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Issue: All-Star Squadron #66
Publication Date: February 1987
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Issues: #66 of 67 Issues (189 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/04/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #33.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Origin of Tarantula

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Arvell Jones (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): All-Star Squadron
Character(s): All-Star Squadron [Tarantula; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]
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Pages: 1
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The Origin of Tarantula!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Alan Kupperberg
Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): David Cody Weiss
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the All-Star Squadron
Character(s): 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); Budd 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
Synopsis: Jonathan Law, a famous writer of detective novels, is inspired to become a mystery man.
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Pages: 21
Disclose 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.
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Superman's Other Creators

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inker(s): Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Squadroom
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2594
Disclose Notes: Includes a short article on the history of Tarantula, as well as letters reviewing All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #61.

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