Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39

(September 1959)

The Super-Lad of Space! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Zolians

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints:

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #104 (September 1967)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G38 (August-September 1967)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #46 [Direct] (March 1984)

Indexer Notes

Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.

["Going to school, Pocahontas?"] (Table of Contents)

Little Pocahontas / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

[Palisades Park ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Characters:

Superman

The Million-Dollar Mistakes! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Flying Newsroom; Manager "Champ" Carson; "Whiz" Wilson; Professor Potter; Samuel Gotrocks

Synopsis:

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.

[Tootsie Roll ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

["Oh, Daddy I had a neat time at the baseball game"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

[Tootsie Roll Pop ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Script:

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["Oh, Jerry we had a wonderful discussion in science class"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry Jitterbug / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Coming Super-Attractions (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Jimmy Olsen's Super-Signals! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Professor Potter; Anti-Superman Gang; Flying Newsroom; "Ace" Manton

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints:

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #43 ([Circa 1959-1961])