Menace of the Mole Men

Menace of the Mole Men
Mole Man pushes a lever to trap the Fantastic Four beneath Subterranea.
Premiere date	September 9, 1967
Writer(s)	Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"Menace of the Mole Men" is the first episode of Fantastic Four season one. It aired on September 9, 1967 on ABC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, co-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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Thing/Ben Grimm	Paul Frees
Invisible Girl/Sue Richards	Jo Ann Plfug
Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards	Gerald Mohr
Human Torch/Johnny Storm	Jac Flounders
Mole Man	Jack DeLeon
Mole Men	Unavailable

Organizations

• Fantastic Four

Locations

• New York City
  • Manhattan
    • Baxter Building
• Moon
• Subterranea

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• U-Car

Music

The score was composed by Ted Nichols.

Behind the scenes

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

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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Warner Bros. own the show, while Disney own the characters, making it difficult to release this episode onto DVD.