Sunday, April 28, 2019

Episode #390 Part I: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated December 1965: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #89!

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 89, December 1965!


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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 89, December 1965, was published on October 14, 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.

- (3:52) I review THE LAW OF SUPERHEROES, written by James Daily, J.D. and Ryan Davidson, J.D., two practicing attorneys and comic book fans who look at the world of superheroes through the lens of our real world legal system. Gotham Books was the publisher, and the book was first released in 2012. I would recommend you pick up this book for your comic book reference shelf.

- ((9:16) THE INFAMOUS FOUR (8 pgs.), written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger. This was Siegel's 97th Superman Family story we've covered on the podcast, and his 151st overall for the era.

- (28:00) OLSEN'S SUPER-SURVIVAL KIT (14 pgs.), written by Otto Binder, pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Milt Snappin. This story was reprinted in SUPERMAN FAMILY 166, August/September 1975, published on May 28, 1974. It contained 100 pages for the cover price of 60¢.

- (57:47) JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS two page letter column.

Next Episodes: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED DECEMBER 1965:PART II: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 63 (starring Supergirl and Wonder Woman), PART III: ACTION COMICS 331 & PART IV: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 154!


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2 comments:

  1. I was interested in hearing your review of The Law of Superheroes, by James Daily and Ryan Davidson. I'd enjoyed their blog (Law and the Multiverse) for several years. The blog seems to have gone dormant, but I knew they were planning a book.
    "The Infamous Four" was an okay story, mainly for its look at the "super advanced" future rather than Jimmy's handling of the criminals. As a teacher, myself, it was amusing that one of the future students mixed up Abraham Lincoln with FDR. One of my teaching colleagues, a Social Studies teachers, would often regale the faculty room with similar stories, as when, on a test question asking who was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, a student wrote "Josef Stalin".
    I especially enjoyed "Olsen's Super-Survival Kit", because I, too, was a big fan of the James Bond movies, and so many of the gadgets in this story were reminiscent of James Bond's gadgets in the movies. Who'd have thought that Professor Potter, with his frequent misfiring inventions, would be Jimmy's "Q"?

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    1. Personally, I would have a LOT more confidence in Bond’s Q rather than Jimmy’s!

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