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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 88

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #88

Cover Date: October 1965
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1965-08-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Swinging Superman!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (subjected to red kryptonite dust, enters a hypnotic trance; last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3; next in the third story in this issue)
Lucy Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3; next in the third story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #180; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Bruce Bailey (first appearance; also known as international spy Agent X-43; posing as a photographer for Teen Tunes Magazine)
an unidentified foreign spy (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Rick Rock and his Rolling Romeos (first appearance for all; a popular rock and roll band)
Jimmy Olsen and his Carrot-Top Cut-Ups (first appearance; a rock and roll band founded by Jimmy; three other unnamed members, drummer replaced by Bruce Bailey)
citizens of Metropolis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (in Superman's story)
Lara Jor-El (in Superman's story)

Location(s):

Metropolis


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Second Story: "The Riddle of the Olsen Statue" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
LetteringVivian Berg
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)

Villain(s):

an underground civilization of giant insects (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (last/next in ???)
Dick Selby
Ed Dunn
Hank White (last in issue #84/3; next in Action Comics #461/2)
Tommy Todd
a Pentagon official
U.S. Navy sailors

Location(s):

a barren island in the Pacific Ocean
Metropolis
Washington, DC
The Pentagon


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Third Story: "Jimmy Olsen, World's "Heavyweight" Champ!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsJohn Forte
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in a failed attempt to give Jimmy Star Boy's powers, Professor Potter instead makes Jimmy super-heavy; last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #329)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #329)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #329)
Lucy Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #61)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #181)
Phineas Potter (in between issues #87/3 and #93)

Villain(s):

Anti-Superman Gang (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/2 and #69)
a gang of crooks (first appearance for all)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Star Boy (Thom Kallor; in flashbacks)
Fryd Kallor (in flashback)
Mira Kallor (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector
in the vicinity of Xanthu (in flashback)


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