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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published February 1965
Cover Price $0.50
Pages 36
Editing Buddy Saunders; Howard Keltner; Larry Herndon
Notes Amateur fanzine. 400 copies printed. Cover illustrates scene from "Riddle Of The Runaway Rocket!"

Cover Details - "STAR * STUDDED COMICS No.6"

Characters Jeff Harmon (Powerman); Helen Whitney (scientist's daughter); gangster (traitor)
Genre Super-hero
Pencils D. Bruce Berry
Inks D. Bruce Berry
Colors D. Bruce Berry
Letters D. Bruce Berry
Notes Amateur fanzine. 400 copies printed. Cover illustrates scene from "Riddle Of The Runaway Rocket!"
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

6 page Powerman story "RIDDLE OF THE RUNAWAY ROCKET!"

Characters Jeff Harmon (Powerman); The Defender (cameo); Virginia Harmon (wife); Prof. Albert Whitney; Helen Whitney (daughter); gangsters (traitors)
Synopsis Powerman stops a super-missile from falling into the hands of national traitors; caught in its explosion, his power-levels drop from their previous state.
Genre Super-hero
Script Howard Keltner
Pencils D. Bruce Berry
Inks D. Bruce Berry
Letters D. Bruce Berry
Notes 3rd appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #4 (Texas Trio, June 1964); next app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #7 (Texas Trio, July 1965). Powerman created by Howard Keltner; Captain Atom tribute. No relation to the later villain Power Man (Marvel) or even later LUKE CAGE, POWER MAN (Marvel).
Reprinted in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #[1]

8 page The Blade story "THE GOLD ON LOST ISLAND!"

Genre Adventure
Script Biljo White
Pencils Biljo White
Inks Biljo White
Letters Biljo White
Notes 1st (and only) appearance. Created in the mid-1950's, published almost a decade later. Edgar Rice Burroughs-style story; not related to Blade, Vampire Hunter from TOMB OF DRACULA #10 (Marvel, July 1973).
Reprinted in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #2 [splash page]; in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

7 page Doctor Weird story "SATAN'S HIRELINGS!"

Genre Occult; Super-hero
Script Phil Liebfred
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Scott Bell
Letters Scott Bell
Notes 4th appearance; previous app. in SSC #5; next app. in SSC #7.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

3 page Mr. Mystic text story "Doom Of The Titan Wraith"

Genre Occult; Super-hero
Script Buddy Saunders
Pencils Buddy Saunders
Inks Buddy Saunders
Colors B&W
Letters Buddy Saunders
Notes 2nd appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #3 (Texas Trio, March 1964).

6 page Cyclops story "CYCLOPS"

Genre Super-hero
Script Ed Lahmann
Pencils Ed Lahmann
Inks Ed Lahmann
Colors B&W
Letters Ed Lahmann
Notes 2nd (and last?) appearance; previous app. in SSC #5. Spy series, no relation to "Cyclops" from X-MEN (Marvel, September 1963-up)

2 page photo story "SSC Presents Comic Fandom!"