Dates
- Cover date
- September 1958
- On sale
- July 15, 1958
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The E-L-A-S-T-I-C Lad · 8 pages
When Jimmy accidentally exposes himself to a green substance from space, his entire body becomes like rubber. Hiding out as Elastic Lad in a freak show, Jimmy falls in with criminals who use his abilities to carry out their plots, but Jimmy turns the tables on them before his elastic abilities fade.
- The Mad Hatter of Metropolis · 7.67 pages
Jimmy interviews a collector of famous men's hats - Napoleon, Robin Hood, Fleming of the London Bobbies - then pranks him that the hats give the wearer the person's abilities. Soon Jimmy is tracking an escape lion like Eric Danton and shooting it with a toy bow, yanking an engine out of a crooks' car like Houdini, and rowing after bandits like Captain Alan who defeated Blackbeard - all with Superman's unseen help! He even picks up Clark Kent's old hat to become a world-famous reporter!
- Read 'Em and Laugh! · 1 pages
- The Boy Who Hoaxed Superman · 8 pages
Jimmy tries to trick Perry into giving him a raise by pretending to quit his job and getting his new identity hired to take his position.
Characters
Reprinted in
Showcase Presents: Superman Family (2006), Colossal Comic (1958), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1958), 80 Page Giant Magazine (1964), Super DC (1969), Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (2007)