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Issue: Fantastic Annual #1969
Publication Date: January 1968
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Issues: #1969 of 3 Issues
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: Odhams Books Limited
On Sale Date: 1968
Volume:
Pages: 96
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Price: 114.0 pence GBQ 0-9-6
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Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 2 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Colour; two color
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Binding: Hardcover
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Iron Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The front and back covers of this annual are identical.
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Fantastic Annual 1969

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Character(s): The Locust; X-Men [Beast; Iceman; Cyclops]; Thor; Hulk; Iron Man; Miniman; Johnny Future
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: These newly-painted illustrations serve to introduce the individual stories reprinted in this annual.
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The Plague of the Locust

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Ted Roberts; The Locust [August Hopper]
Synopsis: Jean leaves Xavier's School and enrolls at a conventional college. August Hopper, the Locust, frees his army of locusts to go on an eating spree. Jean returns to the X-Mansion in time to help them defeat the Locust.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: A new, simple panel saying "The End" graces the end of this reprint. It replaces the original panel which heralded the events in X-Men #25 (October 1966)
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Miniman the Incredible Crusader

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Miniman
Character(s): Miniman [Minor]; Gildo [Minor's assistant]; Doctor Tome
Synopsis: Ventriloquist act Major and Minor have a secret. Major, the larger of the two, is the dummy. Minor is the human ventriloquist. Minor's secret is known only to Gildo, his trusted aide. Minor's other secret is that he can transform into Miniman, battler of evil. Miniman battles Doctor Tome's mechanical constructs and is captured. He escapes. They fight some more. Miniman wins.
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Pages: 8
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Conquest of Space Part 1

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Disclose Notes: The history of space flight from Sputnik I to Saturn V.
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Humans, Keep Out

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ezra Grumley
Synopsis: Humans are distressed to discover that the Venusians believe them to be hostile and have built robots to destroy any expedition that lands. A humble janitor thinks of building identical robots, reasoning that the Venusian's robots will not attack things like themselves, allowing peaceful contact to be made.
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Pages: 5
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Iron Man

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Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Morgan Stark; Count Nefaria [Count Luchino Nefaria]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Senator Byrd; Gouda (alien); Edam (alien)
Synopsis: Tony Stark must face not only the traitorous Morgan Stark, his own cousin, but also Count Nefaria and invading aliens.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Title changed from "If a Man Be Mad" for this reprint. The final text panel hes been removed and replaced with the words, "The End".
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Conquest of Space Part 2

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Disclose Notes: Recounts the exploits of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space; John Glenn, the first american in space; Alexei Leonov, the first man to "walk" in space; It goes on to speculate whether or not there is life on Mars and whether a space station may one day be set up on the Moon.
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All About Iron Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Mandarin; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton]; Mister Doll [Nathan Dolly]; Gargantus; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Venko]; Jack Frost [Gregor Shapanka]; Happy Hogan
Synopsis: A detailed guide to Iron Man's armor. With some information about his personal life and supporting cast.
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Pages: 4
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The Mighty Thor Battles the Incredible Hulk!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The majority of this story is a flashback to the events of Avengers #3 (both previously shown and new scenes elaborated on). The text panel at the end of the story has been removed and replaced with the words "The End".
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Prophet of Doom

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man from the future arrives in the present day in order to set himself up as ruler. He attempts to extort 100 million dollars from the Secretary General of the United Nations only to be shocked when the Secretary reveals that he too is from the future and that there are agents planted in every era in order to apprehend criminals who may attempt to alter the course of events.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-817
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Mr. Flubb's Torch

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Fenwick Flubbs
Synopsis: A lazy and incompetent reporter saves a stranger's life. When he's offered a flashlight as a reward he is offended and turns it down, so the stranger uses the light (a transporter) to return to Alpha Centauri.
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Pages: 4.5
Disclose Notes: The original title word "Flashlight" was changed to the more familiar UK term "Torch" and altered throughout the strip.
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There's Fun, Laughs and Action in these Other Terrific Annuals

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for 1969 annuals Pow!, Smash!, Wham!, Eagle and Boys' World
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Conquest of Space Part 3

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Feature on the Saturn V space rocket which, speculated the author (in 1968), will one day take men to the Moon!
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The Missing Link, a creature of limitless strength, is exposed to a massive overdose of nuclear radiation."

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Character(s): Johnny Future [John Foster]; Rick Harwood; Disastro; Zarro
Synopsis: Disastro is released from his crystal prison by an undersea explosion. He makes his way ashore. In his wake is death; fish, trees, villages, military hardware. Nothing can stop him! Johnny future flies to the planet Xenon, where the material for the crystal prison originated. Zarro, a scientist, helps Johnny to summon Disastro to the planet. There they defeat him and turn his body into gas which disperses across the whole planet, thus destroying him. Back on Earth, Johnny is told that the military won't need his help after all because Disastro disappeared soon after Johnny left.
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Pages: 14
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Fantastic Annual 1969

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Iron Man
Character(s): Iron Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The front and back covers of this annual are identical.

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