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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #29
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 04/17/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Amazing Spectacles of Dr. X!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Jimmy Olsen
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Amazing Spectacles of Dr. X! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Littleton Stamp Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Curt Swan
Ray Burnley
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent; Achilles; Hercules; Atlas; Samson]; Merlin (novel); Delilah (novel)
Jimmy tries writing a fictional novel about Superman, but keeps hitting snags in the plot. A great plot finally comes to him in a dream, but he cannot remember it when awake. Superman helps him by taking Jimmy one year into the future (1959) where they buy a copy of the completed novel, and return to 1958 with it.
Reprinting
Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #1 published August 1964
as The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
 
Miscellaneous
8
Glad to See You!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
?
Subject Matter
Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Fun Shop
When is it socially correct to serve milk in a saucer?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
puzzle page
Play 100

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A game; the directions of which start with 'Any number may play "100"!'
Jimmy Olsen's Super Pet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Curt Swan
Ray Burnley
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent; also as Superboy]; Krypto
Krypto turns up in Metropolis after years in space but is now in his old age. Superman allows Jimmy to keep him as a pet, but Krypto keeps making mistakes (probably due to his age) to the point that the City Council calls him a menace. Superman is forced to take him away, but rejuvenates Krypto with a combination of kryptonite and mineral waters.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as Jimmy Olsen's Super Pet [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
 
Miscellaneous
8
Not an imaginary story, so must be considered to be part of Superman continuity.
Gag Bag

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (head shots)
? (head shots)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
A page of jokes; the first one starts: "Tilly: My mother has the worst memory."
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Pete
Pete
Right over his head. Another home run!
Pete's cousin keeps missing fly balls in a baseball game, but Pete finds a way to help him.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Peg
Peg; Alvin
It's nice of you to let me take your picture, Peg.
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #185 published February 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Curt Swan
Ray Burnley
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White
Jimmy accidentally gets hold of spectacles from a scientific villain, and finds out that they can show the future. One of the visions he sees shows his death from drowning. Trying to avoid that fate, on the fateful day he makes sure he is not going to be where the vision shows he will drown; just to have Superman take him there anyway. But then he finds out Superman wants him to be an actor in a "safety first" film about the dangers of drowning.
Reprinting
FlagGiant Jimmy Olsen Album #7 published January 1970
as The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #131 published August 1970
as The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #6/1971 published June 1971
as De mystiske brillene til Doktor X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X" [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
 
Miscellaneous
8
Nature's Prize Pupil!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Bob Brown
Bob Brown
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
opinion
"...Nature's ways are amazing--and man is the most amazing because, by reading, observing and understanding the world about him, he constantly enriches himself!"
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Joe Weider
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
100 Toy Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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