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Issue: Marvel Super-Heroes #16
Publication Date: September 1968
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Issues: #16 of 94 Issues (134 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/11/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee; Roy Thomas (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Printed by World Color Press Inc., Sparta, Illinois, U.S.A. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#12-31); saddle-stitched (#32-105)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Phantom Eagle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, issue credits, listing of stories with one panel reprinted from each story. Credits include Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Gary Friedrich, John Verpoorten, Stan Goldberg, Morrie Kuramoto and Robin Green.
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The Phantom Eagle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Phantom Eagle [Karl Kauffman] (introduction, origin); Capt. Rex Griffin (introduction, death); Major Jack Norris (introduction); Paula Jackson; Curly; Gen. Heinrich Von Ronstadt; Capt. Carlson (introduction, death); Germans
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: next app. in INCREDIBLE HULK #135
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The Un-Human!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Original Human Torch
Character(s): Original Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; The Un-Human (Introduction); Comrade X (Introduction; no appearance); Dr. Carter
Synopsis: A spaceship flies over the city dropping a message from Comrade X of the Red Planet, stating that earth must be destroyed so that his world's growing population can survive. A gigantic, monstrous eight headed creature wreaks havoc on the city and the flaming duo tackle it, but the creature is fireproof. Its fang-like tongue poisons Toro but The Torch rushes him to Dr. Carter, who tells him the boy's life can only be saved by a blood transfusion; luckily the Torch has the same blood type. As buildings continue to be destroyed the Torch uses the Doctor's chloroform to knock the creature out.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #8 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1975
as The Un-Human! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as The Un-Human! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: E-960
Disclose Notes: At the time of its printing Marvel was unaware that the Torch story was unpublished 1950s inventory. Chronologically, this story takes place between Captain America #78 and Avengers #134 (flashback).

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

The sequence in which the wounded Toro requires a transfusion from the Torch echoes the untitled Human Torch story in Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) # 19.
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The Cargo of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America; Bucky; Captain Saunders; Crane
Synopsis: Captain America and Bucky foil a plot to smuggle drugs into South Africa.
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Men #28 published June 1954
was The Cargo of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Black Knight Unmasked!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Knight [Sir Percy]; Modred; Hawkes; Sir Guy of Gascombe (introduction)
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Knight #3 published September 1955
was The Black Knight Unmasked! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Title from cover.
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Pete Duncan -- "Dropout"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pete Duncan; Bob Sholl; foreman; Helen
First Line: When I turned 16, I wanted to really start living...
Synopsis: Pete finds that his lack of high school, rather than liberating him, constricts his opportunities and limits his family's future. He advances professionally with the help of an I.C.S. high school diploma.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for International Correspondence Schools
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Death Stalks the Shipyard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]; Grosse (introduction, death); Casey; Mary
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #29 published March 1942
was Death Stalks the Shipyard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Vengeance!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean; Elmer (introduction; death; a monster; looks like the Creature From the Black Lagoon, the movie of which came out in the same year that the story was copyrighted); Prof. Zunbar (introduction); Prof. Zunbar's female aide (introduction)
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From Content Item: FlagSub-Mariner #35 published August 1954
was Vengeance!!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: The most daringly dramatic superhero of all time!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad includes a cover repro of The Silver Surfer # 1 (Marvel, 1968 series).

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