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The Fantastic Four (1967)

The Fantastic Four poster
Directed by
Joseph Barbera
Genre
comedy television series, science fiction television series, superhero television program
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 20 episodes
Rated
TV-Y7
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 100 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Saturday morning cartoon from the 1960s. It follows a team of four superheroes who have gained extraordinary powers from cosmic rays. They use their abilities to fight villains and protect the world.

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What happens

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. The program, featuring character designs by Alex Toth, originally aired on 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. The show was followed by another Fantastic Four cartoon produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, The New Fantastic Four, in 1978. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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