Klaws

Klaws
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Premiere date	October 7, 1967
Starring	Gerald Mohr Jo Ann Pflug Jac Flounders Paul Frees Hal Smith
Writer(s)	Phil Hahn Jack Hanrahan
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Klaws" is the first part of the fifth episode of Fantastic Four season one, and the fifth episode overall. It aired on October 7, 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.

With the Human Torch on vacation, Klaw, the self-described master of sound, believes this will make the rest of the Fantastic Four vulnerable and attacks them at their own headquarters.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Thing/Ben Grimm	Paul Frees
Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards	Gerald Mohr
Human Torch/Johnny Storm	Jac Flounders
Invisible Girl/Sue Richards	Jo Ann Pflug
Klaw	Hal Smith

Organizations

• Fantastic Four

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
        • Baxter Building

Objects

• Vibranium (mentioned)

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 7, 1967 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: November 30, 1968 at 6:05 pm on ITV

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.