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Issue: Fantastic! #2
Publication Date: February 1967
 
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
On Sale Date: 02/18/1967
Volume:
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £9.00 GBP
9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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The Executioner!

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superhero
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FlagJourney into Mystery #84 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was The Executioner [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Mighty Thor vs. The Executioner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Jane Foster (introduction, called "Jane Nelson"); Comrade Executioner (death, not to be confused with the later Thor villain Executioner)
Dr. Blake joins a medical mission to a South American country wracked with civil war. The leader of the communist faction — the Executioner — orders an attack on the doctors, and Blake must use the power of Thor to save his colleagues and defeat the communists.
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FlagJourney into Mystery #84 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was The Mighty Thor vs. The Executioner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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A new text caption has been added to the final panel of this story to entice the reader to purchase next Saturday's issue.
[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
News From the Floor of 64
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Want some gum, chum?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Fantastic Bubble Gum
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Promotion for next week's free gift
Miraculous Magneto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Professor Charles Xavier; X-Men [Cyclops; Beast; Angel; Iceman; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Magneto
The X-Men go on their first assignment - stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base. They succeed!
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FlagThe X-Men #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1963
was X-Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]panels 5 to 7 of page 11; pages 12 to 23
 
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Part two of the story reprinted from X-Men #1. The first part of page 1 of this reprint is a paste-up with a text recap. It includes an image of Magneto's face which is a modified version of panel 4, page 11 of the original story.
[untitled]

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Free Stamp Collectors Outfit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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..."Even a rhino stockade can't hold the Link!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Bull Belson; Lita Munro; Cord Cleat
The Missing Link escapes his captives
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Miscellaneous
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Accept This Great Encyclopaedia Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Advertisement from the Children's Book Club
The Secret Brotherhood of - Shshh!

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Promo for this issue's free gift
In Next Week's Issue of Fantastic

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Thor; Loki; Iron Man; Gargantus; X-Men; The Vanisher
Reprinting
 
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The indicia is also on this page.
Iron Man Is Born! [Part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagTales of Suspense #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was Iron Man Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Second half of story, page 8 (panels 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9) and pages 9 to 13 only
 
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As in this example, Power Comics titles often spread Marvel reprint stories over two or more issues. Page one of this reprint includes a new text box which recaps the events of last issue.
The final panel of this story includes some new text to tempt the reader to purchase next week's issue.
The Mighty Thor

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superhero
A Power House Pin-Up
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Full color back cover

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