The Way It All Began

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The Way It All Began
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I'll let her go, if you rename her Invisible Woman.
Premiere date September 23, 1967
Starring Gerald Mohr
Jo Ann Pflug
Jac Flounders
Paul Frees
Don Messick
Joshua Sirola
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Writer(s) Phil Hahn
Jack Hanrahan
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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"The Way It All Began" is the third episode of Fantastic Four season one. It aired on September 23, 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.

When Doctor Doom tries to settle an old score with Mister Fantastic, the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom share their origin stories and how they intertwine with each other.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Citizen #1 Unavailable
Citizen #2 Unavailable
Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom Joshua Sirola
The Thing/Ben Grimm Paul Frees
Announcer Don Messick
Human Torch/Johnny Storm Jac Flounders
Mitzi Miner N/A
Professor Don Messick
Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards Gerald Mohr
Invisible Girl/Sue Richards Jo Ann Pflug
Police Commissioner Robbins Unavailable
Victor Von Doom's assistant Don Messick
University dean Unavailable
Nurse Unavailable


Organizations

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Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: September 23, 1967 on ABC

Behind the scenes

  • This episode is adapted from two comic stories, "The Fantastic Four" in Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961), and "The Prisoners of Doctor Doom" in Fantastic Four #5 (July, 1962); both written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby.
    • Interestingly, both origins are taken almost verbatim from the original comics, with no additional embellishments or alterations.

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Critical reception

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.

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