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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published July 1965
Cover Price $0.50
Pages 40
Editing Buddy Saunders; Howard Keltner; Larry Herndon
Notes Amateur fanzine. 1,000 copies printed. 1st issue with wrap-around "saddle-stitch" binding; all issues through #17 are the same format. Red & blue color plates accidentally switched when cover was printed.

Cover Details - "DR. WEIRD vs. The THING Out Of Time!"

Characters Dr. Weird; Swami Berdini (fake mystic); Mrs. Crane (customer); Devigali, Prince Of Sorcerers; The Defender; The Fog; The Human Cat; Powerman
Genre Occult; Super-hero
Script Howard Keltner
Pencils Howard Keltner
Inks Howard Keltner
Colors Howard Keltner
Letters Howard Keltner
Notes Amateur fanzine. 1,000 copies printed. 1st issue with wrap-around "saddle-stitch" binding; all issues through #17 are the same format. Red & blue color plates accidentally switched when cover was printed.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

8 page Xal-Kor, The Human Cat story "XAL-KOR THE HUMAN CAT MEETS THE COIL"

Genre Super-hero
Script Richard "Grass" Green
Pencils Richard "Grass" Green
Inks Richard "Grass" Green
Letters Richard "Grass" Green
Notes 2nd appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #5 (Texas Trio, September 1964); next app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #8 (Texas Trio, March 1966).
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn [splash page only]

5 page Doctor Weird story "THE THING OUT OF TIME"

Characters Swami Berdini (fake mystic); Mrs. Crane (customer); Devigali, Prince Of Sorcerers
Synopsis Dr. Weird intrudes on a fake mystic in order to battle a genuine supernatural menace.
Genre Occult; Super-hero
Script Landon Chesney
Pencils Landon Chesney
Inks Landon Chesney
Letters Landon Chesney
Notes 5th appearance; previous app. in SSC #6; next app. in SSC #8.
Reprinted in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #2; in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn [splash page]

7 page The Fog story "MEET MISTY!!"

Genre Super-hero
Script Biljo White
Pencils Biljo White
Inks Biljo White
Colors B&W
Letters Biljo White
Notes 3rd & final appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #5 (Texas Trio, September 1964).

6 page Powerman text story "Powerman Vs. The Blue Barrier!"

Genre Super-hero
Script George R.R. Martin
Pencils Buddy Saunders [as Don Fowler]
Inks Buddy Saunders [as Don Fowler]
Colors B&W
Letters Buddy Saunders [as Don Fowler]
Notes 4th appearance; previous app. in SSC #6; next app. in SSC #8.

8 page The Defender story "CRYSTAL STONE"

Genre Super-hero
Script Al Kuhfeld
Pencils Dick Tatge
Inks Al Kuhfeld
Letters Al Kuhfeld
Notes 4th appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #4 (Texas Trio, June 1964), then cameo in SSC #6; next app. in SSC #8.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn [2 panels in "Worlds Wirthing Worlds" article]