The Fantastic Four No.1 (November 1961). Cover art by Jack Kirby (penciller) and an unconfirmed inker. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I’m not really into the Fantastic Four. They’re just not something that appealed to me all that much. And I’ve had plenty of non-comic adaptations of the quartet over the years to try. Newsarama contributor Zack Smith gives us a three-part look at all the adaptations of Marvel’s oddest family up to the upcoming reboot of the movie so 20th Century Fox can fool us into thinking they still deserve the rights (between changing family relationships and ruining the best villain in Marvel history they’re doing a poor job).
- Part 1: Introduces the article series and covers the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon, the radio drama…wait, there was a radio drama? In 1975? They still had radio dramas in 1975?…H.E.R.B.I.E the robot, and that time Ben Grimm was a teenager.
- Part 2: The Roger Corman movie (speaking of movies that were meant to retain a license) and the 90’s cartoon that had one horrible season and one Tom Tataranowicz-produced quite good season. (He also did the good Iron Man and Incredible Hulk cartoons.)
- Part 3: The failed pitch by Michael Chabon, the lesser movie adaptations (and when you’re worse than a low-budget-even-for-Roger-Corman Roger Corman movie that’s saying something), and World’s Greatest Heroes, the computer-aided (but not computer animated) series I hear the most raving for. And for some reason Arrested Development. Why not discuss actual FF cameos in Marvel shows while you’re at it, like the 90s Spider-Man or The Super Hero Squad Show? At least they’re actually adaptations.
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