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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #104
Publication Date: August 1967
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Issues: #104 of 163 Issues (164 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/13/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G38 and as G-38 on indicia page.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#95, 104, 113, 122, 131)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Jimmy's Weirdest Adventures

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen (inset)
Synopsis: Table of Contents for this issue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Boy Who Hoaxed Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Professor Dekker; Miss Jenkins
Synopsis: Jimmy tries to trick Perry into giving him a raise by pretending to quit his job and getting his new identity hired to take his position.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31 published September 1958
was The Boy Who Hoaxed Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Super-Lad of Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Zolians
Synopsis: Jimmy, while wearing a Superman costume, attends the launching of an engineless rocket into outer space by Superman. To get a scoop, he sneaks aboard to take photos, and ends up traveling through space. When he crash-lands he finds that he now has super-powers and can live out his super-fantasies. But he can't maintain a secret identity because everyone calls him Jimmy Olsen.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39 published September 1959
was The Super-Lad of Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private Pete
Character(s): Private Pete
First Line: I just answered an ad from a magazine!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Wolf-Man of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Supergirl [Linda Lee]
Synopsis: Jimmy drinks a potion left behind by Merlin that turns him into a Wolf-Man every night, a spell which can only be broken by a kiss from a beautiful maiden. Jimmy tries to hide his condition from Lucy Lane until he finds, with Superman's help, a beautiful maiden who will kiss him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #44 published April 1960
was The Wolf-Man of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: People wear Batman, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, and Speedy costumes at the masquerade ball in this story.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: What are you going to do with your mother's old hair net?
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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6530
Disclose Notes: Idea from Ken Ropp, St. Louis, Mich.
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The Boy in Superman's Body!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Blacky Baird
Synopsis: Superman gives Jimmy Olsen a new trophy he found on an alien planet. Jimmy uses the device to transfer Superman's mind into Jimmy's body and Jimmy's mind into Superman's body.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #111 published February 1957
was The Non-Super Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.5
Disclose Notes: original title: "The Non-Super Superman"
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Giant Turtle Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lori Lemaris; Goxo
Synopsis: Jimmy finds an enlarging ray-gun and accidentally fires it through a turtle, striking himself, turning him into a giant turtle-man. When Jimmy begins to collect tons of steel objects, dumping them in an island volcano, Superman is called out to stop him. But Lori Lemaris tells Superman that an Atlantean criminal created the ray-gun and controlled Jimmy telepathically as part of a plan to protect pirate treasure buried on the volcanic island. Superman restores Jimmy with Brainiac's shrinking ray and recovers the pirate loot.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #53 published June 1961
was The Giant Turtle Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inspired by the cover of the July 1940 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.
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The Elastic Lad of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Professor Potter
Synopsis: Lois accidentally gives both Clark and Jimmy a drink of Professor Potter's elastic serum. Jimmy becomes Elastic Lad, but Superman must figue out a way to cover for the fact that the serum doesn't effect him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37 published June 1959
was The Elastic Lad of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with a modified last page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Last 2/3 page modified to fit half-page.
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The Mystery of the Tiny Supermen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman Emergency Squad (first appearance); Jimmy Olsen Fan Club; Perry White; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: While Superman is on a mission in the past, the Superman Emergency Squad monitors Metropolis and discovers that Supergirl has accidentally left a clue to her existence and the Superman Emergency Squad jumps into action to remove the evidence of Supergirl's existence.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #48 published October 1960
was The Mystery of the Tiny Supermen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Synopsis: DC comics on sale mid-June 1967.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Boy Witch Doctor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jungle King [Duke Brannigan]; Lucy Lane; Mbongu
Synopsis: Jimmy becomes a Witch Doctor while visiting natives on an island.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #58 published January 1962
was The Boy Witch Doctor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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