"Fantastic Four" (1994) TV series 1994-1996

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Creators:

Jack Kirby
Stan Lee

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

24 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of Marvel Comic's greatest superhero team.

Plot Keywords:

Superhero Team | Superhero | Fantastic Four | Marvel Comics | Person On Fire

Cast

Beau Weaver	...	Mr. Fantastic / ... (26 episodes, 1994-1996)
Lori Alan	...	Invisible Woman / ... (26 episodes, 1994-1996)
Chuck McCann	...	Benjamin J. Grimm / ... (26 episodes, 1994-1996)
Quinton Flynn	...	Human Torch / ... (24 episodes, 1994-1996)
Brian Austin Green	...	Human Torch / ... (13 episodes, 1994-1995)

Also Known As:

"The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four" (USA)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:G | Australia:G

Company:

Genesis Entertainment

Trivia:

'Neil Ross' takes over the voice of Dr. Doom from 'John Vernon'. It is unknown why Vernon left the show (episode 1.13 "The Silver Surfer and the Return of Galactus")

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.10)" (2005)

Enjoyable adaptation

This is a good cartoon adap of the F4 and manages quite easily at times to capture the flavour of the classic F4 tales from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. By the time of the second season at least, it had matured into a fine Superhero animated series, that while not being able to evoke the magic of the original run of comics, or even the 1967 Hannah Barbera cartoon, is a good representation of the Fantastic Four. The only problem i have really is that the style of humour is too screwball to swallow. The producers clearly set out to make this series a comedy, and this shows in the representations of the characters, which are very cheesy to say the least. But aswell as that the humour misses the mark almost all of the time in the first series because it is trying to be too clever. The irony of this is that the original comics were cleverly funny. Still, by the time of the scond season the problems had been ironed out. The storylines had become stronger, and the representations of Mr Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch and the ever lovin' blue eyed Thing, had become simply fantastic. This is a good series, every episode is packed with action, good animation, a good theme tune and capable villains each week, from Dr.Doom, The Kree Skrulls, Galactus and the anti hero Sub-Mariner. It can hold it's head up as being a good representation of the F4, and at the very least is far superior to the the 1979 Animated series, and even the underrated 1994 movie.