Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics (Earth-78909)

H.E.R.B.I.E.
Name	Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics
Current Alias	H.E.R.B.I.E.
Aliases	Herbie, Herbie the robot
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Fantastic Four
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Robot
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-78909
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Occupation	Robot, adventurer
Base of Operations	Baxter Building, Manhattan, New York City
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Fantastic Four S1E01 (September 9, 1978)
First	Fantastic Four S1E01 (September 9, 1978)

You're nothing but a chicken-headed tape recorder!

—The Thing

History

H.E.R.B.I.E. was a member of the Fantastic Four.

Notes

• H.E.R.B.I.E. was voiced by Frank Welker.
• H.E.R.B.I.E. was an original character created for NBC's 1978 Fantastic Four animated series to replace the Human Torch. Around this time, Marvel had licensed a number of their characters to Universal Studios to develop live-action TV movies and series, one of them being the Human Torch. With use of the Human Torch restricted because of that, his place in the Fantastic Four was taken by H.E.R.B.I.E., who was conceived and named by Stan Lee and designed by Jack Kirby. A year later, H.E.R.B.I.E. was adapted into the comics in Fantastic Four #209, written by Marv Wolfman and penciled by John Byrne.

Trivia

• H.E.R.B.I.E. was originally going to be called "Z-Z-1-2-3."

See Also

• 14 appearance(s) of Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics (Earth-78909)
• 7 image(s) of Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics (Earth-78909)