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16September 1968
$0.25

Marvel Super-Heroes #16

Marvel · September 1968 · on sale 1968-06-11

First appearance: Phantom EagleFirst appearance: Karl KaufmannFirst appearance: The Un-HumanOrigin: Karl Kaufmann
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
September 1968
Key date
1968-09-00
On-sale date
1968-06-11
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
68
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Phantom Eagle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Karl Kaufmann - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Un-Human - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Karl Kaufmann, Phantom Eagle.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenKarl Kaufmann First, Phantom Eagle First
1-table of contents1pencils: Herb Trimpe, John Romita, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Al Fagaly, Dick Ayers; inks: Herb Trimpe, Joe Maneely, Al Fagaly, Ernie Bache, John Romita, Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen
2The Phantom Eaglecomic story20script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: I. WatanabeKarl Kaufmann First, Phantom Eagle First
3The Un-Human!comic story5script: Hank Chapman; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Ernie Bache; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Dick AyersComrade X, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Thomas Raymond, Toro, Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky, The Un-Human First
4The Cargo of Death!comic story7script: Don Rico; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Joe LettereseBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
5The Black Knight Unmasked!comic story6pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Black Knight, Hawkes, Mordred, Sir Percy
7Death Stalks the Shipyard!comic story6pencils: Al Fagaly; inks: Al Fagaly; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Howard FergusonJeff Mace, The Patriot
8Vengeance!!!comic story7script: Paul S. Newman; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Bill EverettNamor, Sub-Mariner
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott, Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenNorrin Radd, Silver Surfer

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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