Issue Details

Issue	#83
Published	14 September 1968
Cover Price	9d
Pages	40
Editing	Alf Wallace [as Alf]; ? [as Bart]

Cover Details - "Hercules... Joins Forces With The Mighty Avengers"

Characters	Hercules
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	George Roussos
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #39 (April 1967)

10 page The Avengers story "The Torment...and the Triumph!"

Genre	Superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	George Roussos [as George Bell]
Letters	Artie Simek
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted	from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #39 (April 1967)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now...Two Great Comics In One! Smash! and Pow!"

Script	? (promo copy)
Letters	Typeset

Half page Fantastic Fan Mail letters page

Letters

Typeset

Half page Spot The Boob! activity

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Readers are invited to spot the deliberate mistake in this week's issue

Half page Famous Wayfinders advertisement "No. 1 Scott of the Antarctic"

Characters	Captain Scott; "Seaman" Evans; "Soldier" Oates
Notes	Advertisement in educational comic strip form for the Wayfinder Adventure Boot

7 page Thor story "The Maddening Menace of the Super-Beast! [part 2]"

Characters	The Man-Beast; High Evolutionary; Knights of Wundagore; New-Men; Tagar; Porga; Jane Foster
Genre	Superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Vince Colletta
Letters	Artie Simek
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted	from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #135 (December 1966)

1 page advertisement "Scalextric is real racing excitement!"

Letters

Typeset

2 page text story "The Clock"

Characters	Franz Ammergau; Doctor Schmidt; Gerda
Synopsis	A lonely man who carves people on his numerous clocks in an isolated Alpine village talks to his creations as if they are real people....
Genre	Fantasy
Letters	Typeset
Notes	The first text story to be published in Fantastic!
Reprinted	From Marvel Tales (1949 series) #148 (July 1956)

6 page The Incredible Hulk story "-- This World Not His Own! [part 3]"

Characters	Odin; Fandral; The Enchantress; Trolls
Genre	Superhero
Script	Gary Friedrich
Pencils	Marie Severin
Inks	George Tuska; Syd Shores
Letters	Artie Simek
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted	From Incredible Hulk (1968 series) #102 (April 1968)

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

Letters

Typeset

Half page Crossword activity "Your Power-Packed Crossword No. 8"

Letters

Typeset

1 page advertisement "Airfix Classic Ships of History"

Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Advertisement for Airfix model kits

8 page X-Men story "If I Should Die...! [part 2]"

Characters	X-Men [Angel; Cyclops; Iceman; Beast; Marvel Girl]; Grotesk; Professor Xavier
Genre	Superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema; Don Heck
Inks	George Tuska
Letters	Sam Rosen
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted	from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #42 (March 1968)

1 page Power House Pin-Up illustration "Best Wishes from The Bouncing Beast"

Genre	Superhero
Notes	Full-color back cover