The Fantastic Four "The Mysterious Molecule Man" (1968 Hanna-Barbera/ Marvel Cartoon Episode)
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The Fantastic Four "The Mysterious Molecule Man"
Original Air Date: January 13, 1968
The Fantastic Four study a radiated meteor. The Molecule Man appears and threatens the public. After the Fantastic Four tastes some of his power, he leaves to undergo his ruling the world. Reed has developed a weapon he thinks will defeat the Molecule Man. The weapon works, but the Molecule Man gets away. The Fantastic Four continue their pursuit. The plan to stop the Molecule Man is tricky. They manage to reverse the Molecule Man's form with a fragment of the meteor.
--SERIES INFO--
Fantastic Four (credited onscreen as 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, aired 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.
In the show, the super team battles some of their comic-book nemeses, including Dr. Doom, Mole Man and Diablo.
The show was followed by another Fantastic Four cartoon produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, The New Fantastic Four, in 1978.
Within the Marvel Comics Multiverse, the Fantastic Four 1967 universe is designated Earth-700089.
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Was a teen in the 70s and miss this era of Saturday 📺 Morning cartoons
The good old days when villains explained their origins....😆
Right. Just come out with it.
And it turns out he’s a sci fi Walter White😂
Wikipedia has since made it unnecessary.
Those voices were awesome I just miss those cartoons so much.
Music was iconic too!
There was NOTHING BETTER than Saturday morning cartoons and eating Captain Crunch and Quisp Cereals for breakfast while watching those great cartoons in the 1960's.
Best memories ever.
Or Quake cereal
Yep 👍🏽
Sugar bear cereal which is black cereal from the late 60s into the 70s
I haven't heard of those cereals in ages, I am 68. These were great cartoons to watch, along with Spiderman - Loved his theme song, and thought it was the best.
Right? I was always a Quisp fan😂
Been a Marvel fan since 1968...so at 60 years old, I’m having fun with all things MCU. Wished Jack Kirby lived long enough to see it.
Same here, we grew up with Marvel.
Jack Kirby would have said recast T'Challa like Chadwick Boseman would have wanted.
Hahaha 😂 - Ich bin 85 Jahre und liebe es 😁👍
DC is better
@@eloygameno379 With Ezra Killer? hmm...
The Fantastic Four are truly underrated in the world of Marvel Comics, definitely one of the best super heroes ever in my book.
Back in the 60s they were the top Marvel super hero group and the first of the new crop of heroes starting in 1961. The Avengers came along later. Too bad the movie attempts failed and never did them justice.
@@donwebber7034 The Storyverse is decent.
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@@donwebber7034 I READ THE COMIC BOOKS..I WAS ABOUT 10 THEN, LOL..NOW I'LL CHECK THIS OUT..
WORLDS GREATEST COMIC.S
I WISH THEY HAD CARTOONS. LIKE THIS ON SATURDAY MO.STILL.I AM A MARVEL FAN
When Saturday morning cartoons were at their best!!
Thanks for the memories. I used to get up and make some cereal, then turn on the tv when it was still just fuzz and wait for the Saturday morning cartoons to start. Now at 53, I wish they still had Saturday morning cartoons like this, I'd still watch them.
Me too,loved Space Ghost,Birdman,Herculoids,Shazzan,those were the days.
@Burns Myron it's MORBIN TIME
Ah yes the old " take over the world" plot... The ever popular villain explaining his/her origin and plan to conquer everything. Things were just so much simpler and better back then.
These are the cartoons I grew up watching and they are the best ever 64-74
THESE WERE THE GREAT MARVEL CARTOONS! Wonderful memories! 🙂
This won't happen. All the rights are tied up. Hollywood doesn't want to pay for the use of old comic scripts.
You get that right and not even the marvel movies they make today just don't compair.
Shows like Space Ghost, Fantastic Four, Jonny Quest, no one knew that we now do what they did
Fantastic Four are a testament to how comic book super heroes can give the average fan everything they want from the realm of science fiction, sincerely the 80's kid from within! 🤓 💯
On point, they are my favorite team. It was Reeds knowledge of science & Stan & Kirby's genius & art that pulled me in the world of marvel, I have more of FF than any in my collection.
@@drk.i.a.2969 Do you have , I believe it's #68 & #69, 1st app. Galactus ??
The LEE/KIRBY original FF stories had so much plot development, even this watered down T.V. adaptation was still exciting!
I was 8 in 1968 so this was one of the good ones, thanks for memory
Though not as charismatic or awe-inspiring as Victor von Doom, Owen Reece (a.k.a. The Molecule Man) is one of the most powerful altered humans in Marvel comics. Depicted here is is a Molecule Man still new to his abilities and one still psychologically dependent on a "wand" to channel and project his powers. Once he masters his matter- and energy-manipulating abilities, he can use them to great effect with a simple thought or act of will. In cinema, I see him as a secondary villain who is perhaps recruited by Dr. Doom to help him defeat the FF4.
And Molecule Man had a lot to do in the recent Secret Wars a few years back.
"Now I create magnets out of dust particles!" And if your hands and feet were metal, that would mean something.
Classic cartoon! Great fun...it’s a shame they haven’t come up with the right script, chemistry & continuity with the movies.
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The 2005 movie came the closest. Michael Chiklis was good as the Thing. It's not great cinema, but it's a decent popcorn flick.
Actually if I wanted to get people in the theaters I would use the mole man and his subterranean monsters as protagonist first,then ease Doctor Doom in as we go. None of this Victor is our Friend Crsp
@@jaxsquier agreed completely. That would work 👍🏽
The silver surfer was ok
Reed always utilizes science to win, love it
Reed: I have a plan
Ben: It's not another wooden gun is it?
Reed: shutup Ben
That shit really put a ding in Magneto’s plan.
...and this brought a smile to an old man's face.
I was there from the very beginning.
Thank you, Stan Lee...but most of all...
THANK YOU, JACK "THE KING" KIRBY.
Chao.
Retired Vietnam era veteran expatriate living abroad... permanently.
I have all of the Hanna Barbera Super Hero cartoons on DVD. I taped them all on VHS then transferred them to DVD. They're in pristine condition with no flaws. Herculoids, Shazzan, Moby Dick & Mighty Mightor, Frankenstein Jr & The Impossibles, Bird Man & The Galaxy Trio, Young Samson Johnny Quest etc............ You name it, I got them all. Good cartoons that I grew up on.
Dude, u have the Holy Grail of cartoons in your collection.
I know a few hundred thousand if not million people on the internet that would love to see those if you ever want to share them. I think most of those are nearly impossible to find online, dvd, anywhere unless you taped them.
@@retrovhsvault9315 I'm not computer literate. I don't know how to upload them here.
Well done lad.
You lucky booger! I envy you!👍
I can remember watching this cartoon as a child. Cartoons like this got me interested in comic books and it helped me understand Science better because of the scientific information it brought to that small screen!!! It was never just about the fight, but the message of knowledge it gave me.
Teamwork makes learning fun! Different perspectives; making friends. There was a time as a child, I loved going to school!!!
Yeah,I remember these cartoons,used to buy the FF comicbooks by Kirby.These old cartoons are sooo nostalgic.
The animation quality of the Fantastic Four made by Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1967 is very good, in fact it is better than the animation of the Superfriends (DC-JLA) that Hanna-Barbera Studios did years later.
The original season of superfriends maybe but challenge of the super friends blows FF away...
@@davidbanner7804 Okay, the last seasons of: The Challenge of the Super Friends was epic. The drawing master: Jose Luis Garcia Lopez made the drawing guides. Every frame and sequence of movement had an amazing quality on the acetates. Fantastic Four and Challenge of the Super Friends, two of the best works from Hanna-Barbera Studios.
@@agapitomemelas8181 that was actually Super Powers Team Galactic Guardians
Whoa , I was 11yo back when this came on before The Amazing Spider-Man on Saturday mornings. Kirby was at his peak as was Marvel.
Thanks for the trip in the Way Back Machine.
Was a teen in 70s and appreciate this post from a great era of 📺. Saturday morning 🌅 TV used to be fun. 😆
I love this as a kid on Saturday morning best time of the week
Love the classic cartoon sound effects. Used in many of my old favourites 😄
I was born in 1977. I Watched these cartoons as a kid and yet Im still backed up on these cartoons. Catching up in 2022. im 44 yrs old.
I remember watching this way back when....when it was new! ;-)
Thanks for the upload, even when I got too be a young adult, I still recorded the Saturday Morning cartoons and watched them.
Watched it as a kid. Best cartoons ever
For however long this video lasts....thank you.
Ay, seems to be doing good we're well over a week now I'll look to see if I can get another episode up soon!!
So
Fantastic 4 was one of the greatest cartoons ever made very hard to find on the net, wonder what's the issue.
@@anthologytheanthology2532
I'm just getting tired of these classic cartoons...these gems get removed by the RUclips Police. The New Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn removed. The Arabian Knights virtually removed...Autocat And Motormouse removed. The Adventures Of Gulliver pretty much removed. Young Samson & Goliath lasted for a minute. Same with the Space Kidettts...Shazzan. 😡😡😡😡😡
Shh don't jinx me 😆 this video is doing wonders for my meager little channel, just hit 1k subs lol
I recall molecule man’s voice in Thundarr the barbarian as well.
I love this! Last time I saw this episode, it was on a 12 inch, black and white TV! I remember the first episode. Fall, Saturday morning cartoons. So exciting!
One of the all time great superhero cartoons, made in '68, just before the networks pulled back on adventure and scifi shows because they were too "violent." Whenever I read a Fantastic Four comic, I always imagine Ben Grimm as speaking in Paul Frees' voice.
Same here.
It was the last gasp of power from the PTA. It stopped marvels animation shows for the next ten years or so.
And yet they allowed Star Trek to be on.
It’s clobbering time!
@@MrBlueSkyof1607 The A Team which set a record for bullets fired.
The music on these treasures is amazing. The sixties had the best cartoons.
I’m a huge fan of this cartoon show!! Thnx for the upload!!
One of my favorites.
I grew up on these cartoons
saw this cartoon on Cartoon Network i was 11 in 1995 a lot of fun to watch😊
Me, 2 personally!
It's funny when you realize that Hanna Barbera are the only ones that really got the Fantastic Four right - I'm really hoping that the MCU is watching these old Gems.
I wish boomerang would show all of Hanna-Barbera library from the 60s-80s
I agree
THEY ARE..'1957-1979'..IT'S ON HERE..
@@richardhamblen5526 they don’t I have boomerang
Like they used too! With the different movies and fun music videos too.
Thank you for bringing back the good childhood memories.
Loved this cartoon back in the day!
The Thing sounds like he was voiced by Paul Frees, who also voiced Boris Badenov in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle". Very talented voice actor!!
Holy schmokes! Sounds like Pizza the Hutt from Spaceballs, too!
It is Paul Frees.
Yeah, until he passed away in 1986.
When Saturday morning was magic
In Britain we didn't get to see The Fantastic Four until the late 1970s, Saturday mornings on ITV. They really nailed the voices for each character and visually this cartoon brought the comic to life. The jazzy soundtrack is very cool as well.
My 1960’s childhood.
Mine too!😄
I remember Fantastic Four way back in 1967. I was five. Time keeps on slippin' into the future.
You probably dont care but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Have been streaming with my girlfriend for the last couple of months :)
@Juan Bo yup, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself =)
@@dominikpayton5777 what is Instaflixer...how do I access it.
The music score of these cartoons was great!
That's back when cartoon network actually had cartoons..spiderman..Johnny quest..
The best adaptation of the FF to date, despite the fancy high budget movies.
I remember renting this video as a child every time we went to my Great Grandparents house. Loved it.
Always awesome cartoons.
Read the 1974 comic Marvel Two-In-One where Molecule Man transforms both Ben Grim & Man-Thing back into humans.
8:50 Those are the steps of the New York City Library and that's one of the two lion statues that came to life in the first Ghostbusters movie. Nice touch!
And it's also used to be my birthplace, back in the 1980s.
I noticed the same music is used in each super-heroe episode of H& B's cartoons.
I'm as old as this classic animated show. 👍
I like that during this world-threatening crisis Johnny made sure to say "Goodbye!" to the General before hanging up the phone.
This was the golden era for cartoons and entertainment. Thank you for the upload.
I never saw this cartoon before. and the Fantastic Four are my all-time favorites. I started my collection when Johnny accidentally put fire on the Empire State University.
Molecule Man is a ridiculously powerful Super Villain. In Marvel cannon, he is nigh unstoppable.
Only One Coming Close Is The Beyonder
Loved this cartoon when i was a kid. Around 11 years old. Id stay up late every Saturday night to record this on Cartoon Network. Theyd show this at around 5 am as a part of their Boomerang segment. This was around 2001 2002 i think. Good ol days.
I love the Jonny Quest music. Great Cartoon.
"I'd like to make a toast to Batman, Superman and the Human Torch!"
These was the days when cartoons was great & fantastic four was always a favorite of mine along with superman johnny quest & underdog.
Sounds like Alan Reed as Molecule Man. Gerald Mohr as Reed Richards. Paul Frees as Ben Grimm. Great stuff.
Not Alan Reed…his replacement as Fred Flintstone. Henry Cordin?
It's not Alan Reed I recognize the guy's voice but he usually plays a Russian KGB agent he always uses Russian voices sometimes she wears glasses he has dark hair he's been in several things I just can't place his name
@@brantardrey7360 Henry Corden? I think you're right. Not coincidentally, he took over as Flintstone after Reed passed away
This episode is based on FF#20, which introduced the character of the Molecule Man.
A couple of interesting things, though. In the comic, it was the Watcher who tipped off the FF about the existence of the Molecule Man. During the fight, instead of using frost to make Sue visible, he animated nearby newspapers, engulfing her body. And Reed did not defeat MM by inventing a gun with a special spray. Instead, he deduced that MM could not use his powers against LIVING molecules. (Yes, I know in the episode, he brought a statue of a lion to life; but that did not happen in the comic.) So what he did was have artist Alicia Masters cover him and the rest of the FF with a thin layer of granite, making them appear as if they were gray statues. The Molecule Man, in his ego, attempted to change them, causing a feedback in which he dropped his wand - which as then seized by Reed. At that point, the Watcher reappeared, and transported the Molecule Man to a special prison, ending the issue.
I'm getting vibes from where Reed tricks magneto in that one cartoon
Dude thanks for the interesting info
Yep, excellent summation of that event. All due to Owen having self-imposed mental blocks on himself against using hios powers against living beings. Which Doom then removed and opened up his full power, making Owen the most powerful being in the universe (except for the Beyonder, whose power Doom had just stolen). I'll stop rambling now
I think that ‘prison’ was the Negative Zone.
@@MrBlueSkyof1607 Could be. In fact it's an explanation which makes perfect sense. The Negative Zone is a universe where the laws of physics do not apply. The Molecule Man's powers would have been useless, given the fact they would have no effect in the Negative Zone.
I've never seen this and I'm loving it! It's nerdy!!
Back in the 60’s my father would make fun of how the sci-fi villains would always attempt to “rule the universe!”
My father told us back in his day (the 30’s) all the villains wanted was to take over the town! 😀😂😆
Always liked the soundtrack.
Composed and conducted by Hanna-Barbera's stand in musical genius, the great Ted Nichols (Birdman & Galaxy Trio, Scooby-Doo where are you, The herculoids, Space Ghost and many more). I'd do anything to see his soundtracks released
Portions of the score were used in Johnny Quest.
@@lashistoriasdejorge379
Thanks for this. One of my favorite clips, musically, is the bass-heavy jazzy piece at 13:34 . Was never clear if that was by Nichols or Hoyt Curtin. I'll accept that it is Nichols.
@@sail2byzantium Yup, that's definitely Nichols right there, because Curtin left the studio from 65-72, and that piece only appeared in Space Ghost (1966) and was reused for the other action/adventure cartoons. That's one of my favorites too, Nichols' musical work is really outstanding
@@lashistoriasdejorge379
Thanks again. I was unsure as I wondered if I heard early like on Johnny Quest where, I assume, Curtin was still around. But I distinctly remember that music for FF and esp. the Herculoids and Space Ghost--and I think I even recall occasionally hearing it on the original incarnation of Superfriends (1973).
This is probably my favorite superhero cartoon of all time. I hope I live long enough to see a DVD release of the show.
I don’t know why Disney doesn’t remaster and release the 1967 Fantastic Four, the 1967 Spider-Man and the 1966 Marvel Superheroes shows. I have them all on bootleg but would love a better remastered quality.
They did recently release all the old Star Wars cartoons and specials on Disney+ maybe one day soon we'll get a marvel drop.
@@ovalvox7888 The problem is that the 1967 “Fantastic Four” was made by Hanna-Barbera, whose shows are now owned by Warner Bros, of whom DC Comics is a subsidiary.
@@13thwho I did not know that. They will never release it knowing it’s Marvel. Disney needs to petition them to buy it back. They have the cash. Who owns the 1967 Spider-Man? How about the 1966 Grantray-Lawrence Marvel Superheroes?
@@ovalvox7888 The ‘67 “Spider-Man” series was released on DVD years ago. There are also DVDs of the Marvel Super Heroes. Check out Amazon.
Saturday morning cartoon... I sure miss my youth...
The Fantastic Four are AWESOME!!!
My continued favorite memories of this show was the intro, and their commitment to saving the world.
Also, the Watcher. He was very cool.
The watcher was the worst. I'm surprised he wasn't fired given how many times he interfered.
In the Fantastic Four episode, Galactus, the "Watcher " was very helpful!
I just miss Saturday morning cartoons. Thank you for this video
This is sooooooooooooooooo much better than any of the live action films thus far.
The only regret that Hanna-Barbera had at the time was that they didn’t get to make more Cartoon Shows based off Marvel at the time FF4 came out in 1967. Imagine how big it would’ve been if they showed Spider-Man, Iron Man, & X-Men in the 60’s.
I love the background music. Henry Mancini’s Peter Gunn meets Duke Ellington’s Anatomy Of A Murder, plus Hoyt Curtin from Jonny Quest.
i always loved the background music.
I love this show they are so sure of themselves and how annoying the enemy is yet they show miraculous power and such charisma! amazing i love this show i need more of it lol 😳
Hanna Barbara version of the fantastic four was simply AWESOME 👍 I LOVE IT WHEN THE THING ALWAYS SAY IT'S CLOBBERIN TIME !
8:44 - 9:18 greatest catchphrase ever.
I wish they give these cartoons in cable for real they were my favorite TV shows.
This is so much better than what's on TV today! No dumb agendas just good old-fashioned cartoons😎💪🏾
Really? there has always been agenda's...the Molecule Man villain just happens to appear Asian, no agenda huh?
@@adrian72300 The Molecule Man doesn't look Asian, he looks like a monster, and the lab technician who became him wasn't Asian, he was white. If you want real racism, check out the Iron Man cartoons from the 1960s with the Mandarin, or Johnny Quest's nemesis, Dr. Zin. Both are stereotypical "evil Asians" in the mold of Fu Manchu.
This was always fun to watch- and they stayed real close to comics scripts. These cartoons despite being hokey were still better than the movies that they made.
I loved this cartoon . Cartoon Network would play it at around 2am on boomerang I think it was called .. I was like 10 years old . Wow.
Used to watch The fantastic four as a kid and when it came out. Looks like someone was smart enough to record this on a VCR tape according to the static line. LOL 👍🏻
Reminds me of my school days. Good to watch after a long time.
Absolutely the best time for marvel cartoons.
Love the Jonny Quest music.
Jonny Quest was a prime time show, that's why it was so mature
+@@adrian72300 More action than a James Bond or Raiders of the Lost Ark movie. Huh!
@@letsgetbombed7113 LOL I wouldn't say that, but it was a cool show, the only annoying thing was that stupid dog Bandit, always barking
Saturday early morning with the fantastic four, space ghost, the herculoids and later that goofy show H.R. Puff N Stuff and the banana splits. Afterwards, finish my house and yard work . Then out into the neighborhood on my bike, to find friends , not returning home till the street lights came on. Gone for ten to twelve hours with no one having any idea where I had been. it's amazing we lived to grow up, when I think back on those times.
The title says Molecule Man, and that’s how he also introduces himself. Later he calls himself the Molecular Man. The voice actor goofed. This was one of my favorite cartoons in 1967 when I was 12, and watched it through ‘68 also. My dad always gave me comic book money and the FF I never failed to get. I was buying comics from age 6 and I think I quit comics about age 10. I’m sure I had FF #1.
Im very fond of your memories
Animation quality is considerably better than most of the other stuff around at the time. There’s lil idle and detailed animations you wouldn’t see in stiffer cartoon tv shows from what I’ve seen.
Thanks For The Trip Back Down Memory Lane
These were the voices, when I read the comics as a kid.
Brings back youth, cartoons sat sun morning's and commercials...
Gracias por compartir este maravilloso cómic, me trae recuerdos de mi niñez. Pienso que los cómics de antes, tenían una magia que los actuales cómics ya no tienen, pese a los avances de la tecnología. Los cómics de hoy en día no tienen ni imaginación, ni buenos libretos.
Thank you for uploading this brings back my childhood days
I turn 60 this month actually and I still remember that cartoon clip from back in the day Fantastic Four goes sub atomic…………..
I'm a simple Gemini Man. When I see "VHS Vault" I subscribe (shrugs shoulders).