Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #104

(August-September 1967)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Jimmy Olsen floating head (inset)

Synopsis

Table of Contents for this issue.

The Boy Who Hoaxed Superman (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Several times in the past, Superman has pulled a clever hoax on Jimmy Olsen, but always for a sound reason!

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Professor Dekker; Miss Jenkins

Synopsis

Jimmy tries to trick Perry into giving him a raise by pretending to quit his job and getting his new identity as "Gilbert Knox" hired to take his position. Setting "Gilbert Knox" up to fail, Jimmy figures to be a sure thing to take his job back - with a raise and additional perks.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #31 (September 1958)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; Flying Newsroom; hoax; new identity; signal watch; suspended animation; train wreck; trickery

The Super-Lad of Space! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Imagine Jimmy Olsen suddenly thrust into a strange world in outer space... and becoming instantly endowed with all the super-powers of Superman!

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen (also as Super Lad); 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

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #39 (September 1959)

Keywords

heroics; outer space setting; puzzlement; secret identity; super-powers; Superman costume; unknown planet

Crashing out of Legend! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Comics; Bomba the Jungle Boy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I just answered an ad from a magazine!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Private Pete; other soldier

Synopsis

Pete thinks of his "future", and finds it to be a lot closer than he thought.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #77 (July-August 1952)

Keywords

army; future plans; soldiers; you-can’t-win

Indexer Notes

Lower half of page.

The Wolf-Man of Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One night, when people in Metropolis see Jimmy Olsen, they shriek and run!

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Supergirl [Linda Lee]; costume party goers; costume party judge; horror film director; various monster-suited actors; pretty girl in park; family on rooftop garden

Synopsis

Jimmy drinks a potion left behind by Merlin that turns him into a Wolf-Man every night, a spell which can only be broken by a kiss from a beautiful maiden. Jimmy tries to hide his condition from Lucy Lane until he finds, with Superman's help, a beautiful maiden who will kiss him.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #44 (April 1960)

Keywords

costume party; Flying Newsroom; horror movie; magic potion; signal watch; transformation; wolf-man

Indexer Notes

People wear Batman, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, and Speedy costumes at the masquerade ball in this story.

Nice Touch: Page 2, Panel 7: Before Jimmy first turns into a wolf-man, he is seen walking home at moonrise and touches of gray coloring are added to the back and side of his head indicating the beginnings of his transformation.

Be My Guest at America's Greatest Amusement Park (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Job Number

6530

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What are you going to do with your mother's old hair net?

Feature Logo

Cap's Hobby Hints

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Cap (in title logo only), two boys

Synopsis

How to make rigging for a model ship out of an old hair net.

Keywords

hair net; hobbies; model ship; rigging

Indexer Notes

Idea from Ken Ropp, St. Louis, Mich. Lower half of page.

The Boy in Superman's Body! (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many is the time when you must have dreamed that you had magically changed into Superman.

Feature Logo

Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Blacky Baird

Synopsis

Superman gives Jimmy Olsen a new trophy he found on an alien planet. Experimenting with the device, Jimmy unexpectedly transfers Superman's mind into Jimmy's body and Jimmy's mind into Superman's body. The pair each learn a great deal about what it's like to be each other. All the mutual learning is just about new experiences and different ways of doing things, until "Jimmy's mind in Superman's body" discovers that Superman is really Clark Kent.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #111 (February 1957)

Keywords

Flying Newsroom; forest fire; heroics; Kryptonite; mind and body transference; role reversal; secret identity; strange mechanical properties

Indexer Notes

Original title: "The Non-Super Superman". "The Boy in Superman's Body!" is the reprint title. Story ends on the top half of a page.

Down Down Down (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

DC Comics; The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Ray Burnley ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here is a selection of the best letters from Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals, chosen from the hundreds published in JIMMY OLSEN since 1958.

Feature Logo

Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals

Characters

Jimmy Olsen (letter column logo illustration)

Keywords

editorial feature; letters of comment; retrospective

Indexer Notes

Leads off with a letter that was printed in the very first "Jimmy Olsen's Pen Pals" column (by a reader named James Olsen), and follows with readers' letters originally sent in response to the various stories reprinted in this issue.

The Giant Turtle Man! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When will impulsive cub reporter Jimmy Olsen learn to heed the advice of his famed pal, Superman?

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lori Lemaris; Goxo

Synopsis

Jimmy finds an enlarging ray-gun and accidentally fires it through a turtle, striking himself, turning him into a giant turtle-man. When Jimmy begins to collect tons of steel objects, dumping them in an island volcano, Superman is called out to stop him. But Lori Lemaris tells Superman that an Atlantean criminal created the ray-gun and controlled Jimmy telepathically as part of a plan to protect pirate treasure buried on the volcanic island. Superman restores Jimmy with Brainiac's shrinking ray and recovers the pirate loot.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #53 (June 1961)

Keywords

Atlantis; battleship; Brainiac's Shrinking Ray; Fortress of Solitude; giant turtle-man; mind control; pirate treasure; sea or island setting; ship; signal watch; snail; sponge; submarine fleet; suspension bridge; transatlantic cable; transformation; turtle; vacation; volcano; wreaking havoc

Indexer Notes

Inspired by the cover of the July 1940 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.

The Elastic Lad of Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 13)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I didn't have anything handy to tie up this truck-load of explosives that nearly collapsed! It's lucky you're Elastic Lad, Jimmy!

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Professor Potter; various baseball players; scientist shooting a projectile to the Moon; various cowboys.

Synopsis

Lois accidentally gives both Clark and Jimmy a drink of Professor Potter's elastic serum. Jimmy becomes Elastic Lad, but Superman must figure out a way to cover for the fact that the serum doesn't effect him.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #37 (June 1959) [with a modified last page]

Keywords

baseball; cowboys; Native American costumes; play rehearsal; scientist; serum; strange chemical properties; transformation

Indexer Notes

Last 2/3 page modified to fit half-page. Page one, panel two: The year is identified as 1959, not updated for reprint. Story ends on the top half of a page.

The Shouts Heard 'Round the World -- (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

DC Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Mystery of the Tiny Supermen! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If there is only one Superman, how is it that Jimmy Olsen one day meets a hundred Supermen?

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Superman Emergency Squad (first appearance); Jimmy Olsen Fan Club; Perry White; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis

While Superman is on a mission in the past, the Superman Emergency Squad monitors Metropolis and discovers that Supergirl has accidentally left a clue to her existence and the Superman Emergency Squad jumps into action to remove the evidence of Supergirl's existence.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #48 (October 1960)

Keywords

Bottle City of Kandor; dinosaur fossil; first appearance of recurring character(s); Flying Newsroom; Fortress of Solitude; ray gun; secret identity; signal watch; Superman souvenirs; typewriter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Boy Witch Doctor! (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you believe in the supernatural? Do you think there are evil people living today who successfully practice black magic on their victims, inflicting harm on them from a distance by merely willing it?

Feature Logo

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jungle King [Duke Brannigan]; Lucy Lane; Mbongu (witch doctor)

Synopsis

Curious Jimmy dons an island witch doctor's costume and finds that, by play-jabbing voodoo dolls, he appears to have caused Lois and Perry to experience sudden pain.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #58 (January 1962)

Keywords

castaway; jungle setting; meteor; movie; sea or island setting; signal watch; voodoo; voodoo dolls; witch doctor