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series. This is the team's fourth foray into animation. The series is co-produced by American company

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and French company MoonScoop Group, with the participation of M6 and Cartoon Network Europe, and distributed by

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Airing

In the United States, the show had an erratic airing schedule on Cartoon Network, having premiered as part of

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on September 2, 2006. It ran for only eight of the season's 26 episodes before being pulled. It subsequently returned to the network starting June 9, 2007, shortly before the release of the film '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. The second launch of the show aired only nine episodes, leaving nine installments not televised in the USA. The show aired on

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for a brief time before moving to

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in 2009 for the final episodes. The series was produced in 16:9 widescreen, although it was letterboxed or cropped when broadcast.

Plot

''World's Greatest Heroes'' is not directly connected to any of the previous iterations of the Fantastic Four, telling its own version of the team's origin and their encounters with their rogues gallery. Unlike its 1994 predecessor, which consisted almost entirely of straight or modified reinterpretations of classic ''Fantastic Four'' comic book stories, World's Greatest Heroes features mostly original stories, though elements from various comic iterations of the Fantastic Four were used in the series.

Cast

Hiro Kanagawa is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including ''Smallville'', ''Caprica'', ''Godzilla'', '' The Man i ...

- Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic * Lara Gilchrist - Susan "Sue" Storm/Invisible Woman *

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- Jonathan "Johnny" Spencer Storm/Human Torch * Brian Dobson - Benjamin "Ben" Grimm/The Thing, Flatman * Sam Vincent - H.E.R.B.I.E., Trapster,

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* Paul Dobson - Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom,

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Sunita Prasad Sunita Prasad is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in television series such as '' iZombie'', '' Bates Motel'' and ''UnREAL'' and also voiced Alicia Masters in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes''. She has had recurring roles in sever ...

- Alicia Masters

Guest stars

Mark Acheson Mark Acheson (born September 19, 1957) is a Canadian voice, film and television actor. Career Acheson began studying acting at Langara College’s Studio 58 at the age of 15. He is a founding member of Janus Theatre and appeared on stage for eigh ...

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Michael Adamthwaite Michael David Adamthwaite (born September 1, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He is credited with providing the voice for many characters in various anime series. He is also known for portraying the Jaffa Herak in the science fiction television series ...

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* Don Brown - Henry Peter Gyrich *

Trevor Devall Trevor Devall (born November 10, 1972) is a Canadian-American voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, US in 2013. Early life ...

- Diablo * Michael Dobson -

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, Mr. Bonner-Davis *

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- Agent Pratt * Laura Drummond - Courtney Bonner-Davis * Mark Gibbon - Hulk * Jonathan Holmes - Wizard *

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* David Kaye - Tony Stark/Iron Man *

Terry Klassen Terry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor, ADR director and writer. Before animation, Klassen worked in radio in Winnipeg (CITI-FM), Toronto (Q107), Calgary (CFAC), Portage la Prairie (CFRY) and part-time at CFOX and CFMI. In animation, he is best ...

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* Colin Murdock - Willie Lumpkin *

Peter New Peter New is a Canadian actor and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Big McIntosh in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and Sunil Nevla in ''Littlest Pet Shop''. In 2007, New's script "The Bar" won the first annual Hot Shot Shorts ...

- Rupert the Geek * John Novak -

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* Mark Oliver - Cmd. Kl'rt/Super-Skrull * John Payne -

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* Alvin Sanders - Phillip Master/Puppet Master *

Rebecca Shoichet Rebecca Shoichet ( ; born February 16, 1975) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who has voiced in English dubs of Japanese anime and other shows for Ocean Productions in Vancouver. She took over Saffron Henderson's role of Sota Higurashi i ...

- Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk,

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Venus Terzo Venus Terzo is a Canadian actress who played Detective Angela Kosmo in '' Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff, '' Da Vinci's City Hall''. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading D ...

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