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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #53

Cover Date: June 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-04-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Boy in the Bottle!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #140/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lucy Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #145; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Van-Zee (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #24 and #27/2)
Sylvia Van-Zee (in between issues Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3 and #27/2)
Lyle-Zee (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #22 and #27/2)
Lili Van-Zee (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #22 and #27/2)
various Kandorians (Lona Lemais named; first appearance)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
The Bottled City of Kandor
Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #187/2 (June 1966)
Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor ([October] 2007)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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Second Story: "The Giant Turtle Man!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (struck by an enlarging ray, becomes the giant Turtle Man; 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 Action Comics #276; next in the third story in this issue)
Lori Lemaris (last in Action Comics #276/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #146/2)

Villain(s):

Goxo (first appearance; an Atlantean criminal; creates a growth ray)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
the West Indies

Comment(s):

Oddly, despite years of attempting to enlarge Kandor, Superman destroys the Atlantean enlarging ray.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #104 (August-September 1967)
Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen ([July] 2007)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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Third Story: "The Black Magician" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #146)

Supporting Character(s):

Clark Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Justice League of America #5)
Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #277)
Lucy Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/3)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #25/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #146)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (in between issues #52/3 and #54/2)
Merlin (revealed as a Zrffian ancestor of Mxyzptlk)

Other Character(s):

King Arthur
Queen Guinivere
Knights of the Round Table
Sir Galahad
Sir Lancelot
Sir Gawain
other unidentified knights
Medieval townspeople (including lookalikes of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Perry White)

Location(s):

Camelot
Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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