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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 9

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #9

Cover Date: December 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-10-11

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Jimmy Olsen, Cub Inventor" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #210; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #79; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Ghost" Gordon (first appearance)
Monk (first appearance)
another gang member (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Hardy (first appearance; Jimmy's building superintendent)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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Second Story: "The Million-Dollar Question" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue; also in multiple flashbacks)

Villain(s):

"Blacky" Barton (Barton Black; first appearance)
Leonard "Lefty" Lake (first appearance)
other members of "Blacky" Barton's gang
Lex Luthor (in flashback; last in flashbacks in issue #5/3; next in flashback in Action Comics #228)
Luthor's gang (in flashback)
Toyman (in flashback; last in flashbacks in Action Comics #561; next in Superman Vol. 1 #182/2)

Other Character(s):

a game show host and audience

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
various unidentified locations' (in flashbacks)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #174/3 (December 1975-January 1976)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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Third Story: "The Missile of Steel" (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 Action Comics #212)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #211)

Villain(s):

The Brown Mob (first appearance; led by "Blitz" Brown)

Other Character(s):

a Superman Robot (first appearance; remotely controlled by Jimmy)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Unidentified Space Sector
Koz (first mentioned)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1 ([May] 2006) [B&W]


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