Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $22.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 6.0 | $33.70 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 8.0 | $59.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 9.2 | $115.34 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 9.4 | $119.75 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 9.6 | $413.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 9.8 | $375.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| RAW | $9.11 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 10.0 | $488.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1974-02-01 |
| 9.6 | $73.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
Reading this edition’s market
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The table includes 9 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 944 graded copies for Special Marvel Edition #16 (1974). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Midnight Brings Dark Death!
Shang-Chi) now makes his home in Central Park. A gang tries to mug him, with predictable results. "Skillfully executed, my brother!" says M'Nai, who watched the whole thing from the shadows. Before Shang-Chi can say anything, M'Nai vanishes.
Shang-Chi remembers his history: Fu Manchu found him in an African village that the British had just raided. They were trying to stamp out a biological weapon Fu had created. The village chief was ready to kill the scarred, screaming orphan when Fu stopped him. Fu pointed out that the child did not cry; his screaming came from hatred, not fear or sorrow, and Fu could use that kind of hatred. Fu Manchu put a black hood on M'Nai and raised him alongside Shang-Chi. One day Shang-Chi wanted to look under M'Nai's mask. M'Nai refused, and they fought. Their mutual respect made them friends. Back in the present, M'Nai meets with Fu Manchu, who orders him to kill Shang-Chi.
Shang-Chi encounters a policeman, who realizes that he's wanted for Petrie's murder (Special Marvel Edition Vol 1 15|last issue). A bamboo tube drops from the roof onto the sidewalk. Shang-Chi knows that M'Nai wants to meet him because that was their means of passing notes in school. After knocking out the cop, Shang-Chi reads the message: a challenge to mortal combat. They meet at midnight at Broadway and Houston. M'Nai attacks with knife, nunchaku, fists, and words. The policeman appears with reinforcements, interrupting the fight, but only temporarily. M'Nai finds Shang-Chi first and attacks with bo and shuriken. They move to a construction site, where Shang-Chi finds a pipe to counter M'Nai's bo. Still outmatched, he climbs a crane to evade M'Nai and then realizes his problem: "I have never felt the death-power in my limbs tonight! ... I have never been more than the fly, however bravely I buzzed!" He can't bring himself to kill his only friend. M'Nai solves his problem for him, though. From atop the crane he kicks at Shang-Chi, misses, and falls. His cloak catches on the crane's hook. His neck snaps. Shang-Chi thinks for a moment about removing M'Nai's mask to see how he is scarred ... but he already knows.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * *Special Marvel Edition* changed its title but not its numbering after this issue.
Creative credits
Writers: Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin
Interior art: Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom
Color: Linda Lessmann
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
COMICBASE: comicbase:1000655
GCD: 27184
PANEL PROFITS: 2412774