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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #36

Cover Date: April 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-02-19

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Super-Senor's Pal!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #8; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/3; next in Action Comics #251)

Villain(s):

Bullboa (first appearance; dictator of Peccador)
Peccadoran military

Other Character(s):

Super-Senor (Pedro; first appearance; plays as the Superman of Peccador to help chase off the dictator Bullboa)
Pancho (first appearance; son of Pedro, operates the equipment to make it look like Super-Senor possesses super powers)
citizens of Peccador

Location(s):

Earth
Peccador (first appearance; a small South American country surrounded by mountains)
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)


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Second Story: "Lois Lane's Sister!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Giunta (?)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (briefly disguised as "Tex" Thompson, a Texas oil magnate, and a robot, all to ensure he has a date with Lucy Lane; in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/3; next in Action Comics #251)
Lucy Lane (first appearance; last in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #9)

Other Character(s):

"Twirler" Thompson (first appearance; a cowboy star looking to date Lucy Lane)
"Genius" Jones (first appearance; an inventor looking to date Lucy Lane)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Superman Museum
Super-Restaurant
unknown locations, on board an airliner

Comment(s):

Jimmy proposes to Lucy, who declines as she promised her mother she'd let Lois get married first.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #95/3 (August-September 1966)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)


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Third Story: "How Jimmy Olsen First Met Superman!" (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's Girl Friend Lois Lane #12/3; also in flashback following the flashback in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #79 and preceding the flashback in Superman Family #218/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #251; also in two flashbacks as an infant, last in flashback in Action Comics #325; next in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #255 and the second flashback following Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #53; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #1)

Villain(s):

Science Council of Krypton (in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Jor-El (last in flashback in Action Comics #325; next in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/2)
Lara (last/next in ???)
Krypto (last/next in ???)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton
Kryptonopolis (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #5/4 (Summer 1962)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)


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