Astonishing Tales 1970 #17 - 3.0 - $3.00

While on board the SHIELD helicarrier Ka-Zar sees Gemini steal the super-soldier serum from Dr. Wilma Calvin. He pursues Gemini and ends up finding out that Gemini was working with his brother Lord Plunder (and Gog).

On-sale date from The Comic Reader (Paul Levitz, 1972 series) #92 (December 1972).

• - Letters credit from George Olshevsky's The Marvel Comics Index (G&T Enterprises, 1976 series) #7B - Heroes from Tales to Astonish Book 2: Sub-Mariner (July 1978).
• Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! [April 1973] - Stan Lee shares that the name FOOM is composed of the first letters of four special words, and two of them are "of" "marvel". He wants us to guess the other two, and he will tell us what they are next month. Items about how Herb Trimpe and Linda Fite are now married, Spider-Man (and his artist Johnny Romita) was featured in "Monster Times" and his scripter Gerry Conway was featured in "The New Yorker", Thongor, Warrior of Lost Lemuria, the creation of Lin Carter, debuts in Creatures on the Loose #22 (story and art by George Alec Effinger and Val Mayerik), the book Origins of Marvel Comics will be delayed because of the recent expansion to well over three dozen titles a month, Roy and Jeanie Thomas and Jim Steranko were the guests of honor at the New England Comics Convention in Boston, Mass., Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema has some far-out and far-reaching new developments in the life of Captain America, and a welcome to Don McGregor, who is helping Roy Thomas and Steve Gerber with the proof-reading chores. Marvel checklist for comics now on sale! Comics listed with a synopsis are Spider-Man #118, Fantastic Four #132, Captain Marvel #25, Marvel Team-Up #7, Spoof #4, Creatures on the Loose #22, Thor #209, Sub-Mariner #59, Conan the Barbarian #24, Hero For Hire #7, Chamber of Chills #3, Amazing Adventures #17, Marvel Feature #8, and Marvel Premiere #7. Also includes small headshots of Daredevil, Captain America [Steve Rogers], Iron Man [Tony Stark], Spider-Man, Hulk [Bruce Banner], and the Thing.
• - Includes letters from (and answers to): Don L. Tyler, Brian Earl Brown, Ed Pahule, and J.B..