(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]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #95, 104, 113, 122, 131)
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
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 Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #[1] ([July] 2003) - in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) ([December] 2017)
-
in سوبرمان [Superman] (المطبوعات المصورة [Illustrated Publications], 1964 series) #398
-
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.
Jimmy Olsen Superman's Pal Brings Back the Newsboy Legion!
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Al Plastino (see notes)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- 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 Superman in the Seventies (DC, 2000 series) ([October] 2000)
- in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #[1] ([July] 2003)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) ([December] 2017)
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- 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; Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- X-112
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
- Reprints
- in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #[1] ([July] 2003) [text]
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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
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-737
- 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
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Jimmy Olsen's our leader! He gives the orders!"]
Jimmy Olsen -
1.
Jimmy Olsen Superman's Pal Brings Back the Newsboy Legion!
Jimmy Olsen -
2.
Jack Kirby -- Continued
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3.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Katie
- Steve Jenner
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Van Dore
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Per Sandell
- John DiBello
- Bob Hughes
- Chris Boyko
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Allen Ross
- Mike Nielsen
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