Fantastic! #26

(12 August 1967)

Giants Walk the Earth! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

X-636

Genre

adventure; superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Donald Blake]; Skagg; Surtur; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Enchantress; Executioner

Synopsis

Odin comes to Earth to settle the matter of Thor's love for Jane Foster. At the same time, Loki frees Skagg, the Storm Giant and Surtur so that he never has relinquish the power over Asgard. Thor, Balder and Odin defeat the giants and Loki is punished.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #104 (May 1964) [Black and white.]

The Killer Robot (Part Four) (Table of Contents: 2)

Johnny Future / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alf Wallace

Pencils

Luis Bermejo

Inks

Luis Bermejo

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; superhero; science fiction

Characters

Johnny Future [John Foster]; Humphrey Harwood; Rick Harwood; Professor Jarra (dies in this story); Rego; Renusians; The Master

Synopsis

John Foster is fired from his job. Professor Jarra guesses that John is actually Johnny Future and is about to reveal this fact to the Renusians when he is electrocuted and killed. The Renusians are displeased and decide to replace the employees of Harwood Electronics with lookalikes to garner this information for themselves. (It's lucky for Johnny that he no longer works there!) John meets Rick's lookalike, who fails to recognize him. From this encounter, John realizes that something is amiss and resolves to do something about it as... Johnny Future!

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Warhurst, Nigel Penhaligan, Charles Williamson, Jayne Oakes and Mrs. J. Hossack

You'll Be a Giant Among Your Friends... ...When You Wear a Fabulous Thor T-Shirt! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

"Free! Stamps" (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Free! 10 New Raleigh Mustang Bicycles to be Won (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Among Us Stalk...The Sentinels! (Table of Contents: 7)

X-Men / comic story / 8.5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby (layouts); Werner Roth (credited as Jay Gavin) (pencils)

Inks

Vince Colletta

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; Dr. Bolivar Trask; Zelda; Mr. Worthington; Mrs. Worthington

Synopsis

After their battle with the Juggernaut, Xavier sends the X-Men on vacation. Reading a story in the paper about Dr. Trask and the mutant menace, Professor X calls for a televised debate with the anthropologist. During the broadcast, Trask unveils his Sentinels, robots built to capture and nullify mutants. Professor X mentally summons The X-Men to come and help.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (November 1965) [Black and white.Reprints the first 8 pages and the first tier of page nine only.]

Indexer Notes

Some new text has been added at the end of this segment declaring that "holiday time's over for the teenage mutants". Readers are alerted to the "awesome menace of 'The Sentinels' - next week!" A group picture of the X-Men accompanies the text. This is a detail from the cover of X-Men #10 (March 1965).

Bonanza Ben, Hoss and Little Joe are on the move! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Don't Miss It! See the Defeat of Dr. Strange in Terrific now! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

News from the Floor of 64 / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Bill Learns the Hard Way (Table of Contents: 11)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Bill (a smoker!); A young teenage boy (unnamed); Johnny

Synopsis

Bill and his young companion are fishing from a small boat on the ocean. The boy wants to know why Bill has taken up smoking. A sudden storm tips them out of the boat. Bill only stays afloat because the lad helps him. Luckily for them, Johnny is nearby. He sees their peril, performs an Olympic dive from a clifftop, and rescues them. Bill blames his lack of fitness on his smoking habit and decides to quit. He buys some new fishing tackle with the money he saves.

Indexer Notes

An anti-smoking PSA previously run in #14. Also appears in Pow! and Wham! #75, and (reformatted as a half page strip) numerous issues of TV Century 21.

The Mandarin's Revenge! (Table of Contents: 12)

Iron Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

X-672

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Mandarin

Synopsis

He attacks the Mandarin in his castle, but he is captured.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #54 (June 1964) [Black and white, pages 9-13 only, plus new recap page.]

Indexer Notes

A 'new' splash page recaps the events from the first half of this story. It is made up of three images, one of which was reprinted in last week's Fantastic! (#25) and, somewhat confusingly, two panels from this week's story segment presented as a flashback! They are: The Mandarin - detail from panel 1 of page 8; Iron Man - detail from panel 4 of page 9; Iron Man trapped by some cables - panel 5 of page 12

Matt Murdock Better Known As Daredevil (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matthew Murdock]

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Pin-up page that also appears as the back cover of Terrific #18. Includes a plug for Fantastic's sister paper Smash where the Daredevil strip was just starting.