Fantastic! #18

In "Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!" from Fantastic! #18 (1967), the ancient sorcerer Merlin awakens after a millennium, his mind set on world domination. With Washington D.C.'s monuments as his battleground, he clashes with Thor in a clash of myth and might.

In "The Coming of... Ka-Zar!", the X-Men journey to the Savage Land at Xavier’s urging, drawn by rumors of the noble savage Ka-Zar. When Jean and Warren are captured by the fierce Swamp Men, the team must act fast to rescue them before they’re sacrificed in a brutal ritual.

In this gripping installment of *Animal Man*, the hero outsmarts a mind-controlled Johnny Future by exposing his crime at a London bank. With police closing in, Animal Man calls upon a swarm of birds to scatter the officers, then leads Johnny to his home, where he’s secured in a cage—his fate now in Animal Man’s hands.

In "Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo! (Part 2)," Iron Man battles the Soviet super-soldier sent to sabotage Stark's project, forcing a confrontation that tests both man and machine. As the fight reaches its peak, Iron Man makes a bold move that could change the course of the conflict—without revealing how it ends.