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Issue: Fantastic! #4
Publication Date: March 1967
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagIPC
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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)
Editor(s): Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]; Stan Lee (original editor)
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
?
Artie Simek
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Zarrko the Tomorrow Man
How Can I Defeat the Tomorrow Man...
Reprinting
FlagJourney into Mystery #86 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
?
Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Odin (introduction, cameo)
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.
Reprinting
FlagJourney into Mystery #86 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
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.
[untitled]

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

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Don Blake; Loki
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alf Wallace
Luis Bermejo
Luis Bermejo
?
Subject Matter
adventure
The Missing Link
Bull Belson; Lita Munro; Cord Cleat
The Missing Link is running loose in London's docks..
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2.5
Airfix Construction Kits - Just like the real thing!

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Paul Reinman
Sam Rosen
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Professor X; X-Men [Cyclops; The Beast; Iceman; Angel; Marvel Girl]; The Vanisher
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.
Reprinting
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
 
Miscellaneous
11
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.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
Fantastic Fan Mail
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Fantastic Fun
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Readers' cartoon page
Look Out For the Greatest Symbol in Comics... A Power Comic

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (plot)
Jack Kirby
Don Heck
Art Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Iron Man
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gargantus; aliens [of unknown origin]; Marion [last name unknown]
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.)
Reprinting
FlagTales of Suspense #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1963
was Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
 
Miscellaneous
5
A new caption in the story's final panel draws the reader's attention to the 'next issue' promo ad on the following page.
Who Is This?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Heck
Don Heck
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Iron Man
The Actor [disguised as Tony Stark and as a U.S. Senator]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
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)
Muscles Made Easy!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
Advertisement for the Charles Atlas bodybuilding course
Free Stamp Collector's Outfit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
Indubitably Yours, Hank McCoy The Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby
Chic Stone
?
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
superhero
Power House Pin-Up
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Full-color back cover

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