4.722 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestDoctor Doom once again makes himself all-powerful by draining the Silver Surfer's powers. Do the Fantastic Four have any hope of defeating him this time?
When Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and pilot Ben Grimm take a premature space flight on a new shuttle, they find themselves massively bombarded with cosmic radiation. Barely managing to re-enter and land safely, the quartet find themselves forever transformed with superpowers. Deciding to use these new powers to help people, they form the Fantastic Four, a superhero team dedicated to the protection of Earth from menaces like the Latverian King Dr. Doom and Galactus, the planet consumer.
Writing
Doom's Shakespearean villain monologues are unhinged perfection.
Score
That jazzy theme song lives rent-free in millennial brains.
Production
Season 2's Silver Surfer episodes look suspiciously expensive.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This series shares voice actors with Spider-Man: The Animated Series, creating an accidental '90s Marvel universe before the MCU existed.
Season 2's Galactus storyline was so dark and philosophical that Fox briefly considered it too intense for Saturday mornings—then aired it anyway because it slapped.
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