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Issue: Fantastic! #38
Publication Date: November 1967
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Issues: #38 of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
On Sale Date: 10/28/1967
Volume:
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]
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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 Untold Story of How Professor X Lost the Use of His Legs

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #20 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1966
was I, Lucifer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]original title "I Lucifer"
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Pages: 1
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I, Lucifer...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
Character(s): 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!
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alf Wallace [Alf] ; Bob Bartholomew [Bart]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantastic Fan Mail
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Letters from B. Giles, T. Grant, Tommy Hawkins, Elizabeth Hebborn, Raymond Zanchi, A Reader (presumably not his/her real name) and Daniel Savilt
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You'll Be a Giant Among Your Friends... ...When You Wear a Fabulous Thor T-Shirt!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thor
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): News from the Floor of 64
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Just Right for Xmas!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Leo Baxendale
Inker(s): ?; Leo Baxendale
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Annuals
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Disclose Notes: Promo ad for Fantastic and Pow! Annuals 1968
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alf Wallace
Penciller(s): Luis Bermejo
Inker(s): Luis Bermejo
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Bob Bartholomew
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnny Future
Character(s): Johnny Future [John Foster]; Mr. Opposite; Curly "King" Kalo
First Line: You are witnessing the most incredible gaol-break of all time!
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!
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Pages: 3
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A Fantastic Look at Weirdies!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): A Fantastic Look at...!
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The Power of the Thunder God!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thor
Character(s): 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!
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Pages: 7
Disclose 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)
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Boys! Capture the Real Wild West

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marx toys
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Marx toys and action figures.
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The Origin of the Mandarin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Iron Man
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 12
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The Mimic

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Power House Pin-Up
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Disclose Notes: Back cover pin-up

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