Fantastic Annual #1968

In a pulse-pounding clash of wills, Magneto tests his powers in the city, drawing the attention of Thor—unbeknownst to him, the god of thunder in the guise of Don Blake. As they battle aboard Magneto’s submarine, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants scours the city in search of the X-Men, unaware their leader is already in motion. With Magneto fleeing in his escape vessel and the X-Men’s submarine in pursuit, Thor returns to his human form, only to find Jane Foster waiting with a simple snack and a glass of milk.

In "The Temple of Zentaca," famed explorer Doctor Martin Peters and weapons inventor Andy Vane venture into the jungle to uncover an ancient lost temple—only to be ambushed by a creeping, plant-like monster and a band of armed, costumed guards. Captured by the sinister Dr. Zinn, they're imprisoned within the temple’s depths, left to face the creature as their final fate. But with Major, the loyal Dalmatian, leading the way, the duo finds a chance to fight back—using Andy’s weapon to disable the temple’s mysterious power source and blast their way to freedom, all while the temple itself begins to collapse around them.

In a shadowed circus where fame and fear dance on the same tightrope, Karl Krumm’s envy of the towering Monstro boils over into a deadly game. When the star acrobat orchestrates the gorilla’s escape, he believes he’s secured his triumph—until Monstro, fueled by pain and fury, takes to the trapeze with a vengeance.

When Professor X senses a new mutant, the X-Men track the anomaly to a traveling carnival—only to find a towering, immovable oddity named the Blob, whose rubbery body deflects bullets and resists movement. Though they invite him to join their ranks, the Blob declines, leaving the team to confront the risk he now poses. Forced to act, they lure him back to the mansion, where Xavier uses his powers to erase the memory of their true identities.

In "I Used to Be...Human!", a stranded space pilot faces a grim choice on a strange planet: consume the local fruit to survive, knowing it will transform him into its grotesque, native inhabitants. Though the change is horrifying, he’s drawn to the hauntingly beautiful psychic connections shared among the creatures—so much so that he begins to question whether returning to his old life is truly worth it.

In a tale of science and sorcery, a young man named Tom Cole inherits his father’s dangerous invention: a magic torch that can animate the inanimate. When his father is murdered and his assistant Kurt Wagner turns on him, Tom must summon the power of a giant statue—Colossus—to fight back. With the torch in hand and a stone-cold villain in his sights, Tom’s desperate gamble could change everything… or doom him forever.

When a imprisoned scientist hijacks Iron Man’s suit to demand global domination, Tony Stark finds himself fighting not just a madman’s scheme, but the moral weight of a daughter’s remorse. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Iron Man must outwit a genius whose mind is as dangerous as his machine—aided unexpectedly by the very person who once believed in him.