Menace of the Mole Men

"Menace of the Mole Men" is the first episode of Fantastic Four season one. It aired on September 9, 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.

While looking for an island to conduct Reed's experiments without disturbing their neighbors, the Fantastic Four are led to a remote island too good to be true by the Mole Man.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Thing/Ben Grimm
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Invisible Girl/Sue Richards
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jo Ann Plfug
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gerald Mohr
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Human Torch/Johnny Storm
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jac Flounders
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mole Man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jack DeLeon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mole Men
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mole Man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jack DeLeon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mole Men
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mole Men
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Fantastic Four

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Baxter Building
 * Subterranea
 * Moon

Objects

 * None

Vehicles

 * U-Car

Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 7, 1967 on ABC

Errors

 * When Johnny refers to the island as looking like the dark side of the moon, Reed's hair is blond.
 * When Reed brings in Johnny, Susan's insignia is missing.
 * When Susan points to the Mole Man, her insignia is missing.

Everlasting influence
The Mole Man returns in the aptly named "Return of the Mole Man."

Home availability

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