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Issue: Fantastic! #4
Publication Date: March 1967
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Issues: #4 of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagIPC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
On Sale Date: 03/04/1967
Volume:
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £9.00 GBP
9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zarrko the Tomorrow Man
First Line: How Can I Defeat the Tomorrow Man...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #86 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Odin (introduction, cameo)
Synopsis: Zarrko of the year 2262 goes back in time and steals a cobalt bomb in 1962, but Thor chases him forward in time and defeats him.
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #86 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: A new text box in the story's final panel makes reference to Don Blake's comment about making news and draws the reader's attention to the news feature on the following page.

The original story was divided into two parts: an unmarked first part (5 pp) and part two - "Flight to the Future" (8 pp). In this reprinted version, the part two "Flight to the Future" title has been removed and the story is presented as a single 13 pp chapter.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): News from the Floor of 64
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Pages: 0.5
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Next week's Thor block-buster is about - nothing!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Don Blake; Loki
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for next issue's Thor strip. It features two panels of artwork from Journey Into Mystery #88 (January 1963.) These are (in order) panel 4 of page 8 and panel 4 of page 7.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bull Belson; Lita Munro; Cord Cleat
First Line: The Missing Link is running loose in London's docks..
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Pages: 2.5
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Airfix Construction Kits - Just like the real thing!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Airfix
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An illustration of the Republic P-47 D Thunderbolt World War II aircraft is featured
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No One Can Stop The Vanisher! [part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor X; X-Men [Cyclops; The Beast; Iceman; Angel; Marvel Girl]; The Vanisher
Synopsis: The X-Men have a protracted battle with the Vanisher. Professor X turns up and defeats him with a quick mental mind-zap! The X-Men then mop-up the Vanisher's hired goons.
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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #2 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was No One Can Stop the Vanisher [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 12-22
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: A 'new' splash page recaps the events of last issue using previously reprinted panels in wobbly 'flashback' borders. These panels come from page 10 (panels 5 - 6) and page 11 (panels 4 - 5) of the original story. The text in the story's final panel has been slightly altered to remove the reference to X-Men #3.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fantastic Fun
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Readers' cartoon page
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Look Out For the Greatest Symbol in Comics... A Power Comic

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for the Power Comics titles - Wham!, Smash!, Pow! and Fantastic!
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Iron Man versus Gargantus! [part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gargantus; aliens [of unknown origin]; Marion [last name unknown]
Synopsis: Iron Man challenges and defeats Gargantus. He then, on the story's final page, frightens off his foe's alien masters and gets the girl (Marion.)
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1963
was Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: A new caption in the story's final panel draws the reader's attention to the 'next issue' promo ad on the following page.
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Who Is This?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Actor [disguised as Tony Stark and as a U.S. Senator]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for next week's Iron Man strip. This paste-up uses three images from Tales of Suspense #42 (June 1963.) These are taken from page 7 (panel 4) and page 8 (panels 3 and 6)
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Muscles Made Easy!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Charles Atlas bodybuilding course
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Free Stamp Collector's Outfit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
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Indubitably Yours, Hank McCoy The Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Power House Pin-Up
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full-color back cover

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