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Fantastic!#39
Cover: Jack Kirby & Chic Stone

Fantastic! #39

Nov 1967 · IPC · 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
“Somewhere Lurks the Phantom!”

Pepper and Happy are mourning Tony Stark's "death". Meanwhile, Stark builds a transistorized chest device that enables him to appear in public without his armor. Stark then leaves his lab, revealing that he is very much alive. This revelation causes Pepper to faint. Stark realizes that Happy loves Pepper. Stark then upsets an employee, Dr. Birch, by not making time to speak to him. Iron Man goes on to stop industrial saboteur the Phantom, who turns out to be an embittered Dr. Birch. Pepper and Happy go on a date. Tony is left alone to brood because he secretly loves Pepper too.

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writer Stan Lee · artist Don Heck · inker Dick Ayers · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Jack KirbyChic Stone

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writer Stan Lee
artist Don Heck
letterer Sam Rosen
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Chic Stone

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Pepper and Happy are mourning Tony Stark's "death". Meanwhile, Stark builds a transistorized chest device that enables him to appear in public without his armor. Stark then leaves his lab, revealing that he is very much alive. This revelation causes Pepper to faint. Stark realizes that Happy loves Pepper. Stark then upsets an employee, Dr. Birch, by not making time to speak to him. Iron Man goes on to stop industrial saboteur the Phantom, who turns out to be an embittered Dr. Birch. Pepper and Happy go on a date. Tony is left alone to brood because he secretly loves Pepper too.

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