Menace of the Mole Men

Menace of the Mole Men
If we don't look down, the laws of gravity don't apply.
Premiere date	September 9, 1967
Starring	Gerald Mohr Jo Ann Pflug Jac Flounders Gerald Mohr Jack DeLeon Paul Frees
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Phil Hahn Jack Hanrahan
Director(s)	William Hanna 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 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

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
Mole Man	Jack DeLeon
Mole Men	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

Behind the scenes

• This episode is an adaptation of "The Return of The Mole Man!" in Fantastic Four #22 (January, 1964); written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby.

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.

Legacy

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.