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]