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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published March 1966
Cover Price $0.50
Pages 40
Editing Buddy Saunders; Howard Keltner; Larry Herndon
Notes Amateur fanzine. 500 copies printed.

Cover Details - "OPERATION BIG MOVE"

Genre Super-hero
Script Richard "Grass" Green
Pencils Richard "Grass" Green
Inks Richard "Grass" Green
Colors Richard "Grass" Green
Letters Richard "Grass" Green
Notes Amateur fanzine. 500 copies printed.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

12 page Xal-Kor, The Human Cat story "OPERATION BIG MOVE"

Characters Colin Chambers (Xal-Kor); Ann Rhoden (Queen Roda); Captain Thor (Rodentite war strategist)
Synopsis The Rodentites set a trap for Xal-Kor, and in an underground lair plan to execute him before their gathered throngs via slow torture. He escapes and discovers their arms build-up has reached a point where they're on the verge of returning to conquer his home planet Felis. Although he destroys the lair and their weapons, most of the Rodentites escape to plot anew.
Genre Super-hero
Script Richard "Grass" Green
Pencils Richard "Grass" Green
Inks Richard "Grass" Green
Letters Richard "Grass" Green
Notes 3rd appearance; previous app. in SSC #7; next app. in SSC #9.
Reprinted in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #[1]

4 page White Dragon text story "The White Dragon Strikes Back!"

Genre Super-hero
Script John Wright
Pencils Buddy Saunders
Inks Buddy Saunders
Letters Buddy Saunders
Notes 1st (and only?) appearance. No relation to the villain from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #184-185 (Marvel, September-October 1978).
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

6 page Doctor Weird story "The Slaves of the She Beast!"

Synopsis Dr. Weird encounters a family cursed by werewolves.
Genre Occult; Super-hero
Script Raymond Miller
Pencils Landon Chesney
Inks Landon Chesney
Letters Landon Chesney
Notes 6th appearance; previous app. in SSC #7; next app. in SSC #9. According to fanzine historial Bill Shelly, script originally written for The Changeling (another character in STAR-STUDDED COMICS), but was deemed more appropriate for Dr. Weird.
Reprinted in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #9 (March 1997); in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #2 [splash page only]; in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

5 page The Changeling text story "Agent Of The C.I.A.!"

Genre Super-hero
Script Buddy Saunders
Pencils Buddy Saunders
Inks Buddy Saunders
Letters Buddy Saunders
Notes 5th appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #4 (Texas Trio, June 1964); Next app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #11 (Texas Trio, June 1967).
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn [splash page]

8 page Powerman & The Defender story "POWERMAN VS. THE DEFENDER!"

Genre Super-hero
Script Al Milgrom
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Buddy Saunders
Letters Buddy Saunders
Notes 5th appearance for both characters. Powerman's previous app. in SSC #7; next app. in SSC #9. The Defender's previous app. in SSC #7; next app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #10 (Texas Trio, February 1967).
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn [splash page]