Star Studded Comics

{{Short description|Three different comics-related publications}} {{Italic title}} '''''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 Cambridge House Publishers, and featured Captain Combat, Comandette, Red Rogue, Ghost Woman (the inspiration for the later Dark Horse Comics character, The Ghost),{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} 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.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=12722 GCD :: Series]</ref>

==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),<ref>{{cite book|title=The Best of Star-Studded Comics|publisher=Hamster Press|date=2005|isbn=978-0972463003|last=Schelly|first=Bill|author-link=Bill Schelly}}</ref> it featured early amateur superhero comics drawn or written by George R. R. Martin,<ref>[http://www.georgerrmartin.com/for-fans/for-collectors/ For Collectors - George R. R. Martin's Official Website]</ref> Grass Green, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Sam Grainger, Alan Weiss, Dave Cockrum, Mike Vosburg, Biljo White, and Howard Keltner,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://starland.com/sus/2003/sus030516.htm |title=Suspended Animation Comic Reviews |access-date=2006-10-28 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180300/http://starland.com/sus/2003/sus030516.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> among others, and featured the early appearances of Dr. Weird, Xal-kor the Human Cat, Wildman, and The Eye.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929022905/http://budplant.com/product.asp?pn=BOS&bhcd2=1162007169 "The Best of Star-Studded Comics" at Bud Plant Comic Art]</ref>

George R. R. Martin's prose story "Powerman vs. the Blue Barrier" won comic fandom's Alley Award in the amateur category.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley65.php "1965 Alley Awards,"] Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2020.</ref> Earlier, in 1963, Buddy Saunders' cover artwork for the second issue also won an Alley Award in the amateur category.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley63.php "1963 Alley Awards,"] Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved Dec. 8, 2020.</ref> In 1967, the fanzine won three Alley Awards: Best All-Strip Fanzine, Best Fiction/Strip Fanzine, and Best Article on Comic Strip Material.<ref>{{cite web| editor-first=Joel |editor-last= Hahn| title = 1967 Alley Awards | url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley67.php| publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac|accessdate=January 3, 2015}}</ref>

==Big Bang Comics title== {{main|Big Bang Comics}} The third '''Star Studded Comics''' is among the metafictional comics that tell the stories of the Big Bang Universe characters. As they featured Dr. Weird, however, this fictitious title is a clear homage to the 1960s fanzine, rather than an independent metafictional title.

==References== === Citations === {{reflist}}

=== Sources === *{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Hanerfeld|title=Fanzine Review; Geek Sneak Peek|magazine=Showcase|volume=1|issue=77|date=September 1968|publisher=DC Comics}}

==External links== *[http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=20002 Star-Studded Comics cover gallery at GCDB]

Category:Big Bang Comics Category:Science fiction fanzines Category:Comics zines