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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published June 1968
Cover Price $0.50
Pages 36
Editing Buddy Saunders; Howard Keltner; Larry Herndon
Notes Amateur fanzine. 2nd Powerman spotlight cover.

Cover Details - "(WAR OF THE WEAPONER)"

Genre Super-hero
Pencils Buddy Saunders
Inks Buddy Saunders
Colors Buddy Saunders
Notes Amateur fanzine. 2nd Powerman spotlight cover.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

11 page Powerman story "WAR OF THE WEAPONER"

Genre Super-hero
Script Leonard Tirado, Jr. (plot); Larry Herndon (dialogue)
Pencils Alan Hutchinson
Inks Alan Hutchinson
Letters Howard Keltner
Notes 7th appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #9 (Texas Trio, July 1966). Last app. to date?
Reprinted 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

7 page The Defender story "THE HOUSE WHERE TERROR LIVED!"

Characters Carl Reed (The Defender); Jim; Karen; The Ghoul
Synopsis Stuck in a storm, a creepy old house is a poor haven when Carl & his friends discover a ghoul on the premises.
Genre Super-hero
Script Larry Herndon
Pencils Rich Buckler [as Richard Buckler]
Inks Rich Buckler [as Richard Buckler]
Letters Rich Buckler [as Richard Buckler]
Notes 7th appearance. Previous app. in SSC #10 (February 1967); next app. in SSC #14 (December 1968)
Reprinted in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #2

6 page text article "John Ryan's Bidgee"

Script John Ryan
Pencils Stanley Pitt
Inks Stanley Pitt
Colors B&W
Letters typeset
Notes Article on Monty Wedd

6 page story "BOY, YOU SURE DON'T LOOK LIKE A HERO!"

Characters Billy Branfeen (young reader); Lucius Fedbetter (dime-novel writer); McTaggert (outlaw); "Gentleman" Jason Cole; Buckskin Brown; The Kansas Kid
Synopsis Young Billy Branfeen finds out not all heroes look like their fictional images would have you believe.
Genre Western
Script Alan Weiss
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Alan Weiss
Letters Howie Weiss
Notes A sequel appears in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #15 (Texas Trio, May 1969), reprinted in THE BEST OF STAR-STUDDED COMICS (Hamster Press, 2005).
Reprinted in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #2