| Issue | #16 |
| Published | December 1973 |
| Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Roy Thomas |
| Notes | Art credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (13 January 2005). Original indexer credited the pencils to Gil Kane and the inks to John Romita. |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell; Rick Jones]; Basilisk [Basil Elks] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | John Romita |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Notes | Art credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (13 January 2005). Original indexer credited the pencils to Gil Kane and the inks to John Romita. |
| Reprinted | In Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell; Rick Jones]; Basilisk [Basil Elks] (first appearance; origin; villain) |
| Synopsis | Basil Elks accidently finds the Kree alpha stone. When a night watchmen shoots the stone, Basil is bathed in it's energies and becomes the Basilisk. Captain Marvel and Spider-Man race Basilisk to the omega stone. Captain Marvel gets trapped within the stone and disappears. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Jim Mooney; David Hunt (uncredited) |
| Colors | Glynis Wein |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Continued next issue. |
| Reprinted | In Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Letters from readers - David Lofvers, Corby Keep, Jerry Eisen and Mark Schlanger. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Marvel Comics checklist for comics dated December 1973. Obituary for Syd Shores, who passed away on June 3, 1973. There is no Stan Lee's Soapbox column this month. |