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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 38

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #38

Cover Date: July 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-05-21

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The MC of the Midnight Scare Theater" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #10/3; next in the second story in this issue; temporarily appears as "Nelso," host of Midnight Scare Theater)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #10/3; next in the second story in this issue)
Lucy Lane (last in issue #37/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Phanto (first appearance; host of the Midnight Scare Theater)
President of the United States of America
citizens of Metropolis (Maggie, a scrub woman, named)
four Secret Service agents (first appearance for all; appear to have died from shock)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washington, DC
The White House

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #2/5 (September 1964)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009) [B&W]


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Second Story: "Jimmy Olsen's Wedding" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

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)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and third stories in this issue)
Lucy Lane (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
Jimmy's dentist
a nurse
Jimmy S. Olsen, Jr. (son of Jimmy and Lucy, in Jimmy’s dream)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #2/9 (September 1964)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009) [B&W]


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Third Story: "Olsen's Super-Supper" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Giunta (?)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #11/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #131)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #131)
Lucy Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #40)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #10/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #131)

Villain(s):

Dr. Falke (first appearance; a scientist and part of a gang of counterfeiters)
Mike (first appearance; part of a gang of counterfeiters)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis (including a diner staff and contestants at the Daily Planet's eating contest)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009) [B&W]


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