The Way It All Began

"The Way It All Began" is the third episode of Fantastic Four season one. It aired on September 23, 1967 on ABC. It was written by Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

When Doctor Doom tries to settle an old score with Mister Fantastic, the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom share their origin stories and how they intertwine with each other.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Citizen #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Citizen #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Joshua Sirola
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing/Ben Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Human Torch/Johnny Storm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jac Flounders
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mitzi Miner
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gerald Mohr
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Invisible Girl/Sue Richards
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jo Ann Plfug
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police Commissioner Robbins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Victor Von Doom's assistant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| University dean
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nurse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Invisible Girl/Sue Richards
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jo Ann Plfug
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police Commissioner Robbins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Victor Von Doom's assistant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| University dean
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nurse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nurse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Fantastic Four

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Baxter Building
 * International Airport
 * University
 * Hawaii
 * Oahu
 * Pearl Harbor
 * Latveria (mentioned)
 * China
 * Himalayas
 * Tibet

Objects

 * Fantastic Flare

Vehicles

 * Torchster
 * Doctor Doom's plane
 * The Grimm Reaper
 * Fantastic Four's missile

Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 23, 1967 on ABC

Home availability

 * Warner Bros. owns the show, while Disney owns the characters, making it difficult to release this episode on any physical media.