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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 81

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #81

Cover Date: December 1964
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1964-10-08

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Ransom of Superman!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in World's Finest Comics #145; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #145; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lori Lemaris (last in Action Comics #313; next in Action Comics #319/2)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #53/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #174/2)

Villain(s):

a trio of unidentified aliens (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (last/next in ???)
Superman robots
Pentagon officials

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washington, DC
the Pentagon

Comment(s):

When aliens demand half a ton of green kryptonite, Jimmy Olsen has so much more gathered that is has no effect on Superman.


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Second Story: "The Demons from Pandora's Box" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #53/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #174)
Lewis Lang (last in Action Comics #308; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #58/3

Cameo Appearance(s):

demons from Pandora’s box (in Jimmy's hallucination)
Jerro (dies in Jimmy's hallucination)
Lenora Lemaris (dies in Jimmy's hallucination)
Lori Lemaris (dies in Jimmy's hallucination)
Superman robots (in Jimmy's hallucination)

Location(s):

Atlantis (Tritonis; destroyed in Jimmy's hallucination)
Fortress of Solitude (in Jimmy's hallucination)
The Bottled City of Kandor (destroyed in Jimmy's hallucination)
Greece

Story Reprinted in:

Superman #272/2 (February 1974)
Best of DC #38 (July 1983)


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Third Story: "Jimmy's Indian Super-Pal" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (also as "Fire Hair," see Comments; last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #174)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Justice League of America #32)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #145; next in Superman Vol. 1 #174)

Villain(s):

Black Raven (first appearance; a horse thief)
Wolf Tail (first appearance; a horse thief)
two robbers (first appearance of both)

Other Character(s):

Mighty Eagle (Broken Spear; first appearance; a Native American super-hero)
a prospector (first appearance)

Location(s):

the American Southwest
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

Using an invention of Professor Potter's, Jimmy Olsen discovers Superman's secret identity as Clark kent. Later, taking a memory-erasing potion to forget the secret, Jimmy takes too much and has a delayed reaction, forgetting his own identity.


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