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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #37

Cover Date: June 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-04-07

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman's Super-Rival!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #252; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #101; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback [Page 6, panels 3-4] last in the flashback in Action Comics #250; next in Superman Vol. 1 #131)

Other Character(s):

Mysterio (also in flashback; a self-aware Superboy robot; later becomes the fifth Superman robot)

Location(s):

Earth
Arctic Circle
Fortress of Solitude
United States of America
Metropolis
Smallville (in flashback)
Superman Lighthouse

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #13/8 (August 1965)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)


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Second Story: "The Jimmy Olsen Signal-Watch" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between the first and third stories in this issue; also in flashback between issue #29/3 and Action Comics #241

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue; also in flashback between issue #29/3 and Action Comics #241

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #101; next in the third story in this issue)
Lucy Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #9; next in issue #38)

Villain(s):

Museum robbers (in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (first appearance for all; Tommy named)
citizens of Metropolis (also in flashbacks)
Lucy's uncle (unnamed)
a family of cave-people {in flashback)

Location(s):

Earth
Lost Valley (in flashback)
United States of America
Metropolis
various locations

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Lucy Lane's birthday.
As a present for Lucy Lane, Jimmy Olsen gives her a signal watch that contact his can signal watch signal watch so he can be her "genie" for the day, dropping everything for her.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #95/3 (August-September 1966)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)


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Third Story: "The Elastic Lad of Metropolis" (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 #253)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #253)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #10)
Perry White (in between Action Comics #252 and #253)
Phineas Potter (in between issues #34/3 and #39/2)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
a group of cowboys

Location(s):

United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #104/6 (August-September 1967) [with a modified last page]
Best of DC #46/2 (March 1984)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)


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