Fantastic (comics) - Merger With Terrific and Closure

Merger With Terrific and Closure

Issue 52 of Fantastic saw the comic relaunched, in effect, as it absorbed companion paper Terrific to form Fantastic and Terrific, featuring Thor and the X-Men (from Fantastic), plus the Avengers and Doctor Strange (from Terrific).

That issue saw the first of several free gifts given away with each issue, as was traditional on the launch of a new comic. The cover numbering was continued from Fantastic.

The merger of the two titles bought Fantastic another nine months of life, but ultimately this was not enough to save it. Issue 89, published in September 1968, was the final issue. The Thor strip was thereafter transferred to Smash, and the others were discontinued.