THE BEST OF STAR STUDDED COMICS

An attractive collection commemorating the classic fanzine that was published from 1963 to 1972. This was fandom's premiere showcase for superhero stories by amateur and upcoming pro artists, including Jim Starlin, Mike Vosburg, Grass Green, Alan Weiss, Biljo White, and many more. Included here is Warrior of Llarn created by DC Comics' Gardner Fox, adapted into strip form by Roy Thomas and Sam Grainger. Also, underground artist George Metzger's gorgeous Dr. Weird, and a tale by the superb Landon Chesney. Plus 60 pages of new material, and other surprises and bonus features. "A labor of love that captures the wild, creative days of early comics fandom." -Bud. For the first time, an anthology that collects the best "lost comic strips" from rare comics fanzines, 1958-1975. It contains never-before-reprinted work by Robert Crumb, Jerry Ordway, Wendy Pini, Jeff Jones, Marv Wolfman, Roy Thomas, Dave Cockrum, Jim Shooter, George Metzger, John Byrne and much more -- 21 complete strips including Dr. Weird, The Eclipse, The Human Cat, The Eye, The Bestest League, and a spectacular adaptation from Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan. Publisher and editor Bill Schelly passed on most of his remaining supply of this, and his other self-published books, to us, before he passed away. He was a good friend and remains THE premiere historian of the early days of comics fandom, such as the brilliant Golden Age of Comics Fandom, as well as author of several of the best comic book creator biographies ever written. These include books on Otto Binder, Harvey Kurtzman, John Stanley, and Joe Kubert. Star Studded was written, drawn and originally published by The Texas Trio, the most famous member being Buddy Saunders. Buddy today runs the highly recommended MyComicShop, the largest online comics retailer in the U.S. (and I imagine the world). Buddy has written two excellent and highly recommended Tarzan novels as Jake Saunders, Tarzan and the Martian Legion and Tarzan and the Cannibal King. Here's the Wikipedia entry on Star Studded Comics: Star-Studded Comics was a fanzine 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, and Howard Keltner), it featured early amateur superhero comics drawn or written by George R. R. Martin, Grass Green, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Sam Grainger, Alan Weiss, Dave Cockrum, Mike Vosburg, Biljo White, 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's prose story "Powerman vs. the Blue Barrier" won comic fandom's Alley Award 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.