Fantastic!
#31
(16 September 1967)
IPC,
1967 Series
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1967-09-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Brand
-
A Power Comic
- Editing
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf) (editor); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart) (editor)
The Grey Gargoyle!
Thor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Grey Gargoyle
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #107 (August 1964)
-
When the Grey Gargoyle Strikes!
Thor / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- X-725
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Donald Blake]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Duval] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster
- Synopsis
- A scientist accidentally gains the power to turn himself into living stone, and to turn others into stone statues. He comes to New York to attack Thor, hoping to gain the secret of immortality. They engage in battle.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #107 (August 1964) [Black and white. First half of story, pages 1 to 10, reprinted.]
-
Indexer Notes
Will the grey Gargoyle with his fantastic powers succeed? The new text added to the final panel of page 10 asks this question and goes on to instruct the readers that they must get next week's "ish" to find out!
For a Barrage of War Action Thrills read Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos
Sgt. Fury / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
The Adventures of Anglo Ace
Anglo Ace / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Anglo Ace; The Head of M.I.5; The Fiendish Bravian Ambassador [unnamed]; Gripnor Grappervitch [bodyguard to the ambassador]
- Synopsis
- The Bravians have stolen the plans of a new British missile. Anglo Ace battles the perpetrators and defeats them by bouncing on the fiendish ambassador, thus flattening him, and then encasing his bodyguard in a giant Anglo Bubble Gum bubble. He then goes on to endorse the product.
The Supreme Sacrifice
X-Men / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (layouts); Werner Roth (pencils)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Sentinels; Master Mold; Dr. Bolivar Trask (Death)
- Synopsis
- The X-Men battle the Sentinels but it is the timely intervention of Professor X and the self sacrifice of Dr. Trask that stops Master Mould* and saves the day.
- Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #16 (January 1966) [Second half of story, pages 11-20, reprinted along with a 'new' splash page reprinting some panels from X-Men #15 (December 1965).]
-
Indexer Notes
A 'new' splash page serves to recap past events and to introduce this segment of the story. It consists of two panels from X-Men #15 (December 1965) - panel 1 of page 8 and panel 2 of page 9; *Master Mold's name is changed to the British spelling of "Master Mould" throughout this reprint.
Harry Lets Himself Down
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Harry [a champion swimmer who takes up smoking]; Derek [Harry's younger brother]
- Synopsis
- Harry wins all of his competitive swimming races and then decides to take up smoking. On a visit to the coast, Harry and his younger brother, Derek, spot a swimmer in trouble. They both swim out to rescue him, but it is non-smoking Derek who gets there first! Harry learns that "smoking is a mug's game!"
Indexer Notes
Anti-smoking propaganda
[no title indexed]
Johnny Future / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Errreagh!
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Future [John Foster]; A 20-foot tall Stone Age man; Dr. Felda (dies); Dr. Felda's assistant (dies); The Master; Humphrey Harwood; Rick Harwood [his son]
- Synopsis
- The 20-foot Stone Age man is unhappy and brutally murders his creators, Dr. Felda and his assistant. By an amazing coincidence, John Foster (Johnny Future) and a team of scientists decide to conduct a weapons test on the remote Scottish island where the monster is rampaging. A battle ensues!
- Reprints
in The Uncanny Unicorn
Iron Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- X-716
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (introduction, origin); Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; The Avengers [Thor [Donald Blake] (cameo); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (cameo)]
- Synopsis
- A Soviet agent with high-tech armor comes to the US to capture Iron Man. He kidnaps Pepper and injures Happy to draw Iron Man out. Upon hearing this news, Tony Stark is so distressed that he abandons his beautiful date and rushes to the hospital to check up on Happy.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #56 (August 1964) [Black and white. First half of story, pages 1 to 8, reprinted.]
-
Indexer Notes
This story took place during Iron Man's original tenure as an Avenger. Readers of, Terrific!, a sister magazine, were concurrently reading reprints of The Avengers from the era of "Cap's Kooky Quartet", i.e. after all of the founder members had taken a leave of absence. The presence of Thor, Giant-Man and Wasp serving as Avengers in this story was explained in two new captions (panel 3 of page 3 and panel 6 of page 4). Readers were told "- this story dates from the time when the original Avengers were still operating together."; An additional caption appended to the final panel urges readers not to miss the next issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Grey Gargoyle!
Thor -
1.
When the Grey Gargoyle Strikes!
Thor -
2.
[no title indexed]
News from the Floor of 64 -
3.
For a Barrage of War Action Thrills read Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos
Sgt. Fury -
4.
The Adventures of Anglo Ace
Anglo Ace -
5.
The Supreme Sacrifice
X-Men -
6.
Harry Lets Himself Down
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7.
["Errreagh!"]
Johnny Future -
8.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] -
9.
Free! Stamps
-
10.
The Uncanny Unicorn
Iron Man -
11.
The Incredible Hulk
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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