Fantastic!
#19
(24 June 1967)
IPC,
1967 Series
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1967-06-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Brand
-
A Power Comic
- Editing
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf) (editor); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart) (editor)
The Mysterious Melter
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; ?
- Inks
- George Roussos; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Melter
- Reprints
-
from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #47 (November 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
The original Marvel cover has been adapted to include Iron Man's 'new' armor.
The Lava Man
Thor / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Donald Blake]; the Lava Man; Jane Foster; Odin; Loki; Dr. Bruce Andrews
- Synopsis
- Thor battles the Lava Man, a monster brought to the surface by Loki, who claims all the dry surface of Earth for his people. Odin forbids Thor to love Jane Foster, leading to her leaving her job as Dr. Blake's nurse.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #97 (October 1963) [Black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Dr. Andrews is first called Basil by Jane Foster on page 6 but then is called Bruce by Dr. Blake on the last page.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] / letters page / 0.5 page
- Script
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart)
- Letters
- typeset
The Coming of... Ka-Zar!
X-Men / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Maa-Gor; Swamp Men
- Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #10 (March 1965) [Black and white; pages 14-20 only.]
-
Indexer Notes
Reprints pages 14 to 20 of the original story, plus a new first page recapping the story so far.
[The Animal Man (part 5)]
Johnny Future / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Future; The Animal Man
- Reprints
in John Learns The Hard Way
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- John; Graham
Indexer Notes
Anti-smoking Public Service Announcement. Previously run in Fantastic #10 (and will later appear in a half page format in TV Century 21 #129).
Iron Man Battles the Melter!
Iron Man / comic story / 10.67 pages
- Job Number
- X-448
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; the Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Virginia "Pepper" Potts; Harry "Happy" Hogan; Senator Byrd
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #47 (November 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Black and white, pages 1 to 10, plus the first two tiers of page 11 only.
Ka-Zar and Zabu the Sabre-Tooth Stalker
A Power House Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; jungle; superhero
Indexer Notes
This pin-up is a modified version of the splash page to the story in The X-Men #10, with the figures of the X-Men removed.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Mysterious Melter
Iron Man -
1.
The Lava Man
Thor -
2.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] -
3.
The Coming of... Ka-Zar!
X-Men -
4.
[The Animal Man (part 5)]
Johnny Future -
5.
[no title indexed]
News from the Floor of 64 -
6.
John Learns The Hard Way
-
7.
Iron Man Battles the Melter!
Iron Man -
8.
Thrill to the Uncanny
Doctor Strange -
9.
Ka-Zar and Zabu the Sabre-Tooth Stalker
A Power House Pin-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Paul Green
- Steve Jenner
- Ramon Schenk
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