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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #45

Cover Date: June 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-04-07

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Tom Baker, Power Lad" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #109; next in the second story in this issue)
Supergirl (in between Action Comics #264/2 and #265)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #264; next in the third story in this issue)
Lucy Lane (last in issue #44/3; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Power Lad (Dik-Rey AKA Tom Baker; first appearance; a Kandorian boy who substituted for the still-in-hiding Supergirl while she visited Kandor; "pretended" to have abilities similar to Superman due to an "accident;" wore three different costumes)
citizens of Metropolis
a Linda Lee robot

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottled City of Kandor (appearance as a wild-mouthed bottle)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Midvale
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified alien planet

Comment(s):

Superman has added a loud alarm to Jimmy's Signal Watch.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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Second Story: "The Gunsmoke Kid" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (transported to 1871 and mistaken for the Gunsmoke Kid; 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):

Lucy Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #18)
Phineas Potter in between issues #39/2 and #47/2)

Villain(s):

Jesse James
the James Gang

Other Character(s):

Bat Masterson
Wild Bill Hickok
Wyatt Earp
various townspeople in Black Gulch

Location(s):

Black Gulch (in 1871)
Metropolis
The Timestream

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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Third Story: "The Animal Master of Metropolis" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (using Circe's wand, is able to communicate with animals until the wand is accidentally destroyed; last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #138)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #265)
Krypto (last in Superman Vol. 1 #134; next in Action Comics #266/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #265)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #138)

Villain(s):

a criminal gang (first appearance of all; Joe named; attempt to use Jimmy Olsen to throw a horse race)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Circe (in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #131/6 (August-September 1970)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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