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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #5

Cover Date: May-June 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-03-15

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Boy Olympics" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #97/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #97/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #97; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Tommy Blair (first appearance)
Chuck (first appearance)
Luke (first appearance)
Miranda (first appearance)
Cal Dawson (first appearance; Publisher of the City Sentinel)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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Second Story: "The Brain of Steel" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #204)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #97; next in Action Comics #204)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #204)

Other Character(s):

Jumbo Jones
Professor Todd (first appearance; accidentally links Clark and Lois with unbreakable plastic handcuffs)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Pine Hills

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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Third Story: "The Story of Superman's Souvenirs" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #98/2)

Villain(s):

Killer Burke (first appearance)
Lefty Orton (first appearance; in flashback)
Matey Otis (first appearance; in flashback)
"Typewriter" Tate (first appearance; in flashback)
Lex Luthor (in flashback; last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #135; next in flashback in issue #9/2)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (In four flashbacks; last/next in {???)

Location(s):

an unidentified tropical island (in flashbacks)
United States of America
Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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