Fantastic #1
Odhams Press
United Kingdom
- Published
- 18 February 1967
- Page count
- 40
- Cover price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/368763
Credits
- Editing
- Alf Wallace [as Alf]
Bob Bartholomew [as Bart]
Issue contents
Cover
It's Free Inside! Fantastic
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Iron Man; X-Men
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
? - Inks
- Joe Sinnott
Paul Reinman
? - Letters
- typeset
?
1Featuring
- Feature
- The Mighty Thor
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot)
Larry Lieber - Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962) — "The Stone Men from Saturn!"
- Also printed
-
Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964) — "The Stone Men from Saturn!"
-
Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #158 (November 1968) — The Stone Men from Saturn!
-
The Mighty Thor (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #1 ([October 1977?]) — The Stone Men from Saturn!
-
The Mighty Thor (Yaffa, 1980?) ([1980]) — The Stone Men from Saturn!
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991) — "The Stone Men from Saturn!"
-
Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (September 1997) — Thor the Mighty, and "The Stone Men from Saturn!"
-
Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) — "The Stone Men from Saturn!"
-
The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010? series) #1 (November 2010) — The Stone Men from Saturn!
Synopsis
Origin of Thor. A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
Notes
This is a reprint of the first Thor story published by Marvel. The original story was divided into three parts with parts two and three titled "The Power of Thor!" (5 pp) and "Thor the Mighty Strikes Back!"(3 pp). In this reprint these two chapter headings have been edited out so that this tale is presented as a single 13 page story.
2Featuring
- Feature
- News From the Floor of 64
Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
3Credits
- Script
- ? (Promo copy)
- Letters
- Typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- X-Men
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Professor Charles Xavier; Magneto (1st ever appearance)
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
Synopsis
X-Men origin
Notes
The final panel contains only text and invites the reader to see the X-Men in action in next week's "Fantastic!"
5Featuring
- Feature
- Fantastic Fan Mail
Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
6Credits
- Script
- ? (Promo copy)
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Promo for the Pennant/Wallet free gift and its various uses
7Featuring
- Feature
- Iron Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Wong-Chu
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee [plot]
Larry Lieber [script] - Art
- Don Heck
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Origins of Great Marvel Comics Heroes (Newton, 1975 series) ([1975]) — Iron Man Is Born!
Synopsis
Iron Man origin
Notes
A new caption is added to the final panel of page 7 for dramatic impact.
8Featuring
- Characters
- Hulk; Thing; Spider-Man
Credits
- Script
- ? (Promo copy)
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Promo advertising Smash!, Wham! and Pow! comics
9Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
10"If it moves - The Link kills!"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Missing Link
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Script
- Alf Wallace
- Art
- Luis Bermejo
Notes
The only original strip in the first issue supplied by Spanish artist Luis Bermejo
11Featuring
- Characters
- Thor; X-Men; Iron Man
Credits
- Script
- ? (Promo copy)
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Pennant drawings to cut out and place in the pennant/wallet. Color back cover
Notes
Free 'Fantastic Pennant/Wallet' with this issue. "Fantastic" was on sale seven days in advance of the week ending cover date and two days in advance of the 'Every Monday' indicia frequency.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.