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Issue: Superman #665
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
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Pages: 44
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UPC/EAN: 07099230675609
Price: $3.65 CAD
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy paper
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Secret Origin of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen!

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Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane
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The Superman Family: Jimmy

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Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback); Jimmy Olsen (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback); Perry White (flashback); The 10 (predecessor to The 100) (intro, flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Barry Giardelli (flashback); Mr. Olsen (photo); Dr. Sarah Olsen (Jimmy's mother) (photo); Tess Haslip (flashback, dies); Monte McGraw (flashback); Monte's gang [including Ronson; Henny; Burford] (flashback); Rannian Xuri-cannons
Set "years ago", young Jimmy Olsen is selling extra newspapers on the street. The "10" is operating in Metropolis, and have killed Jimmy's guardian, his neighbor Tess Haslip. She had accounting books that they want. The 10 is after Jimmy thinking he may know where the books are, so he's been living in the Planet's basement to hide. They find him and kidnap him. Superman tracks them, but they trap him. Jimmy frees him, and they clean up the gang. Jimmy is hired as a copy boy at the Planet, and becomes Superman's pal.
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Subtitled "a COUNTDOWN Dossier Special". "Fort Bridwell" is an homage to former Superman writer/editor E. Nelson Bridwell. "Kurtiswana" is an homage to former Superman penciller Curt Swan.
#70 [July 18, 2007]

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Nick discusses the production department, and gives a list of the top 20 things that have the ability to spoil his day. Ads for Superman #666, Amazons Attack #4, Countdown #41, and All Flash #1. Appears on page 42 in this issue.
House Advertisements

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House ads for: 52 Aftermath (Booster Gold, Black Adam: The Dark Age, 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen, 52 Aftermath: Crime Bible, Infinity Inc.), Metal Men, Action Comics, Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, Countdown to Adventure, Superman: Doomsday action figures. Appear in various places in the issue.
MAD about Hunger

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This and the following named Ad sequences are an 8 page advertising insert, stapled separately but bound into the issue. It has an indicia title of "The MAD Magazine BallPark Franks Special Issue", and is done by the talent of MAD Magazine.
A MAD Look at Hunger

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The Evolution of Hunger

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The Museum of Hunger

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Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants

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Ad for BallPark franks, which sponsored this 8-page insert.
Ads

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Total of 4 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Comic Collector Live (collection software, Midten Media), Get The Glass (online game, California Milk Processor Board), Above the Influence (Partnership for a Drug-free America, 2 pages), Alien Syndrome (video game, Sega), and Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer (video game, Take-Two Interactive). Appear in various places in the issue.

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