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Issue: Fantastic! #5
Publication Date: March 1967
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Issues: #5 of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagIPC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
On Sale Date: 03/11/1967
Volume:
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 9.0 pence GBQ
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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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The Terrible Vengeance of Loki

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thor
Character(s): Loki; Odin
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #88 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
was The Terrible Vengeance of Loki! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover taken from an unaltered stat.
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The Vengeance of Loki

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): Art Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thor
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Heimdall (cameo)
Synopsis: Loki discovers Thor’s secret identity and separates him from his hammer, forcing him to remain a human. Loki torments humanity, but Dr. Blake tricks him into allowing him to regain the hammer and become Thor, defeating Loki and returning him to Asgard.
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #88 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
was The Vengeance of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: A new text box has been added to this story's final panel promoting the Thor story in next week's issue.
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Missing Link
Character(s): Bull Belson; Lita Munro; Cord Cleat
First Line: In the heart of swinging London's...
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): News from the Floor of 64
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a photograph of editor Alfred Wallace from "The Observer Review" 15 January 1967
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Different Stamps Free

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Letterer(s): Art Simek
Editor(s): s
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
Character(s): Professor X; X-Men [Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman]; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Magneto; Toad; Mastermind
Synopsis: Magneto and his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants steal a freighter and use it to take over the South American nation of Santo Marco. The X-Men are alerted.
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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #4 [unnamed variant] published March 1964
was The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1 to 10 only
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: New text appended to this story's final panel alerts the reader to the excitement yet to come.
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The Haunted House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #42 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1963
was I Speak of the Haunted House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3.5
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Swizzel's Love Hearts 10 Week Competition!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantastic Fan Mail
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Pages: 0.4
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25 Russia Stamps Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 0.1
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Airfix Motor Racing - Just Like The Real Thing!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement features the Mini-Cooper racing car
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Iron Man Trapped By The Barbarian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns]
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): E. Thomas
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Iron Man
Character(s): The Barbarian; The Actor
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #42 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1963
was Trapped by the Red Barbarian [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1, pages 1 to 7 only
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The UK editors removed the reference in the title to "Red" and the implication of the Communist threat. Some new text at the conclusion of this sequence suggests that next issue's story will be "the best Iron Man episode yet!"
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No Wonder They Call Her... Marvel Girl

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Power House Pin-Up
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full-color back cover

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