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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 29

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #29

Cover Date: June 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-04-17

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #2/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #94; next in the second story in this issue)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #1/4 (August 1964)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #2 ([April] 2008) [B&W]


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Second Story: "Jimmy Olsen's Super-Pet" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue)
Krypto (last in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #30/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #130; also in flashbacks to years earlier)

Villain(s):

jewelry store robbers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

a judge
a dog catcher

Location(s):

Arctic Circle (in flashback)
United States of America
Metropolis
an unidentified country
a valley surrounded by kryptonite hills

Comment(s):

Krypto returns to Earth after years in space, aged and a potential menace to Metropolis. He is reinvigorated by a "fountain of youth," rare mineral waters with a strange reaction to kryptonite.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #2 ([April] 2008) [B&W]


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Third Story: "The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor 'X'" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in flashback in issue #37/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in flashback in issue #37/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between Action Comics #240 and #241)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #240; next in Superman Vol. 1 #122/2)

Villain(s):

Doctor X (first mentioned; a criminal scientist; dies in a plane crash prior to this story)

Other Character(s):

a film crew (first appearance for all)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place from May 6-10.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #131/2 (August-September 1970)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #2 ([April] 2008) [B&W]


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