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Issue Details

Issue #66
Published February 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (assistant)

Cover Details - "The Origin of Tarantula"

Characters All-Star Squadron [Tarantula; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]
Genre superhero
Pencils Arvell Jones (signed)
Inks Tony deZuniga (signed)

21 page Tales of the All-Star Squadron story "The Origin of Tarantula!"

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)
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Alan Kupperberg
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters David Cody Weiss
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.

1 page Hawkman illustration

Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Genre superhero
Pencils Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks Eduardo Barreto (signed)

2 page All-Star Squadroom letters page

Script Roy Thomas
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a short article on the history of Tarantula, as well as letters reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #61.