Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72

(October 1963)

The World of Doomed Olsens! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El [also as The Collector]; Colossal Boy [also as The Giant Turtle Man]; Bouncing Boy [also as Fat Boy Jimmy]; Cosmic Boy [also as The Human Porcupine]; Chameleon Boy [also as Elastic Lad]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II [also as Wolf Boy Jimmy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos)

Synopsis:

Jimmy is taken by The Collector to the world Gion-El, which is seemingly inhabited by duplicates of him in the forms into which he has been transformed in the past. But when Jimmy realizes he is being hoaxed, the Legionnaires reveal that he has passed his initiation test and they bring him to the 30th century to officially be made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Reprints:

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #140 (September 1971)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G86 (August-September 1971)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500 (June 1983)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn] ([July] 2007)

The Super-Test of Jimmy Olsen! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Professor Potter; Freddy Foster; Wilfred Warder; Slick Smorley; The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club

Synopsis:

Sceptical Wilfred Warder believes that Jimmy is overrated, it is then down to the Cub Reporter to prove otherwise.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen's Pen Pals / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

The Secret of Monster Island! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman; Noah

Synopsis:

Perry and Jimmy are marooned on an uncharted island populated by incredible monsters, they must then survive until they can manage to get the Flying Newsroom's radio working again.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ollie / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag