Johnny Quick tells Tarantula his origin story; as an orphan, Quick lived with Ezra Gill, a genius mathematician who passes on a formula to Quick that enables him to run fast; Quick saves a lion tamer from a lion.
Roy Thomas, Jerry Ordway, George Pérez, Carmine Infantino, Richard Howell, Rick Hoberg, Keith Giffen, Don Newton, Richard William Buckler Jr., Martin Nodell & Wayne Boring
Jerry Ordway, David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, Jeff Smith, Elliot S! Maggin, Otto Binder, Paul Kupperberg, Roy Thomas, Duncan Rouleau, Barry Kitson, Peter Krause, Don Newton & Curt Swan
