Ranking Every Marvel Animated TV Series From Worst To Best
23. Fantastic Four (And The New Fantastic Four)
I had to lump these two together because, while the OG Fantastic Four series was totally innocuous (and quintessentially sixties), it wasn't particularly noteworthy. It's successor, on the other hand, is definitely notable, because there aren't actually four heroes to be found.
Nope, 1978's Fantastic Four doesn't actually feature the classic lineup of Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben. In fact, Johnny is totally absent, and was instead replaced by a robot called H.E.R.B.I.E. Because of course he was.
Herb even received a nod in the comics for a while, before being outed as a spy under the control of Doctor Sun. A definite contender for '10 Best Comic Book Betrayals' I'm sure.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.