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Issue: Fantastic! #26
Publication Date: August 1967
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Issues: #26 of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagIPC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
On Sale Date: 08/05/1967
Volume:
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £9.00 GBP
9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (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 Mandarin's Revenge!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Iron Man
Character(s): The Mandarin
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #54 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1964
was The Mandarin's Revenge! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Giants Walk the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): The Mighty Thor
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Skagg; Surtur; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Enchantress; Executioner
Synopsis: Odin comes to Earth to settle the matter of Thor's love for Jane Foster. At the same time, Loki frees Skagg, the Storm Giant and Surtur so that he never has relinquish the power over Asgard. Thor, Balder and Odin defeat the giants and Loki is punished.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-636
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The Killer Robot (Part Four)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alf Wallace
Penciller(s): Luis Bermejo
Inker(s): Luis Bermejo
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Future
Character(s): Johnny Future [John Foster]; Humphrey Harwood; Rick Harwood; Professor Jarra (dies in this story); Rego; Renusians; The Master
Synopsis: John Foster is fired from his job. Professor Jarra guesses that John is actually Johnny Future and is about to reveal this fact to the Renusians when he is electrocuted and killed. The Renusians are displeased and decide to replace the employees of Harwood Electronics with lookalikes to garner this information for themselves. (It's lucky for Johnny that he no longer works there!) John meets Rick's lookalike, who fails to recognize him. From this encounter, John realizes that something is amiss and resolves to do something about it as... Johnny Future!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantastic Fan Mail
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Letters from David Warhurst, Nigel Penhaligan, Charles Williamson, Jayne Oakes and Mrs. J. Hossack
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You'll Be a Giant Among Your Friends... ...When You Wear a Fabulous Thor T-Shirt!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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"Free! Stamps"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Free! 10 New Raleigh Mustang Bicycles to be Won

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This "Power Pop" competition appears in all of the "Power Comics" titles.
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Among Us Stalk...The Sentinels!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (layouts); Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin] (pencils)
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
Character(s): The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Sentinels; Dr. Bolivar Trask; Zelda; Mr. Worthington; Mrs. Worthington
Synopsis: After their battle with the Juggernaut, Xavier sends the X-Men on vacation. Reading a story in the paper about Dr. Trask and the mutant menace, Professor X calls for a televised debate with the anthropologist. During the broadcast, Trask unveils his Sentinels, robots built to capture and nullify mutants. Professor X mentally summons The X-Men to come and help.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.5
Disclose Notes: Some new text has been added at the end of this segment declaring that "holiday time's over for the teenage mutants". Readers are alerted to the "awesome menace of 'The Sentinels' - next week!" A group picture of the X-Men accompanies the text. This is a detail from the cover of X-Men #10 (March 1965).
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Bonanza Ben, Hoss and Little Joe are on the move!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Bakelite action figures and accessories from the "Bonanza" T.V. series. Made by Palitoy.
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Don't Miss It! See the Defeat of Dr. Strange in Terrific now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Strange
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Fantastic's sister paper Terrific and the Dr. Strange strip therein.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): News From The Floor of 64
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Hype page
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Bill Learns the Hard Way

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Bill (a smoker!); A young teenage boy (unnamed); Johnny
Synopsis: Bill and his young companion are fishing from a small boat on the ocean. The boy wants to know why Bill has taken up smoking. A sudden storm tips them out of the boat. Bill only stays afloat because the lad helps him. Luckily for them, Johnny is nearby. He sees their peril, performs an Olympic dive from a clifftop, and rescues them. Bill blames his lack of fitness on his smoking habit and decides to quit. He buys some new fishing tackle with the money he saves.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An anti-smoking PSA previously run in #14. Also appears in Pow! and Wham! #75, and (reformatted as a half page strip) numerous issues of TV Century 21.
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The Mandarin's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Iron Man
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Mandarin
Synopsis: He attacks the Mandarin in his castle, but he is captured.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: X-672
Disclose Notes: A 'new' splash page recaps the events from the first half of this story. It is made up of three images, one of which was reprinted in last week's Fantastic! (#25) and, somewhat confusingly, two panels from this week's story segment presented as a flashback! They are: The Mandarin - detail from panel 1 of page 8; Iron Man - detail from panel 4 of page 9; Iron Man trapped by some cables - panel 5 of page 12
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Matt Murdock Better Known As Daredevil

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): A Power House Pin-Up
Character(s): Daredevil [Matthew Murdock]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Pin-up page that also appears as the back cover of Terrific #18. Includes a plug for Fantastic's sister paper Smash where the Daredevil strip was just starting.

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