Unofficial Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Index

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #68

Cover Date: April 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-02-21

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The Human Metal-Eater!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Art	John Forte
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #160/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Krypto (in between Superman Vol. 1 #160/2 and #157/3)

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #40/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #40/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Lucy Lane (last in issue #67/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #40; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

an unidentified group of criminals (first appearance of all)

a Metal-Eater (infects Jimmy Olsen with a virus that, for 48 hours, causes him to hunger for - and eat - metals; see Comments)

Other Character(s):

Officer Dowd (first appearance)

other police officers

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

The 48 hour metal-eater virus does not cause any changes to a victim's appearance, but does change their psychology, making the victim hunger for metals while disgusted by their normal foods. The virus would near instantly begin the digestive process on metals, rendering the "food" to be harmless to the virus' host. Perhaps the metal-eater is a creature with a permanent symbiotic relationship to the virus.

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Second Story: "The Richest Boy in Metropolis!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

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

Lucy Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #69/2)

Perry White (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Swipe" Durkin (first appearance; plans revenge on Jimmy Olsen by making the reporter think he has won a $50,000.00 jackpot which Olsen immediately spends, creating many creditors)

Monk (first appearance; Durkin's accomplice)