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Issue Details

Issue #43
Published 3 February 1968
Cover Price 9d
Pages 40
Editing Alf Wallace [as Alf]; ? [as Bart]; Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Final issue before amalgamation into Fantastic!

Cover Details - "...Giant Sized Saga of the Giant Man"

Characters Wasp; Human Top
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby; Bob Powell
Inks John Giunta
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Final issue before amalgamation into Fantastic!
Reprinted From Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #69 (July 1965) "Oh, Wasp, Where is Thy Sting?"

23 page Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp story "Oh, Wasp, Where is Thy Sting?"

Characters Human Top
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee; Al Hartley
Pencils Jack Kirby; Bob Powell
Inks John Giunta
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Final Giant Man comic strip
Reprinted From Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #69 (July 1965)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now it's Fantastic! and Terrific!"

Script ? (Promo Copy)
Letters Typeset
Notes Promo advertisement for next week's issue complete with "Free Star Target Pistol"

3 page Appointment With Mr. Big story "Trapped on board..."

Genre Action; Adventure
Notes Original Power Comics originated strip reaches its conclusion

7 page The Avengers story "From the Ashes of Defeat! Part 3"

Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #24 (January 1966)

Half page Terrific News letters page

Letters Typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "It's a Giveaway in This Week's Eagle"

Script ? (Promo Copy)
Letters Typeset
Notes Promo advertisement for a free "super-coloured" watch-strap in Eagle comic

2 page Dr. Strange story "Master of the Mystic Arts"

Characters Kaluu; The Mindless Ones; Umar
Synopsis Recap of Dr. Strange storyline leading to "Umar Strikes?" in the next amalgamated issue
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko; Bill Everett
Inks Steve Ditko; Bill Everett
Letters Art Simek
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #150 (November 1966) [part of "The Conquest of Kaluu!"]

Half page Odd Sports text article "Knife and Feather Race"

Genre fact
Letters Typeset
Notes Text article with illustration

Half page News from the Floor of 64 foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

1 page Power House Pin-Up illustration "Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts"

Genre Superhero
Letters Typeset
Notes Full-color back cover