About this Collection
This collection reprints highlights from the 1950s Star-Studded Comics series, a fanzine that featured a mix of original superhero stories and licensed characters. Published by Hamster Press in 2005, it showcases work by early fan creators and includes appearances by characters like Captain Marvel, Fighting American, and Doctor Solar, alongside public-domain heroes such as The Comet and The Jaguar. The volume captures the spirit of amateur comic book publishing from the Golden Age of fandom.
Contains 53 stories
The Adder
1 pp · superhero
The Astral ManThe Adder
The Thing Out of Time
1 pp · superhero
Riddle of the Runaway Rocket
1 pp · superhero
A Gathering of Heroes!
4 pp · superhero
The Defender (3rd app)Astral Man (2nd app.)Mercury (2nd app.)The Changeling (4th app.)Powerman (2nd app.)General Vankrolf (villain)
Doom of the Deadly Deluge!
4 pp · superhero
ChangelingDefender
Menace of the Solar Lance!
4 pp · superhero
Mercury
Threat of the Molten Metal
4 pp · superhero
PowermanAstral Man
The Showdown
8 pp · superhero
General Vankrolf (villain)Astral ManPowermanChangelingThe DefenderMercuryVankrolf's army
Introducing: The Eye
7 pp · superhero
Mr. BigR. Miller (witness)Petey Rinzo (rival gang member)
A Friend in Need
11 pp · superhero
The Widow Worshippers!
1 pp · superhero
The Curse of Skullwing!
1 pp · superhero
Gods of the North
1 pp · sword and sorcery · pencils ? [as "a host of others"]
The House Where Terror Lived!
1 pp · superhero
The Villainy of Zygot
1 pp · superhero
PowermanThe DefenderZygot
"Siren" Defeats Excel!
1 pp · superhero
The Coming of the Black Monster!
1 pp · superhero
Meet Misty!!
1 pp · superhero
Agent of the C.I.A.!
1 pp · superhero
Riddle of the Runaway Rocket
1 pp · superhero
PowermanThe Defender (cameo)
Fearfull Weapon!
1 pp · superhero
King of the Hill
1 pp · war
The Slaves of the She Beast!
6 pp · superhero
Attack of the Invisible Man!
1 pp · superhero
Introducing: Jonny Galaxie
1 pp · science fiction
The Witch's Spell
1 pp · superhero
The Gold on Lost Island!
8 pp · adventure
The Crimes of the Transmuter
6 pp · superhero
Xal-Kor to the Rescue
7 pp · superhero
The Origin of...Xal-Kor, The Human Cat!
1 pp · superhero
Operation Big Move
1 pp · superhero
The Glow Worm
1 pp · superhero
The Coil
1 pp · superhero
War of the Weaponer
11 pp · superhero
Black Rite
8 pp · superhero
The Curse of Skullwing!
1 pp · superhero
Allen CarsonHelen Carson (wife)Skullwing (demon)
Satan's Hirelings!
7 pp · superhero
The Battle of... Credibility Gap!
12 pp · western-frontier
Lucius Fedbetter (writer)Bucksin BrownWild Willy
Death in the Skull-World!
10 pp · superhero
Skullwing (from SSC #9, July 1966)
His Brother!
8 pp · superhero
Dragonfly [Steve]The Python (villain, his brother)Pam (sister)
It's... Wildman and Rubberoy
4 pp · humor; superhero
Warrior of Llarn
12 pp · sword and sorcery
Introducing Excel Man of the Future
4 pp · superhero
Return of the Nebula!
6 pp · superhero
The CowlThe Nebula (villain)
The King of Crimefighters / "Origin of the Lion!"
6 pp · superhero
Blueprints for Banditry!
7 pp · superhero
The Count
7 pp · horror-suspense; satire-parody
The CountMorticia AddumsLerch
The Coffee House Blues
5 pp · humor; detective-mystery
A Rendezvous with Death
2 pp · superhero
The Return of Zygot
2 pp · superhero
The Black Dragon and His Flying Bandits
8 pp · superhero
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