All-Star Squadron, #66 Newsstand
Published: February 1987
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Issue Contents:
The Origin of Tarantula
Characters
- All-Star Squadron [Tarantula
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]
Credits
- Pencils: Arvell Jones
- Inks:
The Origin of Tarantula!
Featuring Tales of the All-Star Squadron
Storyline
Jonathan Law, a famous writer of detective novels, is inspired to become a mystery man.
Characters
- All-Star Squadron [Tarantula (origin)
- Liberty Belle (cameo, flashback)
- Robotman [Robert Crane] (cameo, flashback)
- Shining Knight (cameo, flashback)
- Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo, flashback)
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (flashback)
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (cameo, flashback)
- Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (cameo, flashback)
- Commander Steel (cameo, flashback)]
- Dian Belmont (flashback)
- Olga
- Ace-Deuce (flashback, villain)
- Pugs O'Bannion (flashback, villain)
- Bud Abbott
- Lou Costello
- Louis Calhern
- Humphrey Bogart
- James Cagney
- Ronald Reagan
- Fiorella LaGuardia
- Bob Hope
- Lucille Ball
- Desi Arnaz
- Errol Flynn
- Edward G. Robinson
- Jimmy Durante
- Clark Gable
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Stan Rouse
- Inks:
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: David Cody Weiss
Story Notes
The Origin of Tarantula, re-told from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1. Includes an encounter with the Simon and Kirby Sandman, which shows the similarity between their two costumes and Tarantula deciding to change his.
Superman's Other Creators
Credits
- Script: Dick Giordano
Characters
- Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Credits
- Pencils: Eduardo Barreto
- Inks: Eduardo Barreto
Featuring All-Star Squadroom
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
Story Notes
Includes a short article on the history of Tarantula, as well as letters from Frank Balkin, Fred J. Maglione, Robert C. Otto, Warren Scott, and Steve Mitchell reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #61.