All-Star Squadron #66 [Canadian]
(February 1987)

DC, 1981 Series
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Price
1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-11-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893111102
Editing
Roy Thomas (creative editor); Greg Weisman (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #33.
This issue is a variant of All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #66 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Origin of Tarantula (Table of Contents)

All-Star Squadron / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arvell Jones (signed)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Star Squadron [Tarantula; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)]
Keywords
spider web
No image yet Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron (1981 series) #66 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for All-Star Squadron (1981 series) #66 [Newsstand]
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The Origin of Tarantula! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tales of the All-Star Squadron / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
David Cody Weiss
Genre
superhero
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
Synopsis
Jonathan Law, a famous writer of detective novels, is inspired to become a mystery man.
Keywords
autogyro; New York City; World War II

Indexer 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 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Hawkman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkman [Carter Hall]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

All-Star Squadroom / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2594

Indexer 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.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Origin of Tarantula
    All-Star Squadron
  2. 1. The Origin of Tarantula!
    Tales of the All-Star Squadron
  3. 2. Superman's Other Creators
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Hawkman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    All-Star Squadroom
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