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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 12

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #12

Cover Date: April 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-02-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Jimmy Olsen, Prince of Clowns" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #214; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #81; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #81; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Joe King (first appearance; a famous circus clown)
Tad King (first appearance; Joe King's son; also plays as a clown)
circus spectators

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #95/2 (August-September 1966)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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Second Story: "The Secret of Dinosaur Island" (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 (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Professor William March (first appearance; a naturalist; also in flashbacks to a year earlier)
Guardiac (first appearance; a robot created by Professor William March)

Location(s):

Mystic Isle (first appearance)
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

Despite the story's title, Mystic Isle is not the famed Dinosaur Island first seen in Star Spangled War Stories #90 (April-May 1960.)

Story Reprinted in:

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


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Third Story: "The Invisible Jimmy Olsen" (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 issue #13)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #215)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #81; next in Action Comics #215)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #215)

Villain(s):

Blacky Blake and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Brane (first appearance; a research scientist; shifts Jimmy Olsen into the 4th dimension)
Freddy (first appearance; a Daily Planet office boy)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place over the course of at least three days.

Story Reprinted in:

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


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