Fantastic producer of comics cut short someone worthy of contempt (10)

I believe the answer is:

marvellous

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'fantastic' is the definition.
(I know that fantastic can be written as marvellous)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for marvellous that I've seen before include "Wonderful" , "Amazing" , "def" , "Fantastic" , "inspiring wonder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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