Fantastic!
#38
(4 November 1967)
IPC,
1967 Series
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1967-10-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Brand
-
A Power Comic
- Editing
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf) (editor); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart) (editor)
[The Untold Story of How Professor X Lost the Use of His Legs]
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Werner Roth (credited as Jay Gavin)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #20 (May 1966) [original title "I Lucifer"]
-
I, Lucifer...
X-Men / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; V: Lucifer; the Blob; Unus the Untouchable
- Synopsis
- Unus and the Blob, at the bidding of Lucifer, rob a bank disguised as X-Men. Cyclops attempts to stop them but is implicated in the crime, giving credence to the lie that the X-Men have turned criminal. Professor X mentally locates Lucifer. Lucifer fires an energy cannon into the sky which will track the Professor's thought waves and, presumably, do him harm!
- Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #20 (May 1966) [Black and white. Reprints pages 1-12.]
-
[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 B. Giles, T. Grant, Tommy Hawkins, Elizabeth Hebborn, Raymond Zanchi, A Reader (presumably not his/her real name) and Daniel Savilt
You'll Be a Giant Among Your Friends... ...When You Wear a Fabulous Thor T-Shirt!
Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
[no title indexed]
Johnny Future / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are witnessing the most incredible gaol-break of all time!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Future [John Foster]; Mr. Opposite; Curly "King" Kalo
- Synopsis
- Johnny busts some hardened, violent criminals out of prison. He takes them to Mr. Opposite who mistakenly believes he is being attacked. He applies his "opposite" power, not realizing that the men are villains. They immediately become model citizens and attempt a citizen's arrest. Curly "King" Kalo delivers a left hook which renders Mr. Opposite unconscious. The mind-controlled populace regains its free-will. Johnny explains to some soldiers how his plan worked and instructs them to make amends for their rioting (last issue) by arresting Curly and his gang. Mr. Opposite's crime spree is over!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- London
in A Fantastic Look at Weirdies!
A Fantastic Look at...! / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoons
The Power of the Thunder God!
Thor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Balder; Hardol the Healer (introduction); Jane Foster; Loki; Cobra; Mr. Hyde
- Synopsis
- Thor battles the Cobra and Mr. Hyde for the life of Jane Foster. Balder delivers a message to Hardol the Healer requesting a special medicine for the injured Jane. Thor defeats the Cobra and Hyde. Balder finds Hardol, obtains the medicine and sends it to Thor in the nick of time. Jane will live!
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #111 (December 1964) [Black and white. Reprints page 10, panel 5 and pages 11-16. 'New' splash page.]
-
Indexer Notes
A 'new' splash page is a paste-up of the front cover of Journey Into Mystery #111 and page 10, panel 5. It also includes some explanatory text and a vignette of Mr. Hyde taken from page 15, panel 7 of Journey Into Mystery #105 (June 1964)
The Origin of the Mandarin!
Iron Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin
- Synopsis
- Iron Man is a prisoner of the Mandarin, held fast to a giant wheel by concentrated titanium bonds, Mandarin proceeds to relate his origin. The Mandarin then declares his intentions to conquer the world and to "spin" Iron Man to death. The Mandarin leaves, not realizing that the spinning wheel is recharging Iron Man's armor, like a bicycle wheel recharges a small generator. Iron Man then thwarts Mandarin's world-domination plan by disrupting a Chinese missile launch and then redirecting the missile back to China. They fight until the Chinese turn up, branding Mandarin a traitor. Mandarin flees.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #62 (February 1965) [Black and white.]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Untold Story of How Professor X Lost the Use of His Legs]
X-Men -
1.
I, Lucifer...
X-Men -
2.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Fan Mail [UK] -
3.
You'll Be a Giant Among Your Friends... ...When You Wear a Fabulous Thor T-Shirt!
Thor -
4.
[no title indexed]
News from the Floor of 64 -
5.
Just Right for Xmas!
Annuals -
6.
["You are witnessing the most incredible gaol-break of all time!"]
Johnny Future -
7.
A Fantastic Look at Weirdies!
A Fantastic Look at...! -
8.
The Power of the Thunder God!
Thor -
9.
Boys! Capture the Real Wild West
Marx toys -
10.
The Origin of the Mandarin!
Iron Man -
11.
The Mimic
Power House Pin-Up
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- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Paul Green
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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