Fantastic! #38
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "I, Lucifer...", Iron Man finds himself imprisoned by the Mandarin, bound to a spinning wheel as his enemy recounts his twisted origins. With the Mandarin confident in his plan to destroy Iron Man and conquer the world, the hero begins to find an unexpected advantage in his captivity. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Don Heck, with inks by Dick Ayers and letters by Sam Rosen, this 1967 classic features a cover by Jay Gavin and Dick Ayers, capturing the tension of a villain’s monologue and a hero’s quiet defiance.
In "I, Lucifer...", Unus and the Blob carry out a bank heist posing as the X-Men, framing the team and throwing the mutant heroes into disarray. When Cyclops tries to intervene, he's caught in the crossfire, and Professor X must use his mind to track down the true mastermind—Lucifer—whose energy cannon now locks onto his thoughts, threatening to strike.
In "null," Johnny pulls off a daring prison break, freeing a gang of hardened criminals and bringing them to Mr. Opposite—only for the man’s "opposite" power to backfire spectacularly. What he thinks is an attack turns into an instant transformation, turning the villains into eager law-abiding citizens who turn on their captor. When Curly "King" Kalo lands a knockout punch, the mind-controlled townspeople snap back to their true selves. Johnny then sets things right with the soldiers, guiding them to correct past mistakes by arresting the very gang he freed—leaving Mr. Opposite’s reign of chaos finally at an end.
In "The Power of the Thunder God!" from Fantastic! #38 (1967), Thor faces off against the Cobra and Mr. Hyde in a desperate fight to save Jane Foster’s life. With Balder racing to find the elusive Hardol the Healer, time grows short as Thor battles to hold the line—until a final, crucial delivery of medicine arrives just in time.
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↩ Reprints Journey into Mystery #111 (1964), Tales of Suspense #62 (1965), The X-Men #20 (1966)
Reprinted in The Complete Johnny Future #[nn] (2020)
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