Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #140

(September 1971)

Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men! [Superman in Kandor part 1] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Nor Kann [a Kandorian scientist] (intro); Than Ol (intro, villain); Boz-Tol (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (villain); Prof. Vakox (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains); Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac (flashback)

Synopsis:

Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to discover how normal sized Kandorians are on Earth and why they are attacking Superman.

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158 (January 1963)

The Dynamic Duo of Kandor! [Superman in Kandor part 2] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman (as Nightwing, intro, origin); Jimmy Olsen (as Flamebird, intro, origin); Van-Zee (guest star); Nor Kann [a Kandorian scientist] (intro); Than Ol (intro, villain); Boz-Tol (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (villain); Prof. Vakox (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Kandor; Lyla Lerrol (flashback)

Synopsis:

Superman and Jimmy Olsen take the secret identites of Nightwing and Flamebird so they can track down Than-Ol's raiders and stop his scheme to enlarge Kandor.

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158 (January 1963)

The City of Super-People! [Superman in Kandor part 3] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

N-301

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Nor-Kanh; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Nor Kann [a Kandorian scientist] (intro); Than Ol (intro, villain); Boz-Tol (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (villain); Prof. Vakox (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains); Superman Emergency Squad (guest stars); Kandor; Fotress of Solitude; Phantom Zone; green kryptonite; Lori Lemaris (cameo)

Synopsis:

Than Ol succeeds in enlarging Kandor, but Superman must re-shrink it before Than-Ol's process destroys it completely.

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158 (January 1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

N-326

The Caped Crimefighers of Kandor! [The Caped Crimefighters of Kandor!] (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

N-297

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Nightwing [Superman]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Jor-El (Cameo; painting); Fortress of Solitude; Bottle City of Kandor; Nor-Kann; Skal-Var (Flashback); Super-Outlaw; Telepathic Hound

Synopsis:

Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to the Bottle City of Kandor to become Nightwing and Flamebird and stop an outlaw with super-powers who is stealing artifacts.

Reprints:

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #69 (June 1963) [as "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"; original title: "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"]

The Super-Showdown in Kandor! [The Caped Crimefighters of Kandor!] (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

N-298

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Nightwing [Superman]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Bottle City of Kandor; Night-Hound; Nor-Kann; Super-Outlaw; Jor-Dan (Flashback); The Winged One (Dragon-like Kryptonian beast); Dakar-Ra (Flashback); Superman Revenge Squad

Synopsis:

Nightwing and Flamebird discover the identity of Super-Outlaw, and also find out who is behind his crime spree.

Reprints:

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #69 (June 1963) [as "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"; original title: "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"]

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:

?

Job Number:

N-296

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:

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #72 (October 1963)