Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72

(October 1963)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The World of Doomed Olsens! (Table of Contents: 2)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #140 (August-September 1971)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500 (June 1983)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 ([December] 1992)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
• in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) ([September] 2007)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Giant Flash Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Super-Test of Jimmy Olsen! (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Professor Potter; Freddy Foster; Wilfred Warder; Slick Smorley; The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club

Synopsis

Skeptical Wilfred Warder believes that Jimmy is overrated. It is then down to the cub reporter to prove otherwise.

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Darrell J. Turner, David C. Jackson, Linda Fine, Foster E. Driver III, and J. Schutza.

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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superboy; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

102 Ships of All Nations (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

102 Ships of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Secret of Monster Island! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman; Noah

Synopsis

Perry and Jimmy are marooned on an uncharted island populated by incredible monsters. They must survive until they can manage to get the Flying Newsroom's radio working again.

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Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I feel a cold coming on.

Genre

humor

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

147 Famous Automobiles (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)