Star Studded Comics is the name of three comics

Comics

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-related publications, including a comic from the Golden Age of Comics

Golden Age of Comic Books

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, a comics fanzine and a modern comic homage

Homage

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 to the previous.

Star Studded Comics

The first publication to use the name was published in 1945 by Cambridge House Publishers, and featured Captain Combat, Comandette, Red Rogue, Ghost Woman (the inspiration for the later Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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 character, The Ghost

Ghost (Dark Horse comics)

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), and several other characters.

In 1946, a comic of the same name was published in Canada by Superior Publishers Limited. Whether this was a reprint of Cambridge House's or not is uncertain.

Star-Studded Comics (fanzine)

The second, Star-Studded Comics, was a fanzine

Fanzine

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 that ran 18 issues, from September 1963 - Summer 1972. Published in the U.S. by the Texas Trio (Larry Herndon, Buddy Saunders and Howard Keltner)), it featured early work by George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin

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, Grass Green

Grass Green

Richard Eugene "Grass" Green was an African American cartoonist notable for being the first black participant in both the 1960s fan art movement and the 1970s underground comics movement...

, Jim Starlin

Jim Starlin

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, Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas

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, Sam Grainger

Sam Grainger

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, Alan Weiss

Alan Weiss (comics)

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, Dave Cockrum

Dave Cockrum

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, Mike Vosburg

Mike Vosburg

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, Biljo White, and Howard Keltner, among others, and featured the early appearances of Dr. Weird

Dr. Weird (comics)

Dr. Weird is a Big Bang Comics character who first appeared in Star-Studded Comics #1 . Dr. Weird is a ghost who battles supernatural evil...

, Xal-Kor, Wildman and The Eye. Buddy Saunders' cover for its second issue won an Alley Award

Alley Award

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 in the amateur division in 1963.

Big Bang Comics title

The third Star Studded Comics is among the metafictional comics that tell the stories of the Big Bang Universe

Big Bang Comics

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 characters. As they featured Dr. Weird

Dr. Weird (comics)

Dr. Weird is a Big Bang Comics character who first appeared in Star-Studded Comics #1 . Dr. Weird is a ghost who battles supernatural evil...

, however, this fictitious title is a clear homage to the 1960s fanzine, rather than an independent metafictional title.

External links

• Star-Studded Comics cover gallery at GCDB