Star Studded Comics
Star Studded Comics is the name of three comics-related publications, including a comic from the Golden Age of Comics, a comics fanzine, and a modern comic homage to the previous.
Cambridge House Publishers title[]
The first publication to use the name was published in 1945 by , and featured , , , (the inspiration for the later Dark Horse Comics character, The Ghost),[citation needed] and several other characters.
In 1946, a comic of the same name was published in Canada by . Whether this was a reprint of Cambridge House's or not is uncertain.[1]
Fanzine[]
The second Star-Studded Comics was a fanzine that ran for 18 issues, from September 1963 to the summer of 1972. Published in the U.S. by the "Texas Trio" (Larry Herndon, Buddy Saunders, and Howard Keltner),[2] it featured early amateur superhero comics drawn or written by George R. R. Martin,[3] Grass Green, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Sam Grainger, Alan Weiss, Dave Cockrum, Mike Vosburg, Biljo White, and Howard Keltner,[4] among others, and featured the early appearances of , Xal-Kor (the Human Cat), Wildman, and The Eye.[5]
George R. R. Martin's prose story "Powerman vs. the Blue Barrier" won comic fandom's Alley Award in the amateur category.[6] Earlier, in 1963, Buddy Saunders' cover artwork for the second issue also won an Alley Award in the amateur category.[7] In 1967, the fanzine won three Alley Awards: Best All-Strip Fanzine, Best Fiction/Strip Fanzine, and Best Article on Comic Strip Material.[8]
Big Bang Comics title[]
The third Star Studded Comics is among the metafictional comics that tell the stories of the Big Bang Universe characters. As they featured , however, this fictitious title is a clear homage to the 1960s fanzine, rather than an independent metafictional title.
References[]
- ^ GCD :: Series
- ^ "The Best of Star-Studded Comics" at billschelly.net
- ^ For Collectors - George R. R. Martin's Official Website
- ^ Suspended Animation Comic Reviews
- ^ "The Best of Star-Studded Comics" at Bud Plant Comic Art
- ^ "1965 Alley Awards," Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2020.
- ^ "1963 Alley Awards," Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2020.
- ^ Hahn, Joel, ed. "1967 Alley Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved January 3, 2015.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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