(October 1970)
DC,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1970-08-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (assistant editor); Carmine Infantino (credited) (editorial director)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Al Plastino (see notes)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Al Plastino (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- X-111
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jimmy Olsen's our leader! He gives the orders!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Yango; Flek; Newsboy Legion 2 [Gabby, Jr.; Tommy; Flipper Dipper; Scrapper, Jr.; Big-Words];
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #90 -
in سوبرمان [Subirman Kawmaks / Superman Comics] (المطبوعات المصورة [Al-Matbouat Al-Mousawwara / Illustrated Publications], 1964 series) #398 -
in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #60 (1 de mayo de 1972) -
in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003) - in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([November] 2011)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby (DC, 2019 series) ([June] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Alterations on Superman by Al Plastino. Different version of this cover used as cover of Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #2.
Famous Name Prizes or Cash...from Olympic
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page
Jimmy Olsen Superman's Pal Brings Back the Newsboy Legion!
Jimmy Olsen; The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited); Al Plastino (see notes)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cahmaan inside, Olsen--don't be a snob! Dis place won't bite 'çha!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Newsboy Legion 2 [Gabby, Jr.; Tommy; Flipper Dipper; Scrapper, Jr.; Big-Words] (first appearance); Morgan Edge (first appearance); Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Intergang; The Outsiders; Iron Mask; Vudu; Yango; Flek; Gandy
- Synopsis
- Jimmy Olsen's new boss Morgan Edge assigns Jimmy to do a story on the Newsboy Legion and their Whiz Wagon which leads him to the mysteries of the Wild Area and the Outsiders and their leader Yango. Jimmy is joined there by Superman, after he survives an assassination attempt on Clark Kent by Inter-Gang, directed by Morgan Edge.
- Reprints
- in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #60 (1 de mayo de 1972)
- in Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) ([December] 2000)
- in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([November] 2011)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby (DC, 2019 series) ([June] 2019)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite; Whiz Wagon
Indexer Notes
Alterations on Clark Kent/Superman and Jimmy Olsen by Al Plastino. Clark Kent was untouched on page 5, Jimmy Olsen on pages 1 and 2.
Jack Kirby -- Continued
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited); Murray Boltinoff (editor)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- X-112
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since this issue introduces a radically new Jimmy Olsen, we thought it appropriate to offer a brief bio of the man responsible.
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
- Reprints
- in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003) [text]
-
Indexer Notes
Short text auto-biographical piece by Jack Kirby. Introduction by editor Murray Boltinoff.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-737
- Feature Logo
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals [Olsen at typewriter]- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen
Indexer Notes
Letters section appears in between pages 13-14 of the main story. Letters from Henry Hoffman, Gerard Triano, Gregory Kent, Robert H. Black, Richard D. Bishop, Steven Virshup and M.K. Tomashevshky.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Jimmy Olsen's our leader! He gives the orders!"]
Jimmy Olsen -
1.
Famous Name Prizes or Cash...from Olympic
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
2.
Jimmy Olsen Superman's Pal Brings Back the Newsboy Legion!
Jimmy Olsen; The Newsboy Legion -
3.
Jack Kirby -- Continued
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals -
5.
["Terrific prizes at no cost or big cash profits plus chance to win $1,000 college scholarship or other grand prize bonus awards"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
6.
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