Fantastic!
#7
(1 April 1967)
IPC,
1967 Series
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1967-03-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Brand
-
A Power Comic
- Editing
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf) (editor); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart) (editor)
Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kala; Iron Man
- Reprints
-
from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #43 (July 1963)
-
The Thunder-God and the Thug!
Thor / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Larry Lieber (script); Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Ray Holloway
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Jane Foster; Thug Thatcher; Vince; Max; Ruby
- Synopsis
- A gangster, Thug Thatcher, is wounded in an escape and has his men kidnap Dr. Blake to operate on his gunshot wound. Following the successful surgery, Thug orders his hoods to "take care" of the doctor.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #89 (February 1963) [Black and white, pages 1 to 5 and page 6 (panels 1 to 5)only.]
-
Indexer Notes
A 'teaser' panel replaces the final 3 panels of page 6. This paves the way for the next segment of this two-parter and includes a picture of Thor taken from panel 1, page 7 of Journey Into Mystery #87 (December 1962)
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf)
- Letters
- typeset
Trapped: One X-Man!
X-Men / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Professor X; Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; John Grey; Elaine Grey; Mastermind; Magneto; Quicksilver; The Toad; Scarlet Witch
- Synopsis
- With Xavier's mental powers gone, the X-Men try to decide how they will function without his leadership. Trying to ferret out the X-Men, Magneto has the Toad enter an athletic event where he leaps to victory. With the crowd turning hostile due to the Toads amazing abilities, the X-Men arrive on the scene and capture him.
- Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) [Black and white, pages 1-11 and page 12 (panels 1 to 4) only.]
-
Indexer Notes
The final panel of page 12 has been replaced by a text box designed to coax the reader into purchasing the next issue.
Twenty Proud Power Pack People
News from the Floor of 64 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Editorial/hype page, in the vein of Marvel's Bullpen Bulletin pages.
[no title indexed]
The Missing Link / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He’s Such an Easy Target, I’m Almost Ashamed to Pull the Trigger
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- The Missing Link; Prof. Richard Allen; Dr. Victor Kelso
- Reprints
in Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!
Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Robert Bernstein (script); Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala; General Baxu; Jim Evans
- Synopsis
- Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #43 (July 1963) [Black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
A text box is added to this story's final panel promoting next week's story when Iron Man will meet The Mad Pharoah [sic]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!
Iron Man -
1.
The Thunder-God and the Thug!
Thor -
2.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] -
3.
Trapped: One X-Man!
X-Men -
4.
Twenty Proud Power Pack People
News from the Floor of 64 -
5.
["He’s Such an Easy Target, I’m Almost Ashamed to Pull the Trigger"]
The Missing Link -
6.
Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!
Iron Man -
7.
But for Real Action...
-
8.
The Angel
A Power House Pin-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Paul Green
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
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