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Issue: Fantastic! #52
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagIPC
Brand: A Power ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
On Sale Date: 02/03/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £9.00 GBP
9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]
Disclose Notes: First combined issue of Fantastic! and Terrific! The indicia title stays as "Fantastic" but the cover title changes to "Fantastic and Terrific".

This issue came with a free gift - a cardboard gun called the Star Target Pistol and several cardboard bullets.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: 7.75" x 11.25"
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Free Inside! Star Target Pistol

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby; Werner Roth; ?
Vince Colletta; Dick Ayers; ?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Images taken from various sources with new art included.
Welcome to the New Fantastic

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor; Doctor Strange; X-Men; The Avengers
Thor; Dr. Strange; Angel; Cyclops; Beast; Iceman; Marvel Girl; Professor X; Captain America; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Hawkeye; Goliath; The Wasp
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Brief summaries of the characters in the comic for new readers.
With My Hammer In Hand! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Vince Colletta
Art Simek
Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor; Odin; Ularic; Loki
Reprinting
FlagJourney into Mystery #120 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1965
was With My Hammer in Hand...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and Whit, pages 1 to 9 only.
 
Miscellaneous
8.66
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]
typeset
Subject Matter
Fantastic Fan Mail
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.75
The Voice of the Wasp! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Don Heck
Frank Giacoia
Art Simek
Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Avengers
Captain America; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Hawkeye; The Wasp; Hank Pym; Sub-Mariner; Attuma
Reprinting
FlagThe Avengers #26 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1966
was The Voice of the Wasp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and white, pages 1 to 9 only.
 
Miscellaneous
9
[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
News from the Floor of 64
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Editorial/hype page, in the vein of Marvel's Bullpen Bulletin pages.
Aiming To Have Fun With A Gun?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Instructions on how to use this issue's free gift.
A Fantastic Look At Hunters

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Free Next Week!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for the next issue and it's free gift of a scale cardboard cut out model of an Apollo spacecraft.
The Wail of the Banshee! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roy Thomas
Werner Roth
Dick Ayers
Art Simek (pages 1-7); Sam Rosen (page 8)
Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Iceman; Mimic; Banshee; Ogre; Factor Three; Ted Roberts
Reprinting
FlagThe X-Men #28 [unnamed variant] published January 1967
was The Wail of the Banshee! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and white, pages 1-8 only.
 
Miscellaneous
8
Umar Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Everett (plot); Stan Lee (co-plot, script)
Bill Everett
Bill Everett
Art Simek
Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
Doctor Strange
Umar; The Ancient One; Dr. Strange; Clea; Dormammu; Eternity; Baron Mordo; The Ancent One
Reprinting
FlagStrange Tales #151 published December 1966
was Umar Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and white, pages 1-6 only.
 
Miscellaneous
6
Cyclops

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
A Power House Pin-Up
Cyclops
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover pin-up page.

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