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Issue: Star-Studded Comics #14
Publication Date: December 1968
 
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Publisher: FlagTexas Trio
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Indicia Publisher: The Texas Trio
On Sale Date: 12/21/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Buddy Saunders; Howard Keltner; Larry Herndon
Disclose Notes: Amateur fanzine. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Fanzine
Color: Color Cover; Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11"
Paper Stock: Newsprint
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sam Grainger
Sam Grainger
Sam Grainger
Sam Grainger
Subject Matter
superhero
The Astral Man
The Astral Man; The Adder
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Let's Talk It Over
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Miscellaneous
1
The Adder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Keltner
Sam Grainger
Sam Grainger
Sam Grainger
Subject Matter
superhero
The Astral Man
Creg Flanders, P.I. (The Defender); Lynn Gregory (his secretary); Police Chief; The Adder
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3rd appearance. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #4 (Texas Trio, June 1964); next app. intended for THE EAGLE (Jim Starlin, 1972; unpublished), eventually published in FANDOM'S FINEST COMICS Vol.2 (Hamster Press, 1998). The Astral Man created by Tommy Fisher, developed by Howard Keltner.
Till Time and Times are Done

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buddy Saunders
Buddy Saunders
Buddy Saunders
Buddy Saunders
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Miscellaneous
5
Menace of the Assassin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Raymond Miller (plot); Larry Herndon (dialogue)
Howard Keltner
Larry Schwaberow
Larry Schwaberow
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defender
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
8th appearance. Previous appearance in SSC #13; next appearance in SSC #15.
Introducing Excel Man of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ronn Foss [as Foss] (signed)
Ronn Foss [as Foss] (signed)
Ronn Foss [as Foss] (signed)
Ronn Foss
Subject Matter
superhero
Excel
Excel
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1st of 2 appearances; next app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #17 (Texas Trio, Summer 1971).
Gods of the North

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert E. Howard (story); Larry Herndon (adaptation)
Steven Kelez; "a host of others"
Alan Hutchinson
Alan Hutchinson
Subject Matter
fantasy
Amra
Heimdul; Amra; Atali, daughter of Ymir, the Frost-Giant; Niord; Gorm
Following a fierce battle, Amra pursues a strange girl across an icy landscape and runs into her 2 gigantic bloodthirsty brothers. After killing them, he continues his pursuit, only to wind up unconscious. Rescued by friends, he wonders if he dreamed it all...
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Miscellaneous
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Originally written as a Conan story, "The Frost Giant's Daughter", which was rejected by REH's publisher; re-written as an Amra story, it was published by FANTASY FAN (March 1934) under the title "Gods Of The North". Later rewritten by L.Sprague DeCamp and published in THE COMING OF CONAN (Gnome Press, 1953), FANTASY FICTION #1 August 1953), FANTASTIC UNIVERSE #1 (December 1956) and CONAN OF CIMMERIA (Lancer paperback, 1969). Later adapted in comic-book form in SAVAGE TALES #1 (Marvel, May 1971). Info from www.marvunapp.com site.
The Southwestern Con '68

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mark Lamberti
? (photographs)
? (photographs)
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
5
Convention report with photos.
The Other Side of the Sky!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Keltner
Ron Harris
Ron Harris
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Powerman
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Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Keltner
Howard Keltner
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defender
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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