1967 Fantastic Four Cartoon Intro

In 1967, Hanna-Barbera produced a Fantastic Four cartoon that adapted many stories directly from the original Lee & Kirby run. Great show that deserves to be on DVD.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

It would a real dream come true for me to hear this theme be arranged one day as an orchestral piece for an MCU Fantastic Four movie in the future if and when that ever happens. I think it would sound absolutely amazing on the big screen.

[@larryfoulkeofficial8609]

Well

[@oluhamilton2121]

Serious orchestral jazz.

[@gabrielolegario1408]

That would be awesome

[@axelnilsson5124]

Well their introduction to the mcu will be the phase 4 finale

[@godphoenix66x]

Yes indeed. A dream come true for me too. This cartoon is my childhood. FLAME ON!

[@tylerbushong3452]

I remember watching this on Cartoon Network in the 90s. MAN I miss those days!

[@Gridseeker]

45 years and this intro is still badass and kicks ass!

[@reginaldwright247]

You got that right! Every so often, I go back to some of the episodes and watch 2 or 3 of them. And the Music was SO COOL!

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

agree man. im 42 and i remember watching these episodes as a kid an not caring that it was made in the 60,s this and spider-man all of them 60,s amazing friends the 90,s cartoon (that was my jr high years )but yeah i always ha in my heart and the back of my head we was going to get live action movies of the marvel universe . im just happy we got to see our childhood heroes come to life.

[@vestaflame2003]

Lol no

[@GLBizzie]

@@vestaflame2003 ratio bro

[@3912James]

This cartoon series and I will turn 57 this year.

[@racionador]

i love the old jazz theme

[@fromthesidelines]

Ted Nichols.

[@victortaylor7737]

This intro is so lit! Wish they'd d make a film that could be this good

[@williammiranda3325]

I use to see these cartoon back in the 90's in cartoon network every weekend good times for me these were the best f4 cartoons ever period

[@Karlos1234ify]

Same.

[@sasadiallo8738]

Shown on Cartoon Network? I use time machine.

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

No chance nowadays. Remember WHO owns Cartoon Network...and Marvel Comics characters

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

So did I, my first exposure to the Fantastic Four was watching this show on Cartoon Network and it stays completely true to the old comic books of the 60s

[@simondilling5353]

So did I. Two weekends per month. I enjoyed those cartoons a lot. Today at the age of forty I like Marvel a lot.

[@Conquerkingfitness]

This theme intro/song needs to be in the new MCU version

[@MrDominex]

Best version of the FF ever put on film so far. I knew the director of these episodes, BTW, Charles Nichols, a great guy.

[@garysmith8073]

Should have done a cartoon movie this way .

[@MrDominex]

@@garysmith8073 I pitched a Fantastic Four movie to Disney animation back in 1989 using Jack Kirby style of art and nobody was interested. This was long before Disney bought Marvel.

[@ericklingenberg5309]

This was the best animation adaptation of F4. I would love a DVD release of this.

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

This is the most comic accurate FF cartoon ever.

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

@@MrDominex They were fools for not trying it because in my opinion no one drew the Fantastic Four better than Jack Kirby.

[@Jymkelly]

The most awesome Fantastic four cartoon ever with the best intro music

[@billaccord717]

Also the music through the show is slick, too.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

This intro music has tinges of Bach!

[@dramaturge231]

ClassicTVMan1981X What parts?

[@jamesborlan2850]

jym kelly not only is this one of the best incarnations of the fantastic four (worlds greatest heroes is my favorite incarnation) but it’s also one of the best shows Hanna barbera has ever created (and this is the same studio that made then extremely dated and dull superfriends cartoon)

[@GLBizzie]

@@jamesborlan2850 but Superfriends were cool. I loved the art of that show and some episodes are still entertaining ❤️ Didn’t they do The Jetsons too? That was my show

[@Mike-mw7nl]

Not even the movie could beat this cartoon....

[@cha5]

mike m. What movie? Oh yeah, THAT one that makes the Roger Corman 1990's Fantastic Four movie look like Citizen Kane?

[@johnharvin170]

Love this theme and the cartoon always!!👍

[@johnharvin170]

Remember the episode where Doom did his origin ....A Classic!.....Galactus ....the Surfer....Diablo.....

[@garysmith8073]

The music was so cool and so Jazzy All the guys to play Ben Grimm were too old or died . ERNEST BORGNINE BEN DAN BLOCKER . Even CHARLES DUTTON IS POSSIBLE.

[@danielpiegrandeGaitan]

👎

[@ElAviadorNegro]

Remembering Stan Lee (1922-2018), the comic book genius behind the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Black Panther and the X-Men. Wonderful childhood memories.

[@Dakers11]

listen to that snare pop, with that bass. FANTASIC !

[@jefferyquick3280]

Not to mention that String Section.

[@garysmith8073]

One of the BEST THEME SONGS OF ANY SUPER HERO CARTOON . I LOVE THE JAZZ ELEMENT !!!!

[@ramkrish12]

Nostalgic. Reminds me of my beautiful 90's childhood days 😊😊❤️

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Me too

[@myronersteniuk5805]

What I want more than anything is for this cartoon to be available on DVD. That would be the ultimate collectors item !!!

[@Batman43221]

Also Blu-ray.

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

Warner Bros can do it but sadly they really can't instead because of Disney owning every Marvel IPs like this (Also the DC and Marvel rivary) and WB are afraid of being sued as well.

[@furryfriend43]

What a truly memorable cartoon - Hanna/Barbera were so good when they started drifting away from the funny talking animal toons and into more action/adventure territory!

[@3912James]

Brian Telford Since Johnny Quest (1964)...Hanna Barbera began to add that soundtrack as the kiddie cartoons started to have more spy type episodes if not spy/action cartoons such as Secret Squirrel, Atom Ant, The Impossibles and Frankenstein Jr. . And of course HB went into complete superhero mode in 1966-1968.

[@The-P-iz-Free]

Facts ...I was a big fan of the Hurculoids and Johnny quest growing up

[@himoverthere6716]

MF DOOM. Hanna Barbera is so legendary.

[@LilTMusicBoi]

Came here bc of it

[@nickfarmer88]

This song is a low-key banger

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

The sounds of the cosmic rays and when reed is stretching are so cool. The music is very good.

[@carljordan4515]

That theme intro is unbelievable!!

[@JoeJoe-ov1te]

I used to collect comics when I was a kid in the 70's, then a local NY station, WPIX re-ran these cartoons in late '78 early in the mornings, & until then the only one I had seen was the classic 60's Spider Man cartoon, which was the best. Brings back great memories of my childhood----

[@MrWINNSLAW]

"50 years and still rocks!"

[@YoungAF1]

It sucks that a proper release of this will probably never happen.

[@Ruffrob]

True...since Hanna Barbera is owned by Warner Bros ........and Disney Has Marvel

[@loulew07]

I was 10 yrs old , love the FLAME ON and the sound of Johnny flying . 50 yrs later , still feel like a kid watching it .

[@madeleinebaier3896]

"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME"!!

[@busymike]

This theme needs to be used in the mcu the way they’re using the xmen cartoon theme.

[@geraldstephens4186]

This version of FF was a lot closer to the comic book series in style & stories; both Alex Toth & Doug Wildey did a remarkable job adapting Jack Kirby's style on this series. Hopefully the legal issues can be straightened out so the series be made available.

[@Penrose-wi6tx]

I loved this version! Use to show it on UHF during the 80’s and early 90’s on the original Cartoon Network

[@ColonelMarcellus]

It's clobberin' time!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Did you know the original ABC broadcast run of this series actually had a voice-over regarding the show's four heroes? Regis Cordic narrated, he said: _The Fantastic Four! Starring Reed Richards... Sue Richards... Johnny Storm... Ben Grimm. Reed Richards, with his power to stretch! The Thing, with the strength of a thousand men! Johnny: Flame on, Torch! And Sue, the Invisible Girl! The Fantastic Four, united in their fight against interplanetary evil! The Fantastic Four... fantastic!_

[@Tomsonic41]

I remember watching this on Channel 4 in around 1989, and it still had the voiceover then. The non-voiceover version is pretty recent, and sadly is the only version officially available now!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@Tomsonic41 Same thing with The Gary Coleman Show (1982)... the original 1982-83 NBC run had Casey Kasem narrating the show's premise during the intro. Cartoon Network airs the show without that voiceover. Casey Kasem said during the intro for that series... "Meet Andy LeBeau: brand new apprentice guardian angel. It's his job to watch over a very special gang of kids. And that's Angelica. It's her job to watch over Andy and make sure he doesn't goof up. Of course, none of Andy's good friends doubt if they'll know that he's really an angel. They just think he's one of the gang. And this is Hornswoggle. He just loves getting Andy into trouble with all his dirty tricks. But don't worry: Andy can handle Hornswoggle. So, hang on to your halos! It's the Gary Coleman Show!"

[@jamesborlan2850]

One of the best cartoons Hanna barbera has ever done Very faithful to the comics at the time period and plenty of style put into it Also Paul frees as the thing perfect casting It’s a shame this show never had a dvd release I hope that one day Warner brothers or in this case Disney (since they own marvel) would put out a complete series set

[@vincentfranklin6297]

The Fantastic Four... One of my favorite super teams. They paved the way for the Avengers, X Men, etc. "Nuff said!

[@MrWINNSLAW]

"This is when they made cartoons! Thanks for the post!"

[@sailorx72]

They played this on Boomerang at night a lot back in 2005. Haven't seen it on since. Good cartoon. Wish they would show it again.

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

2005 I was still in middle school during that time before I graduated that year

[@WalterDWormack214]

I watched this show when it was "newly minted", on ABC-TV back in 1967!

[@123451248ify]

It sounds like it is a big mess to air because Hanna-Barbera is now owned by Warner Bros and Marvel is now owned by Disney. It's probably a question of who owns the rights to the Fantastic Four produced by Hanna-Barbera?

[@FlamingoKicker]

Funny how the Thing's spacesuit, insead of ripping apart, merely changes color and texture like the rest of his body.

[@perpieta]

And the others are already in their FF uniforms (and not spacesuits like Ben), lol! Still, I like how Ben's transformation is depicted.

[@onionrovirosa]

Something tells me this will be the opening of the new movie

[@albalonybalony]

Viewing this took me back 40 years!

[@robertsingleton6388]

1967 Fantastic Four Intro is still my favorite. I still watch the 1967 version on the Cartoon Network. I'm still a fan and thanks. Robert B. Singleton

[@LoveMyCountryAussie]

Yes mate iam still a fan to ,great years and good cartoons ,,,,from Micheal Sydney Australia

[@stomper41k]

One of the best cartoon intros on tv history.

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Yep

[@cha5]

Nothing compares to the original Lee and Kirby Fantastic Four and IMHO nothing ever will.

[@batmenace15]

John Byrne's run comes pretty close.

[@cha5]

Miles Bockelman Uh no it doesn't, Sorry but I've just never been a fan of it or him.

[@batmenace15]

cha5 Eh, to each their own.

[@cha5]

Miles Bockelman Probably my favorite run with Stan & Jack's characters would be Walt Simonson's run on Thor.

[@srb9]

+cha5 Walt Simonson's run on FF was also amazing.

[@kevintown311]

God I miss watching this as a kid.

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Me too

[@alexcordero8432]

I love how the FF theme from the 2005 and 2007 movies starts with the iconic 4-note leitmotif from this series!

[@rochellecrump-mcnulty9675]

This cartoon was and still is my heart

[@BigRedUnderpants1]

This what you call 'classic'.

[@okamijubei]

It is the first Marvel superheroes that ever got animated then. So it was a big deal in it's time to do with that milestone.

[@AnupHariharanNair]

Still better than the shit that they made recently

[@1969EType]

This just in...Marvel superheroes existed long before the MCU.

[@grandadmiralthrawn.gaming7355]

I had to come back here after the announcement of the MCU film

[@nekaslife6914]

Love it as a kid and still do

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Me too

[@bigbabysld]

the best version of the FF whether it be on film or TV.

[@Gridseeker]

Dude, this cartoon was produced in 1967! What do you expect!? CGI!? And still this intro pass the time test...IMHO.

[@vincentfranklin17]

Watching the episode, Galactus, got me into the FF comics. Still love Marvel "s First Family!

[@efenege2]

I hope Marvel Studios takes this theme when the F4 arrives to the MCU

[@jefftappan381]

Navarrete If it makes sense, it won't happen.

[@lashistoriasdejorge379]

Actually, they could use the instrumental/action underscore Ted Nichols created for the battle sequences. It was a slower, slick, more epic rearangement of this theme. Sadly, they'll never do it

[@DRCE777]

Keep wishing.

[@JAMESLEVEE]

@@lashistoriasdejorge379 Some of the best music was the incidental music while they were just walking around waiting for trouble to show up, or underscoring expository dialogue. It also referenced the title credit music, although it punctuated it with fragments of the theme, rather than playing it outright. Anybody know the music I'm talking about?

[@tarden132]

My thoughts exactly

[@avengersassemble887]

This needs to be on Disney+ pronto, I want to binge it.

[@someniam8021]

Same.

[@rwlwrestlingleague2975]

Maybe the greatest last eight seconds of theme music anywhere.

[@margui6224]

Iconic theme song.

[@garysmith8073]

The BEST JAZZZ!!!!!!

[@giyutomioka689]

music was awesome in this. show

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Yep

[@Moromom22]

Pretty nice opening, love the music and the 60s sound effect

[@2005dave]

Okay gang. Last time. HOYT CURTIN DID NOT WRITE THIS MUSIC. Hoyt was on a bit of a hiatus from Hanna-Barbera from 1965-1968 and his replacement during that time was Ted Nichols, who composed and conducted the music you hear here. Hoyt returned to H-B in 1968 to score "Wacky Races" and stayed another 20 or so years.

[@matbelik9684]

Still better than 2015 movie

[@jimmyo1123]

love the invisible girl sound

[@margui6224]

Me, too.

[@ramongil4281]

0:26

[@lashistoriasdejorge379]

Also reused in other Hanna-Barbera cartoons like Space Ghost (1966) and, most recently, revived for the talk show Coast to Coast (seriously, they recycled the exact same sound effect whenever Space Ghost makes himself invisible with his belt)

[@jimmyo1123]

@@lashistoriasdejorge379 nice thanx for the tip!!👍🏽👍🏽

[@jimmyo1123]

@@ramongil4281 👍🏽👍🏽

[@someniam8021]

This is still my favorite cartoon adaptation of the Fantastic Four.

[@joeriginal]

Even though I used to watch this in the 80's as a kid, to me it has been the best Fantastic 4 cartoon.

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Same here but I watch this show in 1997 when I was a little kid

[@TheBob3759]

One of my fave cartoons growing up. Saturday mornings were great for kids back then.

[@Katd1974]

love this cartoon intro

[@Lennie32n]

Paul Frees was the best voice of Ben Grimm ever!

[@fromthesidelines]

ANNOUNCER: "'THE FANTASTIC FOUR'! Starring REED RICHARDS.......SUE RICHARDS........JOHNNY STORM........BEN GRIMM!!! Reed Richards, with his power to STRETCH!!!! 'The Thing', with the strength of a thousand men!!! Johnny- FLAME ON, 'TORCH'! And Sue, 'The Invisible Girl'!!!! The Fantastic Four, united in their fight against interplanetary evil----FANTASTIC!****************** THE FANTASTIC FOUR.....FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@YamiAnubisX]

Fantastic 4, sad that all there main enemies became main enemies of other Marvel characters like Avengers, Ironman, and Spiderman, while Fantastic 4 themselves have been totally forgotten about.

[@ivangcb]

2020 and still enjoying that bassline

[@thelastamerican7519]

No Herbie??? Boooo! Just kiddin' i hate Herbie.

[@Actionguy1]

True! Just before that FF cartoon was developed, Universal Pictures had optioned the rights to Spiderman, Hulk, Doctor Strange, Submariner, and Human Torch for TV pilots. Submariner never launched because of "The Man From Atlantis." Human Torch was never filmed because the studio would have had to animate the flames! Too "hokey" for the time. The rights to the Torch character were all tied up at the time, that's why we got that lame ass H.E.R.B.I.E. in the animated series!

[@hkr0065]

I remember catching this show on Boomerang. Somehow it's loads better than the 1978 cartoon. They're both cheap, but this one has the benefit of being ten years older, having more consistent animation, and actually taking the Four seriously. Not to mention that it actually *has* the Human Torch in it.

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

It’s clobbering time. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Who’s watching the fantastic four in 2020.

[@AutisticJoker88]

Bloody shame this adaptation will never see a DVD due to legal issues

[@jimmyo1123]

SyzygyNerd 1988 dayum that sux

[@AutisticJoker88]

jimmy o Basically, Hanna Barbera is owned by Warner Bros and as you're probably well aware of, Disney owns the Marvel Universe. Both conglomerates have been rivals for years and would refuse to split the profits over any DVD sales of this

[@jimmyo1123]

Oh i didnt know that thanx for the info

[@stephenholloway6893]

Disney has nothing to do with this series nor the Fred and Barney Meets The Thing series (aside from the characters) Far as tv and home video goes, WB handles it. When Disney bought Saban, then later Marvel the Hanna Barbera shows that featured Marvel characters wasn't included far as I know it. Yet I suspect that the reason why WB hasn't release it was in case Disney would ask for a royalty fee for the Marvel characters.

[@Batman43221]

Stephen Holloway The how did they release the Blade trilogy on Blu-ray?

[@EDDSMITTY1]

@keithcop I agree with you wholeheartedly! I have always loved this intro theme the best! I wonder if there is a HB cartoon theme CD available. I would definitely buy it because the themes were so "jazzy".

[@huckbarry579]

old school cartoons was the bomb!!!

[@marcustrice3246]

I Really really really wish and hope they put THIS version of fantastic 4 out on DVD. Who wit me?

[@marcustrice3246]

Whoever gave me a thumbs up. Thank u! ☺

[@EDifyer881]

way better than the 1978 version ugh p u lol

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

This has to be the BEST FF theme song and cartoon out of all the ones that came after it.

[@IsiahBradley]

I'm the ultimate FF fan, and as GREAT as the second season of the 1994-1996 series was, it only equaled this cartoon!

[@giuseppemoneta706]

70% Our heroes 29% Badass Music 1% Typical retro style 0% animation❤️

[@charlesgorman4919]

I love this cartoon. It made me a fan of the Fan 4

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

I was 4 when this came on TV and I loved it! Then it was gone and never returned.

[@joeriginal]

I saw these series in the 80's when I was a child when I lived in Mexico, it was in spanish ofcourse, to me this will be the best series, I guess because is the one I saw, I just can't find it on dvd, I only find the 90's version.

[@walterbrown2997]

# Back in the Day ! Hanna and Barbera version of the Fantastic Four was always part of my childhood especially that they're cartoons rules Saturday morning ! TODAY no cartoons at all unless you get cable ?

[@peterbrown194]

M F DOOM

[@aaronnickey6119]

I watched these cartoons because my big brother would watch them and draw them! He was so good at it

[@bitsaga]

Who’s here after hearing the score from Fantastic 4 First Steps?

[@Kuesoth]

Me but I can't find the reference 😢

[@walterbrown9079]

1967 Hanna-Barbera RULES Back in the day !

[@KeithCopeland778]

I couldn't wait till Saturday morning cartoons back in the day!

[@ahmadrashid970]

Aida not Ahmad: Definitely the greatest power to possess would be INVISIBILITY ! GO GIRL !

[@schowd31]

this was the first time I heard of the Fantastic Four during the 90s. Saw a marathon of their old show on Cartoon Netowrk when I was visiting Bangladesh. Later on when I was watching Spiderman on Fox Kids back in Canada, I had no idea they were Marvel heroes when the Fantastic Four and Doom show up. Their designs and voices were different compared to the 60s show but their powers and attitude matched. I was 10 at that time.

[@axelnilsson5124]

THIS is the fantastic four animated intro I remember from that one moment when I wasn’t even 10

[@nilaiahharris-jones7345]

The Fantastic Four cartoon was the absolute best ever!!! Marvel Comics was taking over in the 1960s when the superheroes were brought to life in animated shows.

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

Still the better of all versions,the 1967 ABC/Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of "FANTASTIC FOUR" has its own style! i'd be curious as to whom may actually own the rights to this version,,as i would assume that it was part of Hanna- Barbera's library,the rights would likely be Marvel-which would still not be of any suprise to me,if Warner Bros.Entertainment owns this series,,or maybe the Disney/Buena Vista company,which currently owns Marvel-so who ever controls the rights,,its still a great show!

[@Glacyar]

I always wanted to know how is called de sound effect in 0:15 , It's hilarious!

[@stephenswift8001]

Who wouldn’t watch this?! What a intro!

[@hotshot8135]

Flash Message Top Secret Ultra Ears Only RIP KMD MF DOOM

[@nickfarmer88]

This theme is to 60s cartoons what the 90s X-Men theme is to 90s cartoons: SICK.

[@xgray2012]

Ah....memories!!!!

[@lucaspedro_]

Dude, my dad used to watch this when he was young

[@someniam8021]

Mine too.