series) Episode List
Image Title Writer(s) Original Airdate(s) #
"Secret Wars, Chapter I: "Arrival"" John Semper &
Karen Milovich		 November 7, 1997 61
Madame Web sends Spider-Man to a planet, where the Beyonder tells Spider-Man he must pass a test to see who is stronger, good or evil. Beyonder sends evil, aka Red Skull, Alistair Smythe, Doctor Doom, the Lizard, and Doctor Octopus, to a planet, and causes a year to pass. Chaos is a result. Spider-Man's job is to save the planet. He's sent to the world, and Beyonder tells him he gets to have help. Spider-man can bring heroes, from anywhere. Spider-Man calls for the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America, and Storm. Later, the Lizard attacks them. The team eventually stops him. Later, Mr. Fantastic puts helps Lizards turn back into Curt Conners. Lizard then joins the team, and the episode ends. Part 1 of 3. 
"Secret Wars, Chapter II: "The Gauntlet of the Red Skull"" Virginia Roth November 14, 1997 62
Spider-Man summons the Black Cat from Earth. The heroes launch an attack along with the local colonists, against the Red Skull who is assisted by Alistair Smythe and Doctor Octopus. The strike force for the team is Spider-Man, Black Cat, Captain America, Lizard, and Iron Man. When they go to Skull's fortress, Skull sends his newly built Cyber Skulls, and Spider Slayers. Allister Smythe wanted to go back to Earth because he wants to find his father. So, he joins the heroes and self-destructs the robots, and the heroes get inside the fortress. Seeing their fortress destroyed Red Skull and Doctor Octopus escape. Part 2 of 3. 
"Secret Wars, Chapter III: "Doom"" Ernie Altbacker,
John Semper &
Mark Hoffmeier		 November 21, 1997 63
This episode opens up with Spider-Man and the Lizard going to help the Fantastic Four in their battle against Doctor Doom. When they arrive at the location, Doom's robots had kidnapped the Thing. Later the heroes defeat Doctor Doom and the Beyonder returns saying the game is over. He transports them all out into space and says that they did excellent in the Secret Wars, and that the heroes (not counting Spider-Man) will not have any recollection of what happened. Beyonder tells Spider-Man that since this warm-up task has finished, then now it is time for the real task. Part 3 of 3. 

[edit] DVD releases

A four disc DVD featuring all 26 (edited) episodes, including episode introductions by Stan Lee, was released on July 5, 2005 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in Region 1.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://imdb.com/title/tt0187635/dvd

[edit] External links

Fantastic Four
Characters Mister Fantastic · The Invisible Woman · The Human Torch · The Thing
Titles Main continuity: Fantastic Four · Four · The Thing
Other continuities: Ultimate Fantastic Four · Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four · Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four
Television Fantastic Four (1967) · Fantastic Four (1978) · Fantastic Four (1994) · Fantastic Four (2006) · Other appearances
Movies The Fantastic Four (1994) · Fantastic Four (2005) · Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Related Locations · Video games
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