Saturday, March 16, 2019

Episode #388 Part V: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated October 1965: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #88!

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 88, October 1965!


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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 88, October 1965, was published on August 26, 1965. 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 George Klein, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics, while the Grand Comic Book Database credits Sheldon Moldoff as the inker. 

- (2:55) MY PULL LIST featuring the comic books cover dated April 2019 and released during the month of February, which I received from Discount Comic Book Service.

- (13:10) THE SWINGING SUPERMAN (8 pgs.), written by Otto Binder, pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Milt Snappin.

- (29:45) JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS letter column.

- (37:36) THE RIDDLE OF THE OLSEN STATUE (8 pgs.), written by Jerry Siegel, drawn by George Papp and lettered by Vivian Berg.

- (51:15) JIMMY OLSEN, WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (8 pgs.), written by Otto Binder, pencilled by John Forte, inked by Sheldon Moldoff according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics, while the Grand Comic Book Database credits George Klein as the inker. The story was lettered by Ira Schnapp.

- (1:04:58) Elsewhere in DC Comics, 32 titles carried the October or October/November 1965 cover date, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics.

Next Episodes: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED NOVEMBER 1965: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 153, PART II: SUPERMAN 181, PART III: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 61 & PART IV: ACTION COMICS 330!


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3 comments:

  1. Much Silver Age silliness/plot holes in these stories, but still fun.
    In "The Swinging Superman, spy Bruce Bailey told an unnecessary and easily-discovered lie by telling Jimmy that he'd taken 10 pictures when he'd only taken 5. If he hadn't done that, his scheme might have worked.
    In "The Riddle of the Olsen Statue", I'm not sure why Superman doesn't seem to consider the idea that many insects can dig through the ground, so the giant insect might well escape and come to the surface world.
    In "Jimmy Olsen, World's Heavyweight Champ", as you point out, if Jimmy was so heavy, he should have had difficulty moving, and even if he could, he would probably have been exhausted. Also, even though Professor Potter didn't make the serum correctly, he somehow knew when it would wear off? Why does Jimmy keep trusting him?
    As I said, though, even with all this, I still thing the stories were fun. Not perfect, but fun.

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    1. With a lot of these silver age stories, it’s important to laugh with, not at these tales, which is something I always try to do.

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