(December 1969)

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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
On-sale Date
1969-10-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B541153.

Superman's Saddest Day! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
W-367
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]

Superman's Saddest Day! (Table of Contents: 1)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
Pete Costanza
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
W-368
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jor-El (flashback); Joker; Lara (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Superbaby (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; King Miguel; Princess Lorita; Gina Sophia; Clarence the Clown
Synopsis
Jimmy collects the tears of a king, a clown, a killer and Superman to fulfill a prophecy of Nostradamus.
Reprints
Keywords
Domina; Fortress of Solitude; Gotham City; Krypton; Smallville

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Calling Members of the Mighty I Patrol; Iverson / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Billy / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

Job Number
6616
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The astronaut will now enter the capsule...
Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Billy's Dad
Synopsis
Billy is unimpressed with another moon landing.

The Spendthrift and the Miser (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Ray Burnley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
W-248
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; "Swindle" Stanton [Fred Brown]; Lefty Blake
Synopsis
Stanton comes up with a scheme to make Jimmy pawn his Superman collection.
Reprints

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

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

Job Number
W-250
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on -- I have a penny!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Pete
Synopsis
Little Pete tries to weigh himself and his friends.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Mort Weisinger
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
W-518

Indexer Notes

Letters from: 'Bushwoman', Dave Truesdale, Tim Johnson, A. Lovisi, Eric van Leeuwen, Roy Crowley, Doug Smith, John Hopkins.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman's Saddest Day!
    Jimmy Olsen
  2. 1. Superman's Saddest Day!
    Jimmy Olsen
  3. 2. ["May day!"]
    Calling Members of the Mighty I Patrol; Iverson
  4. 3. ["The astronaut will now enter the capsule..."]
    Billy
  5. 4. The Spendthrift and the Miser
    Jimmy Olsen
  6. 5. ["Come on -- I have a penny!"]
    Little Pete
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore