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Cover of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39
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CATALOG RECORD

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39

DC · Series began 1954 · September 1959

Dates

Cover date
September 1959
On sale
July 2, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoffinks: Stan Kaye, John Forte, Henry Boltinoffletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Robert Bernstein, Henry Boltinoff, Otto Binder

Stories

  • The Super-Lad of Space! · 9 pages

    Jimmy, while wearing a Superman costume, attends the launching of an engineless rocket into outer space by Superman. To get a scoop, he sneaks aboard to take photos, and ends up traveling through space. When he crash-lands he finds that he now has super-powers and can live out his super-fantasies. But he can't maintain a secret identity because everyone calls him Jimmy Olsen.

  • Untitled · 0.5 pages

    A friend of Pocahontas ditches school and pays the price.

  • The Million-Dollar Mistakes! · 7.67 pages

    Jimmy watches $1,000,000 blow out of a window. Superman rescues the money, but Jimmy's luck runs true, as he builds up to another $1,000,000 debt.

  • Jimmy Olsen's Super-Signals! · 8 pages

    After carelessly almost losing his signal watch and getting chewed out by Superman, Jimmy falls asleep and hides the watch in his sleep. Now he has to figure out how to summon Superman without the watch.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LaneJimmy OlsenPerry WhiteProfessor Phineas Potter

Reprinted in

Showcase Presents: Superman Family (2006), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), The Best of DC (1979)

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