Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (TV Series)

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is a Non MAU series and the fourth to feature the characters. The series was made as a response to the first Fantastic Four film.

Story
The series does not tell the origin but assumes that audiences would get this thanks to the first movie, which had been released several months before. The series follows the events of the first film, much like {{smtnas}]. Here, the four heroes-to-be were on a space station, not a shuttle as in the comics and previous incarnations, along with. Doom was directly responsible for the failing of the station's shields. Though unlike the film Doom does not gain any powers by this and remains closer to the comic version.

Outside of America Doom is removed from the opening sequence.

The first half focus on the mysteries of the and Doom's attempts to exploit its power. The Four also fought against the usual assortment of villains such as, , , , the and the. They would also find other superheroes such as and the Incredible.

The second half was less focused and each episode was more or less intended as separate. The Four would fight the, , and. In this part of the series they would team up with other heroes such as, , and.

Unlike previous series, this series featured original storylines. Though certain certain Stan Lee and Jack Kirby comics did serve as inspirations for several episodes.

Like the film, was portrayed as an African-American rather than as a Caucasian as in the comics and previous series.

Animation
The series combined traditional two-dimensional art with modern three-dimensional computer generated imagery. The animation was done by an animation company based in France named Moonscoop.

Release
The series suffered from an erratic airing schedule while on Cartoon Network. It first aired on September 2, 2006 as part of Toonami and ran for seven episodes before being pulled without any explanation. It returned on June 9, 2007 in time for the release of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer but only for eleven episodes leaving the other eight unaired in the United States.

The third sequential episode was the first to be aired, but this was corrected for the DVD release.

All twenty-six episodes are available on DVD.

Reception
It has a 7.1 on IMDb and 8.6 Great on TV.com.