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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published Summer 1971
Cover Price $1.00
Pages 48
Editing Joe-Bob Williams
Notes Amateur fanzine. Name shortened to "STAR STUDDED" for last 3 issues (#16-18). Cover is photo of scene created with model-kits.

Cover Details - "STAR-STUDDED"

Characters girl in spacesuit; Tyrannosaurus Rex; caveman
Genre Science fiction
Notes Amateur fanzine. Name shortened to "STAR STUDDED" for last 3 issues (#16-18). Cover is photo of scene created with model-kits.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

18 page story "THE KNIGHT AND THE BARBARIAN"

Genre Period; Adventure
Script Alan Weiss
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Alan Weiss
Letters Alan Weiss

2 page text article "Behind The Swords"

Script Larry Herndon
Letters typeset
Notes Reviews of books by Gardner Fox & John Jakes

12 page story "WARRIOR OF LLARN"

Genre Sword And Sorcery
Script Garnder Fox (story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
Pencils Sam Grainger
Inks Sam Grainger
Colors Sam Grainger
Letters Sam Grainger
Notes Faithful adaptation of the beginning of the novel by Gardner Fox; "To be continued", but never was. 1st 2 pages in color.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn

4 page Excel story "SIREN DEFEATS EXCEL!"

Genre Super-hero
Script Ronn Foss
Pencils Ronn Foss
Inks Ronn Foss
Letters Ronn Foss
Notes 2nd of 2 appearances. Previous app. in STAR-STUDDED COMICS #14 (Texas Trio, December 1968). 8 page story reduced to fit sideways on 4 pages, the only time this was ever done in SSC.
Reprinted in Best of Star-Studded Comics, The (Hamster Press, 2005 series) #nn [splash page only]

8 page Dragonfly story "HIS BROTHER!"

Genre Super-hero
Script Alan Weiss
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Scott Bell
Letters Scott Bell
Notes Only appearance (?). Story appears to be a sequel to another episode; unknown if there was a previous episode, and if so, where it appeared, if at all. Not related to Rik Levins' character in AMERICOMICS #4 (Americomics, October 1983).
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