Galactus

This article is about the episode. For the character, see Galactus.

Galactus
Premiere date	December 16, 1967
Starring	Gerald Mohr Jo Ann Pflug Jac Flounders Paul Frees Vic Perrin Ted Cassidy
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Phil Hahn Jack Hanrahan
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Galactus" is the fourteenth episode of Fantastic Four season one, and the fifteenth episode overall. It aired on December 16, 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.

The Watcher makes first contact with the Fantastic Four to assist them in saving the planet before Galactus absorbs it completely, while the Invisible Girl pleads with the Silver Surfer, Galactus's herald, to spare their world.

Memorable quotes

Johnny: How about throwing in with us? I'd like to try that fancy surfboard myself.
The Thing: How about it? You can bunk in with old Ben?
Silver Surfer: Thank you, my friends. I was born to soar, ride the currents of space. My place is still in the skies above.

Silver Surfer: I shall not forget you. All of you. But now there are new planets to explore, new wonders to discover, and then one day when my wander lust is stilled, then perhaps, I shall return.

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 Pflug
Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards	Gerald Mohr
Human Torch/Johnny Storm	Jac Flounders
The Watcher	Paul Frees
Silver Surfer	Vic Perrin
Galactus	Ted Cassidy

Organizations

• Fantastic Four

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Baxter Building
• The Moon
• Galactus's home station

Objects

• Silver Surfer's board
• Ultimate Nullifier

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 16, 1967 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• This episode is an adaptation of "The Galaxtus Trilogy" storyline from from Fantastic Four #48-50 (March – May 1966), which consist of "The Coming Of Galactus!", "If This Be Doomsday!" and "The Startling Saga Of The Silver Surfer!"; it was written by Stan Lee, and illustrated by Jack Kirby.
  • In the original storyline, Alicia Masters—a blind sculptor and Ben's love interest—was the person who had given the Silver Surfer human emotions. Sue was given Alicia's role in the adaptation.
• In the comics published by Marvel Comics, the Watcher's real name is Uatu, although he isn't named that in this episode.

Errors

• The teleportation device the Watcher uses looks similar to the Ultimate Nullifer.
• Sue and Silver Surfer's kiss is rather inappropriate, especially since the Thing makes a whistle about it. Her husband, Reed, doesn't seem to mind.

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.