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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #21

Cover Date: June 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-04-14

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Ray Burnley


Story: "The Legend of Greenbeard Olsen" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #228; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #88; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #88; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #88; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Peter Shaw (first appearance)
Shorty Blake (first appearance; poses as Jimmy Olsen playing "Greenbeard Olsen")

Other Character(s):

a representative from the Maritime Bank' (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Greenbeard Olsen (first appearance; picture only; a secret agent for the law, captured pirates, lived 1721-1766)
Eric Olsen (first appearance; picture only; a Pilgrim ancestor of Jimmy Olsen's)
Lars Olsen (first appearance; picture only)

Location(s):

the Atlantic Ocean (presumed)
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #175/3 (February-March 1976)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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Second Story: "Wonder Lad" (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; briefly operates as "Wonder Lad")

Guest Star(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Villain(s):

various unidentified criminal gangs

Other Character(s):

Tommy Todd' (first appearance; a Daily Planet newspaper boy; becomes "Wonder Lad's Pal")
an Antarctic expedition (first appearance for all)
archaeologists (first appearance for all)
an alien explorers (first appearance; in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Antarctica
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
two unidentified locations
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet (in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

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


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Third Story: "The Wedding of Jimmy Olsen" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
LetteringPat Gordon (?)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Showcase #9/3)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #229)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #229)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #229)

Villain(s):

Two crooks (first appearance for both)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Lois Lane Annual #2/7 (Summer 1963)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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