(January 1971)
DC,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1970-11-24
- 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)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- B 857
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're finished, Superman!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; miniature Superman clones
- Reprints
-
in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003) [roughly 40% of the size] - 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)
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #92
-
Snoopy Strikes Again!
Snoopy; Monogram / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Snoopy
Indexer Notes
Snoopy with Sopwith Camel plane; model from Monogram
Evil Factory!
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Al Plastino ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Al Plastino ? (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- 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 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
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- X-138
- 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]
Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ? (promo script)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Danvers]
Indexer Notes
Previews of Strange Adventures #228, Super-Man's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #107, Teen Titans #31, The Three Mouseketeers #5, Hot Wheels #6, Date With Debbi #13, Superboy #171, Super-Man's Pal Jimmy Olsen #135, Detective Comics #407, Adventure Comics #401 and Action Comics #396.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-852
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
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Curt Swan ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Clark Kent; George Taylor; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Jimmy Olsen; Newsboy Legion [Gabby, Jr.; Tommy; Flipper Dipper; Scrapper, Jr.; Big-Words]; Rose; Thorn; Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Indexer Notes
Upcoming changes in the Superman family of magazines.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["You're finished, Superman!"]
Jimmy Olsen -
1.
Snoopy Strikes Again!
Snoopy; Monogram -
2.
Evil Factory!
Jimmy Olsen -
3.
The Hairies -- Super-Race -- Or Man's Second Chance
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4.
[January 1971]
Direct Currents -
5.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals -
6.
A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971
Superman
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