Fantastic! #16

(3 June 1967)

Enter, The Avengers! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

The X-Men [Professor X; The Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman]; The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor; Captain America; Iron Man; Wasp]; Lucifer; Matilda; Samuel

Synopsis

Xavier has tracked down Lucifer, who cost him the use of his legs, but finds his foe's heartbeat is rigged to a giant thermal bomb. The X-Men arrive in Bavaria and run across the Avengers who have also just arrived. The X-Men have to stop the Avengers from defeating Lucifer since by defeating Lucifer, the world will be destroyed.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (January 1965) [Black and white, pages 1-11 only.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Alf Wallace (credited as Alf); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Sturm, Gerald Watts, Clive Tully, John Appleyard, Brian Oliphant, Rodney Hope, David Gordon, Paul Wilson and Bill Cameron

Thor and Loki Attack the Human Race! Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Thor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Genre

adventure; superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Don Blake]; Loki; Heimdall; Odin

Synopsis

Loki used his magic to cause Thor's hammer to hit his head, turning him evil. Thor then freed Loki. Now the two terrorize Earth until the other Asgardians arrange for another blow to the head to reverse the change.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #94 (July 1963) [Black and white; pages 8-13 only.]

Indexer Notes

Page 1 is a recap of the first half of the story as seen in the previous issue of Fantastic! It is a paste up of panels 4 & 7 of page 6 and panels 6 & 7 of page 7. Some new text at the story's conclusion informs the reader that Thor's next opponent will be the Demon Duplicator.

But For Real Action, Look For The Greatest Name In Comics... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Animal Man (part 2)] (Table of Contents: 5)

Johnny Future / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Alf Wallace

Pencils

Luis Bermejo

Inks

Luis Bermejo

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; science fiction; superhero

Characters

Johnny Future; The Animal Man; Billy

Synopsis

Johnny Future turns up at a national newspaper office and states his intention to take down the Animal Man. This announcement makes front page news. In response, Animal Man commands household pets around the country to turn feral and attack humans. Johnny deduces that the Animal Man is likely to be found at London Zoo, Regents Park. At the zoo, Johnny finds and confronts the villain who orders two leopards to attack him.

Reprints

• in The Complete Johnny Future (Rebellion, 2020 series) (2020)

Keywords

London Zoo (Regents Park)

Indexer Notes

Billy, a character who appears for just two panels, is seen reading a Spider-Man comic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

News From The Floor of 64 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost Part 2 (Table of Contents: 7)

Iron Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Harold "Happy" Hogan; Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Synopsis

A scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. He attacks Stark and Iron Man stops him.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #45 (September 1963) [Black and white, last eight pages only. New splash page.]

Indexer Notes

A 'new' splash page is a paste up of panel 7 of page 6; Jack Frost (detail from the original splash page); panels 5 & 6 of page 10; Some Iron Man stories which appeared in Fantastic were reprinted in a different order to the original published sequence. This created a problem for the editors, because Tony Stark changed his armor in Tales of Suspense #48 to the familiar red and gold version. In order to avoid confusion for British readers, Iron Man's armor was redrawn in Fantastic #15-20 to resemble the newer model.

Humans, Keep Out! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ezra Grumley

Synopsis

Humans are distressed to discover that the Venusians believe them to be hostile and have built robots to destroy any expedition that lands. A humble janitor thinks of building identical robots, reasoning that the Venusian's robots will not attack things like themselves, allowing peaceful contact to be made.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #86 (November 1962) [Black and white.]

Pepper Potts (Table of Contents: 9)

A Power House Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Characters

Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]; Happy Hogan

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #55 (July 1964)

Indexer Notes

This is the last page of the story reprinted as a pin up page.