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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 72

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #72

Cover Date: October 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-08-15

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The World of Doomed Olsens!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44/3; next in second story this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes (in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; also as Fat Boy Jimmy; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; also as Elastic Lad; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; also as The Giant Turtle Man; in between Adventure Comics #315/2 and #316)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; The Human Porcupine; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Mon-El (also as The Collector; in between Adventure Comics #314 and #316)

Supporting Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44/3; next in second story this issue)

Guest Appearance(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes (in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Shrinking Violet Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; in between Adventure Comics #314 and #316)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #316)
Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo; in between Adventure Comics #313 and #317)
Legion of Substitute Heroes
Fire Lad (Staq Mavlin; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #319)
Night Girl (Lydda Jath; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #319)
Polar Boy (Brek Bannin; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #319)
Stone Boy (Dag Wentim; in between Adventure Comics #315 and #319)

Other Character(s):

Proty II (first appearance; also as Wolf Boy Jimmy; next in Adventure Comics #316)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters (in the 30th Century)
Unidentified Space Sector
Gion-El (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #140 (September 1971)
Adventure Comics #500 (June 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 (1992)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen ([July] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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Second Story: "The Super-Test of Jimmy Olsen!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between the first and third stories this issue; also in three different flashbacks, chronological order unknown)

Supporting Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories this issue)

Villain(s):

Slick Smorley (voice only)
escaped convicts (in flashback)
Mercurians (in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Phineas Potter (in flashback; last/next in ???)
The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (Freddy Foster named)
Wilfred Warder (first appearance; a kid who is skeptical of Jimmy Olsen's exploits)
police officers (in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis (also in flashbacks)
somewhere in Asia (in flashback)


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Third Story: "The Secret of Monster Island!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (next in Action Comics #305)

Supporting Character(s):

Superman (last in second story this issue; next in Action Comics #305)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44/2; next in Action Comics #305)

Villain(s):

various monstrous creatures

Other Character(s):

Noah (in flashback; allegedly left monstrous creatures on a remote island after the flood)
rescue plane pilot

Location(s):

Monster Island (first appearance)


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