Star-Studded Comics #6

(February 1965)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Let's Talk It Over / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Part editorial, part letters page; letters from Gary Acord, Steve Perrin, Ed Lahmann, and Bill Spicer.

Riddle of the Runaway Rocket (Table of Contents: 2)

Powerman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Keltner

Pencils

D. Bruce Berry

Inks

D. Bruce Berry

Letters

D. Bruce Berry

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jeff Harmon [Powerman]; The Defender (cameo); Virginia Harmon (wife); Prof. Albert Whitney; Helen Whitney (daughter); gangsters (traitors)

Synopsis

Powerman stops a super-missile from falling into the hands of national traitors; caught in its explosion, his power-levels drop from their previous state.

Reprints

• in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #[1] (1997)
• in The Best of Star-Studded Comics (Hamster Press, 2005 series) ([January] 2005) [splash page only], ([January] 2005) [page 4 only]

Indexer Notes

Third appearance. Previous appearance in #4; next appearance in #7. Powerman created by Howard Keltner; Captain Atom tribute. No relation to the later villain Power Man (Marvel) or even later Luke Cage, Power Man (Marvel).

[The Gold on Lost Island!] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Blade / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Biljo White

Pencils

Biljo White

Inks

Biljo White

Letters

Biljo White

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I had almost forgotten all about the strangest man I ever knew...

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• in Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997 series) #2 (1998) [splash page only]
• in The Best of Star-Studded Comics (Hamster Press, 2005 series) ([January] 2005)

Indexer Notes

First (and only) appearance. Created in the mid-1950's, published almost a decade later. Edgar Rice Burroughs-style story; not related to Blade, Vampire Hunter from Tomb of Dracula #10 (Marvel, July 1973).

Satins Hirelings! (Table of Contents: 4)

Doctor Weird / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Liebfred

Pencils

Alan Weiss

Inks

Scott Bell

Letters

Scott Bell

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in The Best of Star-Studded Comics (Hamster Press, 2005 series) ([January] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Fourth appearance; previous appearance in #5; next appearance in #7.

The title should be "Satan's Hirelings!" but was printed with two unfortunate typos.

Doom of the Titan Wraith (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. Mystic / text story / 2.33 pages (report information)

Script

Buddy Saunders

Pencils

Buddy Saunders

Inks

Buddy Saunders

Letters

Buddy Saunders

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Second appearance. Previous appearance in #3.

Coming Next Issue in SSC No. 7! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[Cyclops] (Table of Contents: 7)

Cyclops / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Lahmann

Pencils

Ed Lahmann

Inks

Ed Lahmann

Letters

Ed Lahmann

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Synopsis... A stray rocket laded with Earthly culture...

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Second (and last?) appearance; previous appearance in #5. Spy series, no relation to "Cyclops" from X-Men (Marvel, September 1963-up).

SSC Presents Comic Fandom! (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in The Best of Star-Studded Comics (Hamster Press, 2005 series) ([January] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Photos of folks in comic fandom.