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| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 60, April 1962! |
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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 60, April 1962, was published on February 23. 1962. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by John Forte, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics and the Comic Book Database. The Grand Comic Book Database credits Sheldon Moldoff as the inker. Ira Schnapp was the letterer.
- SUPER-MITE (9 pgs.), was written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Al Plastino. This story has not been reprinted.
- THE GIRL WHO WAS LUCY LAN'E DOUBLE (9 pgs.), was written by Robert Bernstein, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein. This story was reprinted in SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 122, August/September 1969, published on June 19, 1969. It was a 64-Pg. Giant for the cover price of 25¢.
- THE FANTASTIC ARMY OF GENERAL OLSEN (9 pgs.), was written by Leo Dorfman, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein. This story has not been reprinted.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features, including the JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS letter column.
The episode begins with a brief tribute to the recently departed Darwyn Cooke, where I share my brief encounters with him at MegaCon.
If you are interested in the comic books that will by published in July, which I ordered from the May 2016 edition of PREVIEWS, listen to Previews Spotlight Episode 103 of the Comic Book Page Podcast.
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In your commentary on the first story, "Super-Mite", you wondered if Don-El, of the Superman Emergency Squad was related to Superman. He was, indeed! He was Superman's first cousin, just as Supergirl was. Don-El's father was Nim-El, identical twin brother of Jor-El. Thus, like Patty and Cathy Lane, on the old Patty Duke TV show, as children of identical twins, Kal-El and Nim-El were "identical cousins all the way". (Boy, for those of us who watched that show, the theme song is a genuine "ear worm".) Only on 1960s sitcoms and comic books could the concept of "identical cousins" make sense.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! I checked his name at Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics and found this issue of Jimmy Olsen was his first appearance. If you hadn't let me know about him I would have missed it. Thanks again!
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