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| Date | | Number: 2 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Famous Stars 2 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 |
| Notes | On-sale date from the copyright registration. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Cover photo of Betty Hutton. |
| Story | Hollywood Quiz (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Guess who the actors are by identifying different parts of their bodies. |
| Pencils | Sid Couchey (signed) |
| Inks | Sid Couchey (signed) |
| First Line | Ths month our quiz will dwell on matters anatomical. |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Laugh, Betty, Laugh (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Betty Hutton. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Letters | John Duffy ? |
| First Line | Watching bouncing Betty Hutton going through her incredible antics on the screen, many of her fans are puzzled by... |
| Comic Story | Hollywood Wants You (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Talent scouts look for new faces for the movies. |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| First Line | There is an endless search going on for new talent to be groomed for Hollywood and stardom! |
| Notes | Art formerly attributed to John Prentice. Email from Jim Vadeboncoeur calls the artist "Little Al" because he drew most of the strips for this title under Ziff-Davis. He has yet to identify him. |
| Comic Story | What's with the Crosbys? (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | This story recounts the life of Crosby from his earliest days until the present, with his marriage difficulties with Dixie Lee interspersed around and through it. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Bing Crosby; Dixie Lee; Paul Whiteman; Larry Crosby; Mr. O'Melveny; Al Rinker; Mildred Bailey; Gary Crosby; Philip Crosby; Dennis Crosby; Lindsay Crosby; Charley |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Letters | Bill Everett (signed) |
| First Line | They call him the Groaner -- Der Bingle -- and Mr. America -- and right off everyone knows that you're referring to... |
| Notes | Everett signature appears on the splash panel in the lower left, vertically, next to Bing's elbow. |
| Text Story | Hollywood's Cinderella Girl (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Joan Evans. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Biography |
| First Line | In Hollywood the Cinderella Legend follows an inflexible formula. |
| Comic Story | A Star Looks Heavenward (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Colleen Townsend |
| Genre | Biography |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Letters | Ed Hamilton |
| First Line | 20th Century Fox starlet Colleen Townsend got her big break when she won a role opposite Dan Dailey in the comedy hit... |
| Comic Story | No Swan Song for Swanson (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of of Gloria Swanson. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Pencils | Jim Mooney ? Irv Novick ? |
| Inks | Sy Barry ? Jim Mooney ? |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
| First Line | Gloria Swanson is a living legend whos name looms large whenever Hollywood greats are discussed! |
| Comic Story | Stunts That Made Stars (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stunts that actors did to get hired or recognized to obtain parts in motion pictures, including Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward and S. Z. Sakall. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Letters | Bill Everett (signed) |
| First Line | The reward of the Hollywood stars is great -- but to achieve that reward, the majority fought their way to the top only after... |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Romantic Marriage |
| Pencils | Matt Baker |
| Inks | Matt Baker |
| Notes | Full-page illustrated ad for Romantic Marriage (Ziff-Davis, 1950 Series) #1. Two stories promoted are highlighted with artwork. The artwork here, though, while similar to what appears in the stories are not identical and appear to be by different artists. Some art here is by Matt Baker, who is not believed to have art in that issue. |
| Activity | Who??? Is Hollywood's Most Beautiful Hunk of Man? (1 page) |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| First Line | You flooded us with entries to our "Who Has the Hollywood's Best Figure?" contest! |
| Notes | Back cover promo for a contest to name the best "hunk" in Hollywood. Contest results and the winners were announced in issue #6 of this series. |
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