The Fantastic Four
Season 1, Episode 8 (21 Oct. 1978): “The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom”
by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas

The Fantastic Four - Season 1, Episode 8

Title: “The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom”

Medium: television series episode

Original airdate: 21 Oct. 1978

Publisher: DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Written by: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas

8 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
H.E.R.B.I.E.	N.A.	Fantastic Five (ally)		102
The Fantastic Four		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Monks of Doom (flashback)	Tibetan Buddhism	[served Doctor Doom; constructed his armor]		5
Blackbeard (Edward Teach) (mentioned)  Doctor Doom sends Fantastic Four back in time to steal Blackbeard's treasure. The Thing becomes the captain of a pirate crew and becomes known as Blackbeard. The Blackbeard legend actually was him!		[pirate; ship's captain]	Selig Polyscope Company	74

This television series episode is an adaptation of: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #5 (July 1962): "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!".

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “Meet Doctor Doom”. Webpage for The Fantastic Four - Season 1, Episode 8 (21 Oct. 1978) created 5 May 2013. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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