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| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 92, April 1966! |
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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 92, April 1966, was published on February 22, 1966. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by Sheldon Moldoff, and lettered by Ira Schnapp.
- (5:08) After sharing a comment from last episode by Halk-Kar, I review the book, DC COMICS BEFORE SUPERMAN: MAJOR MALCOLM WHEELER-NICHOLSON'S PULP COMICS, written by his Granddaughter, Nicky Wheeler-Nocholson, published by Hermes Press in 2018. It is 256 pages long.
- (7:07) MY PULL LIST, where I review the comic books that carried the August 2020 cover date and were released during the month of June, that I received from Discount Comic Book Service.
- (16:42) THE MAN FROM S.C.A.R. (18 pgs., divided into two 9 pg. parts), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Pete Costanza.
- (27:01) DIRECT CURRENTS, the second checklist of other upcoming DC Comics titles we've covered in this podcast.
- (32:37) Part II: THE FIRE MAN FROM PYRON
- (52:19) JIMMY OLSEN'S JOURNEY TO NOWHERE (7 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Jim Mooney. The Grand Comic Book Database has a note about this story. It was originally an eight page story cut down to seven. Also, it was an adaption of a Tommy Tomorrow story with a similar plot published in ACTION COMICS 246, November 1958, written by Otto Binder and drawn by Jim Mooney. We originally covered this issue back in Episode 176, for the week of April 28, 2011.
- (1:04:00) JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS letter column.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.
Next Episode: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK COVER DATED APRIL 1966: PART IV: ACTION COMICS 336 with the next ELSEWHERE IN DC COMICS segment, where we look at the othe titles DC Comics published with the April 1966 cover date.
The following episode: SUPERMAN: 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW!
Then we will cover: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED MAY 1966: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 157, PART II: SUPERMAN 186, PART III: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 65 & PART IV: ACTION COMICS 337!
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"The Man from S.C.A.R." was definitely in the mold of the spy movies and TV shows of the '60s. In fact, the secret entrance to S.C.A.R. headquarters (through the mirror in the costume shop) reminded me of the secret entrance to U.N.C.L.E. headquarters, which was accessed through a tailor shop on the TV show. You wondered, at one point who Jimmy's "Q" (for Quartermaster, the one who supplies the "gimmicks") was. I think Jimmy actually mentions that it was Professor Potter who gave him the metal-tipped shoelaces that convert to the silent explosive when moistened. Professor Potter also supplied the gadgets from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #89, as referenced in this issue's letter page comment about the "parachute flashlight".
ReplyDeleteI thought it was odd that Superman couldn't find S.C.A.R. headquarters at first because it was lead-lined. Just because he can't see through lead, doesn't mean he can't see lead, so you'd think he'd notice a large lead-lined space where it didn't belong. I'll give the Man of Steel an "out" on this one by noting that, in those days, there were probably Fallout Shelters all over Metropolis, and many of them were lined with lead to protect against radiation. It also seemed a bit odd that Mr. Nero's devices implanted in his X-agents only made them invisible, rather than killing them. He was planning to wipe out the earth with fire, but was reluctant to kill his henchmen? Comics Code, I guess.
In "Jimmy Olsen's Journey to Nowhere", I found it interesting that Roban was under an artificial green sun, since, in Superman #155 (cover-dated August, 1962), less than 4 years previous to this issue, Superman was powerless under a green sun, so the scientists who tried to transport might have ended up with an upowered Superman, who wouldn't have been able to help them. It was their good fortune that they ended up with Jimmy and the enlarging ray.
In a side-note, when you mentioned the "Cap's Hobby Hints" strip by Henry Boltinoff, it struck a chord: During the pandemic, my local newspaper has periodically published a supplement section of puzzles (crosswords, word-searches, sudoku, etc.) including the "Hocus Pocus" puzzles where you have to spot the differences in two comic panels. Those were drawn by Henry Boltinoff, and are still being used by newspapers today, even though he passed away in 2001.
I remember watching The Man From U.N.C.L.E. as a young boy, although I don't remember anything about the series. I did have a toy gun (that you could load with caps) and a badge and I.D. card from U.N.C.L.E.
DeleteWhen I was talking about Jimmy's "Q", I was talking with tongue in cheek because of how unreliable most, if not all, of Professor Potter's inventions were.
In regards to Superman's difficulty in finding S.C.A.R's HQ, I remember an early issue of John Byrne's Superman reboot where the Joker visited metropolis to make mayhem, operating out of a lead-lined tanker truck. He was foiled when Superman became suspicious of the truck because its lead-lined tanker stood out like a sore thumb.
Thanks for the tidbit of Henry Boltinoff. I remember the Hocus Pocus strip, but never knew that he drew it.
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