Fantastic!
#30
(9 September 1967)
IPC,
1967 Series
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1967-09-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Brand
-
A Power Comic
- Editing
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf) (editor); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart) (editor)
The Supreme Sacrifice!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #16 (January 1966)
-
The Thunder God Strikes Back
Thor / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Donald Blake]; Mr. Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Jane Foster
- Synopsis
- Thor has defeated the Cobra with apparent ease. Mr. Hyde escapes by becoming Calvin Zabo and slips away. Hyde attacks again later, but is bested by Thor's superior strength. When Blake returns to the office he discovers that Jane hates him because of his seeming betrayal of Thor.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #106 (July 1964) [(9 September 1967) [Second half of the story, pages 10 to 18, reprinted plus a 'new' splash page]]
-
Indexer Notes
A 'new' splash page has been added to the beginning of this story. This is a paste-up of reprinted images from the following sources: Mister Hyde - panel 5, page 2 of Journey Into Mystery #99 (December 1963); Thor - the 'Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up' of Thor from Journey Into Mystery #110 (November 1964); The Cobra - panel 1, page 10 of Journey Into Mystery #98 (November 1963)
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from David Williams, A. Nicola, D. Knott, David Horne & P. Burgin
You Can't Have Thor's Powers, But You Can Have a Genuine Thor T-Shirt
Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
A Fantastic Look at Dogs!
A Fantastic Look at...! / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; animal
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoons
The Supreme Sacrifice
X-Men / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (layouts); Werner Roth (credited as Jay Gavin) (pencils)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Sentinels; Master Mold; Dr. Bolivar Trask
- Synopsis
- With the X-Men captured, Xavier heads back to investigate a fallen Sentinel to try and figure out what stopped it. The X-Men escape and do battle with the Sentinels.
- Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #16 (January 1966) [First half of story, pages 1 to 9 and panels 1 to 5 of page 10, are reprinted.]
-
Indexer Notes
The final panel of page 10 of this reprint is replaced with a text panel informing the readers that they must wait until the next issue to find out what happens next.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Future / comic story / 2.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High above London's ancient city an impressive figure sweeps soundlessly across the night sky...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Future [John Foster]; The Master [The Evil head of the S.S.S. - Secret Society of Scientists]; Dr. Felda; Dr. Felda's assistant [unnamed]; A Giant Beast-Man [unnamed]
- Synopsis
- Johnny suddenly realizes that he can fly! He tests his new power and then goes back to work. Meanwhile, The Master, head of the S.S.S., has heard of Johnny and wants to learn what the full extent of his powers might be (in case he creates trouble for the S.S.S. in the future.) He orders two lackeys, Dr. Felda and his assistant, to use their "Evolution Speeder" to create their own man of the future from a single-celled organism. They reluctantly comply but, minutes later, something goes wrong. The machine explodes and out steps a twenty feet tall savage, primitive man from the Stone-Age!
- Reprints
in Hawkeye, the Marksman
Iron Man / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (introduction, origin); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
- Synopsis
- Hawkeye attacks Iron Man and they do battle, but when he accidentally injures his partner, the Black Widow, in the fight he flees to get her to safety.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #57 (September 1964) [Second half of the story, page 8 (panels 5 to 7) and pages 9 to 18 reprinted.]
-
Indexer Notes
A 'new' splash page has been added. It is a paste-up of the following images: Hawkeye - panel 4, page 5 of Tales of Suspense #57 (September 1964); Iron Man - detail from the splash page of Tales of Suspense #49 (January 1964); Black Widow - panel 2, page 7 of Tales of Suspense #53 (May 1964)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Supreme Sacrifice!
X-Men -
1.
The Thunder God Strikes Back
Thor -
2.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] -
3.
You Can't Have Thor's Powers, But You Can Have a Genuine Thor T-Shirt
Thor -
4.
A Fantastic Look at Dogs!
A Fantastic Look at...! -
5.
The Supreme Sacrifice
X-Men -
6.
["High above London's ancient city an impressive figure sweeps soundlessly across the night sky..."]
Johnny Future -
7.
[no title indexed]
News from the Floor of 64 -
8.
["Sooner or later everyone turns up everywhere in the Power House papers."]
Spider-Man -
9.
["Free! Stamps"]
-
10.
Airfix Motor Racing
-
11.
A Fantastic Look at Birds!
A Fantastic Look at...! -
12.
Hawkeye, the Marksman
Iron Man -
13.
Johnny Future
Power House Pin-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Paul Green
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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