Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #135

(January 1971)

Snoopy Strikes Again! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Snoopy; Monogram / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Evil Factory! (Table of Contents: 2)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited); Al Plastino ? (see notes)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited); Al Plastino ? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They're active little creatures, aren't they?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Clone of Jimmy Olsen #43; Giant Clone of Jimmy Olsen; clone of the Guardian [Golden Guardian]; Simyan; Mokkari; Superman [Clark Kent]; Darkseid (2 panels); the Hairies; Jude; Newsboy Legion [Gabby, Jr.; Tommy; Flipper Dipper; Scrapper, Jr.; Big-Words]; the original Newsboy Legion [Gabby; Tommy Thompkins; Scrapper; Big-Words]; Flipper Dipper's Dad; Apokolips (mentioned)

Synopsis

Superman leads Jimmy and the Newsboy Legion to The Project where the original Newsboy Legion work as scientists to crack the DNA code and create clones. Meanwhile, minions of Darkseid, Mokkari and Simyan, dispatch their own clone of Jimmy to The Project complex.

Reprints

• in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #62 (17 de junio de 1972)
• 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

synthetic green kryptonite

Indexer Notes

This issue the Jimmy Olsen and Superman faces were inked mainly by Vince Colletta. Plastino may have altered the faces of Superman on pages 10-11, and Murphy Anderson apparently on page 18, panel 2. Jimmy's face was altered on page 20, panel 4 by Plastino. Info per Nick Caputo.

The Hairies -- Super-Race -- Or Man's Second Chance (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

X-138

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't believe that I shall ever get to see a Hairie.

Reprints

• in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003) [text]

Indexer Notes

Text article on The Hairies; appears between pages 14-15.

[January 1971] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Tyco Makes 'Em (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-852

Feature Logo

Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals [Olsen at typewriter]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Tim Matyas; Mike Freel; Keith Griffin; Allan G. Latawiec; Wayne Myers; Carolyn Roberts; Gerald Triano.

A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Raleigh Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Hot Wheels / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Powerslicks (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)