Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)
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The cover for the DVD release.
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| Genre |
Superhero fiction Action/Adventure |
| Created by |
Jack Kirby Stan Lee |
| Written by | Ron Friedman Glenn Leopold |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television (currently) |
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| Original network |
The Marvel Action Hour First-run syndication block |
| Original release | September 24, 1994 – February 24, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Fantastic Four (1978 TV series) |
| Followed by | Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes |
Fantastic Four, also known as Fantastic Four: The Animated Series, is the third animated television series based on Marvel's comic book series of the same name. Airing began on September 24, 1994, until ending on February 24, 1996. The series ran for 2 seasons, with 13 episodes per season, making 26 episodes in total.
In the early-to-mid-1990s, Marvel Productions syndicated a new Fantastic Four animated series as part of The Marvel Action Hour weekend block, later renamed Marvel Action Universe (second use of the name), with the additional of another show. The first half of the hour was an episode of Iron Man; the second half an episode of Fantastic Four. 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.
The show also aired on Fox Kids while most recently aired late night on weekends on Disney XD in the United States.
The vast majority of episodes in the first season consisted of fairly accurate re-tellings and re-interpretations of classic 1960's FF comic book stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. For instance, this series stayed true to the original comic book story that recounted the Silver Surfer and Galactus' coming to Earth in a two-part episode as well as Doctor Doom's theft of the Surfer's powers. But the season's cost-effective animation (provided by Wang Film Productions and Kennedy Cartoons) and attempts to add humor through the inclusion of a fussy British landlady (portrayed by Stan Lee's wife Joan) for the FF were generally met with displeasure by fans - to say nothing of then-current FF comic book writer Tom DeFalco, who got in trouble for penning a scene in issue #396 of the series that featured Ant-Man watching and lambasting an episode of the cartoon.
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