Diablo (episode)

This article is about the episode. For the title character, see Diablo (Fantastic Four).

Diablo
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Premiere date	September 16, 1967
Starring	Gerald Mohr Jo Ann Pflug Jac Flounders Regis Cordic Paul Frees
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Phil Hahn Jack Hanrahan
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Diablo" is the second episode of Fantastic Four season one. It aired on September 16, 1967 on ABC. It was was written by Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Diablo is accidentally released from his hundred-year-old prison by the Thing, who is tricked by Diablo into being his slave when Diablo gives him a more human-like appearance. Diablo then acts as a miracle worker around the world.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sue Richards	Jo Ann Pflug
The Thing/Ben Grimm	Paul Frees
Human Torch/Johnny Storm	Jac Flounders
Richard Richards	Gerald Mohr
Baron Hugo	Unavailable
Diablo	Regis Cordic
Reporter	Unavailable
Old man	Unavailable
General	Unavailable

Organizations

• Fantastic Four

Locations

• Earth
  • Transylvania
    • Diablo's castle
    • Baron Hugo's residence
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Baxter Building

Objects

• Diablo's rockets

Vehicles

• Fantastic Coupe

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 16, 1967 on ABC

Errors

• All the while the Thing is complaining in bed about being ugly, he's smiling.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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