comics
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...
-related publications, including a comic from the
Golden Age of Comics
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, a
comics fanzine
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Red Rogue
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Ghost Woman
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(the inspiration for the later
Dark Horse Comics
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character,
The Ghost
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Ghost or Ghosts may also refer to:
People
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* Ghost (singer) (born 1974), singer
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), 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.
Fanzine
The second ''Star-Studded Comics'' was a
fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleas ...
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
Jake "Buddy" Saunders (born 1947) is an American author and businessman, working in the fields of comic books and science fiction.
Work
Saunders started out in the world of fanzines. As part of the "Texas Trio" (with Larry Herndon and Howard Kelt ...
, and
Howard Keltner
John Howard Keltner (1928 – July 29, 1998) was an American comics
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (co ...
), it featured early amateur superhero comics drawn or written by
George R. R. Martin
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Grass Green
Richard Edward "Grass" Green (May 7, 1939Social Security Death Index. – August 5, 2002) was an African American cartoonist notable for being the first black participant in both the 1960s fan art movement and the 1970s underground comics movement. ...
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Jim Starlin
James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, an ...
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Roy Thomas
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Sam Grainger
Samuel E. Grainger (June 14, 1930 – July 25, 1990)
Dave Cockrum
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Mike Vosburg
Michael Vosburg (; born July 23, 1947) is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the '' Tales from the Crypt'' TV series.
Career
Mike Vosburg's comics career began in the 1960s, when as a 15-year-old teenager he started '' ...
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Biljo White
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, and Howard Keltner, among others, and featured the early appearances of Dr. Weird, Xal-kor the Human Cat, Wildman, and The Eye.
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the unfinished series of Hi ...
's prose story "Powerman vs. the Blue Barrier" won comic fandom's
Alley Award
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in the amateur category. Earlier, in 1963, Buddy Saunders' cover artwork for the second issue also won an Alley Award in the amateur category. In 1967, the fanzine won three Alley Awards: Best All-Strip Fanzine, Best Fiction/Strip Fanzine, and Best Article on Comic Strip Material.
Big Bang Comics title
The third Star Studded Comics is among the
metafictional
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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.