(May 1969)

Texas Trio, 1963 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
as often as inhumanly possible
On-sale Date
1969
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Texas Trio
Brand
TT
Editing
Buddy Saunders; Howard Keltner; Larry Herndon

Issue Notes

Amateur fanzine. 500 copies printed.

Xal-Kor the Human Cat versus the Glow Worm! (Table of Contents)

Xal-Kor, the Human Cat / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Richard "Grass" Green
Inks
Richard "Grass" Green
Colors
Richard "Grass" Green
Letters
Richard "Grass" Green

Genre
superhero
Characters
Xal-Kor; The Glow Worm
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fourth Xal-Kor cover.

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

Let's Talk It Over / letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Part editorial, mostly letters pages; letters from Charles Schreck, Larry Bigman, Carl Gafford, Robert Bloch (author of Psycho), Harry Warner, Jr., David Brown, Al Kuhfeld, William Taylor, Jr., Richard "Grass" Green (comic writer & artist), Ron Lightburn, Jon Jensen, George R. R. Martin (future book author), and Ron Foss (comic writer & artist).

Xal-Kor, the Human Cat vs. the Glow Worm (Table of Contents: 2)

Xal-Kor, the Human Cat / comic story / 8.75 pages (report information)

Script
Richard "Grass" Green
Pencils
Richard "Grass" Green
Inks
Landon Chesney
Letters
Landon Chesney

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Seventh appearance. Previous appearance in Star-Studded Comics #12 (Texas Trio, October 1967); next appearance in Comic Crusader Storybook (Martin L. Greim, 1977).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Padirra (signed)
Inks
Padirra (signed)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you planning on going to the '73 Dallascon?
Genre
humor; science fiction

King of the Hill (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Kelez
Pencils
Steve Kelez
Inks
Steve Kelez
Letters
Steve Kelez

Reprints

Death in the Skull-World! (Table of Contents: 5)

Doctor Weird / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Herndon
Pencils
Mickey Schwaberow
Inks
Alan Weiss
Letters
Alan Weiss

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

11th appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #11 (Texas Trio, June 1967); next app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #16 (Texas Trio, November 1969).

Folio (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Dave Cockrum

It's... Wildman and Rubberoy the Fantastic Plasticy (Table of Contents: 7)

Wildman and Rubberoy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Richard "Grass" Green
Pencils
Richard "Grass" Green
Inks
Richard "Grass" Green
Letters
Richard "Grass" Green

Genre
humor; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance. Next appearance in Xal-Kor, the Human Cat #1 (Richard "Grass" Green, 19??), then Megaton #5 (Megaton, June 1986).

The Battle of... Credibility Gap (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Weiss
Pencils
Alan Weiss
Inks
Alan Weiss
Letters
Alan Weiss

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sequel to "Boy, You Sure Don't Look Like a Hero!" in Star-Studded Comics #13 (Texas Trio, June 1968).

The Coming of the Black Monster! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Defender / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Herndon
Pencils
Mickey Schwaberow
Inks
Stephen Stanley
Letters
Stephen Stanley

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part of of 2. Ninth appearance. Previous appearance in Star-Studded Comics #14 (December 1968); next appearance in Star-Studded Comics #16 (November 1969).

[Death in the Skull-World!] (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Weiss
Inks
Alan Weiss
Colors
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Features characters from the interior Dr. Weird story (but not Dr. Weird himself).

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Xal-Kor the Human Cat versus the Glow Worm!
    Xal-Kor, the Human Cat
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Let's Talk It Over
  3. 2. Xal-Kor, the Human Cat vs. the Glow Worm
    Xal-Kor, the Human Cat
  4. 3. ["Are you planning on going to the '73 Dallascon?"]
  5. 4. King of the Hill
  6. 5. Death in the Skull-World!
    Doctor Weird
  7. 6. Folio
  8. 7. It's... Wildman and Rubberoy the Fantastic Plasticy
    Wildman and Rubberoy
  9. 8. The Battle of... Credibility Gap
  10. 9. The Coming of the Black Monster!
    The Defender
  11. 10. [Death in the Skull-World!]
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  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Henry R. Kujawa
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  • Jim Van Dore