(Hanna-Barbera Studios/Marvel Comics, 1967) Impressive collection of 42 original production storyboard pages from the classic animated television series The Fantastic Four, consisting of 9 pages from the show’s opening title sequence, 6 pages from episode four, ‘Invasion of the Super Skrulls’ (originally aired September 30, 1967), 9 insert pages from episode eight, ‘Three Predictions of Dr. Doom’ (October 28, 1967), and 18 pages from episode nine, ‘Behold a Distant Star’ (November 4, 1967). The majority of the storyboard pages are accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10 animation sheets, with exceptions found within the opening sequence pages, which also feature felt tip embellishments and roughly 20 scenes xeroxed from show episodes and affixed in place.
The opening title pages, which contain 81 scenes with narration text and artist annotations, show the iconic Marvel comic book superheroes as they were introduced across all 20 episodes of the series’ first and only season. The storyboard for ‘Behold a Distant Star’ includes pages 2 and 13-29 and contains 162 hand-drawn scenes, which include the first appearances of Skrull Warlord Moorat and Princess Anelle. The storyboard for ‘Invasion of the Super Skrulls’ includes pages 30-34 and 36 and contains 54 hand-drawn scenes, and the storyboard for ‘Three Predictions of Dr. Doom’ is numbered as “26-6,” identified as inserts A, B, and C, and features 70 hand-drawn scenes. In overall fine condition, with edgewear, mostly to the first page of the opening title sequence, and some scattered stains, including rusty paperclip marks.
