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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #54

Cover Date: July 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-05-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: John Forte


Story: "Elastic Lad's Wrestling Match!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lucy Lane (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/3 and #27)

Villain(s):

Duke McCone (first appearance; a crooked wrestling promoter)
Blubber Ben (first appearance; a wrestler)
the Gladiator (a wrestler; possibly same character as last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #8/2)
the Ugly Superman (a wrestler; possibly same character as last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #8/2)
the referee (first appearance; working with Duke Mccone)

Other Character(s):

Ed (first appearance; a friend of Jimmy's)
Abominable Snowman (first appearance; a wrestler)
the Bee (first appearance; a wrestler)
Mac the Martian (first appearance; a wrestler)
Totem Tom (first appearance; a wrestler)
Tiger Tom (first appearance; a wrestler)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #111/2 (June 1968) [with four added pages]


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Second Story: "King of the Giant Ants!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (uses Mxyzptlk's derby to grant himself superpowers, but due to red kryptonite dust in the head band, Jimmy loses the powers and has a hallucination instead; last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #278)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (last in issue #53/3; next in Adventure Comics #288/2)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #278)

Other Character(s):

a Superman Robot
costume store owner

Cameo Appearance(s):

Lewis Lang (in Jimmy's hallucination)
UN military forces (in Jimmy's hallucination)
giant mutated ants (in Jimmy's hallucination; Llanix and Mgoro named)
Superman (in Jimmy's hallucination)

Location(s):

Brazil
a UN military outpost (in Jimmy's hallucination)
Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #113/8 (August-September 1968)


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Third Story: "Baby Jimmy Olsen!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (drinks Phineas Potter's spoiled age-acceleration serum and is reduced to a three year old; see Comments for chronology, in between issues #50/2 and #50/3)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between issues #50/2 and #50/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between issues #50 and #50/3
Lucy Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #142; next in issue #50/3)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #22/2; next in issue #50/3)

Villain(s):

The Masquerade Mobster (first appearance; also poses as "Commander Wilson")

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place the day before Jimmy Olsen's birthday in issue #50/3.
Lucy moves in with Lois. Both are convinced "Superbaby" is Superman, not realizing it's a de-aged Jimmy Olsen


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