Marvel Super-Heroes 1967 #16 - 6.5 - $15.00

• First app: Phantom Eagle (in the silver age)

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.

Captain America and Bucky foil a plot to smuggle drugs into South Africa.

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.

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - 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.
• The Phantom Eagle - Phantom Eagle's next appearance is in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #135 (January 1971).
• The Un-Human! - At the time of its printing Marvel was unaware that the Human Torch story was unpublished 1950s inventory.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.
• The Black Knight Unmasked! - Title from cover. Stan Lee writer credit removed based on information from the Timely/Atlas discussion list
• Pete Duncan -- "Dropout" - Advertising, with response coupon, for International Correspondence Schools
• Vengeance!!! - Elmer, the monster, looks like the Creature From the Black Lagoon, the movie of which came out in the same year that the story was copyrighted.
• - House advertising includes a cover reproduction of The Silver Surfer # 1 (Marvel, 1968 series).