(September-October 1954)
DC,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-06-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Boy of 100 Faces!
Jimmy Olsen / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([Summer] 1960) ["No. 1" added, and Independent Distributors logo removed; 1/4 page] which is reprinted - in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963) [slightly modified] which is reprinted
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #243 (October 1971)
- in Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) ([October] 1998)
- in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) [Direct Sales] (April 2000) [minus the price and the distributor's logo, and the word balloon has been relettered]
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from reprint in Showcase Presents: Superman Family. In the Millennium Edition reprint, the inker was miscredited as Ray Burnley.
Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfert
- Synopsis
- Buzzy and Susie spend their summer volunteering to help with day camp activities for children.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
The Boy of 100 Faces!
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Marty Watson; Bozo Bane; "Deuce" Dorgan; Jumbo Jones; Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy solves the mystery of the Vickers jewelry robbery.
- Reprints
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #46 (March 1984)
- in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) (April 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]
-
- Keywords
- fishing; Flying Newsroom; Signal Watch
[no title indexed]
Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This never reaches the top!
Indexer Notes
Puzzle page.
Case of the Lumberjack Jinx!
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Paul Meredith; Otis Burton
- Synopsis
- Jimmy Olsen is sent to the Meredith Lumber Camp by Perry White to determine the source of a "jinx" that is preventing paper from being delivered to the Daily Planet.
- Reprints
- in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) (April 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]
-
- Keywords
- lumberjack
Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
The Adventures of Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why was Maine so-called?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
puzzle page
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Going through all your bills, Dad?
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Peg; Peg's Dad; Peg's Mom
- Reprints
Cruelest Critter in the Sea
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry ? (illustration)
- Inks
- Raymond Perry ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jim Walsh; Harry
- Reprints
The Man of Steel's Substitute!
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Andrew Carlton; Jumbo Jones (cameo); Perry White
- Synopsis
- When Superman is to busy to honor a commitment to a group of homeless, Jimmy tries to stand in for him.
- Reprints
- in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) (April 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]
-
- Keywords
- Flying Newsroom; Signal Watch
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't decide if I should do my homework or go to the movies. I'll toss a coin!
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Varsity Vic
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Boy of 100 Faces!
Jimmy Olsen -
1.
Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Boy of 100 Faces!
Jimmy Olsen -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["This never reaches the top!"]
Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game -
5.
Case of the Lumberjack Jinx!
Jimmy Olsen -
6.
Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
The Adventures of Superman -
7.
["There's nothing I like better than a parade!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
8.
["Why was Maine so-called?"]
Quick Quiz -
9.
["Going through all your bills, Dad?"]
Peg -
10.
Cruelest Critter in the Sea
-
11.
The Man of Steel's Substitute!
Jimmy Olsen -
12.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
13.
["I can't decide if I should do my homework or go to the movies. I'll toss a coin!"]
Varsity Vic -
14.
[no title indexed]
Colonial Studios, Inc. -
15.
The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ
Charles Atlas -
16.
How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!
Fineline
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Mike Nielsen
- Martin Olsen
- Allen Ross
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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