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| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 93, June 1966! |
SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 93, June 1966, was published on April 12, 1966. It contains 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein, and possibly lettered by Ira Schnapp.
- (5:35) THE BATMAN-SUPERMAN OF EARTH-X (16 pgs., divided into two 8 pg. parts), written by Bill Finger and drawn by Pete Costanza.
- (17:11) Part II: STEEL-MAN'S LAST STAND, lettered by Milt Snappin.
- (37:08) 7th DIRECT CURRENTS checklist of some of the DC Comics titles that were released during the month of April 1966.
- (42:35) SERGEANT OLSEN ... TOUGHEST MAN IN THE MARINES (9 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Pete Costanza.
- (54:55) JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS letter column.
-(1:04:35) MY PULL LIST review of the 17 comic books I read which carried the April 2021 cover date and were released during the month of February 2021, that I received from Discount Comic Book Service.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.
Next Episodes: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED JUNE 1966: PART II: SUPERMAN 187 (80 Pg. Giant), PART III: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 158, and PART IV: ACTION COMICS 338, with ELSEWHERE IN DC COMICS, which will feature the other titles DC Comics published with the June or June/July 1966 cover date.
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Thanks for another fun episode. The cover alone for this issue was enough to make any kid want to buy this one at the newsstand. I agree with your assessment that this would be a great costume for a cosplayer who wanted to do something out of the ordinary. I wonder if this was one of those times when someone came up with the cover idea, then someone had to write a story to fit that. As always, any story involving Jimmy and Professor Potter is going to involve some serious weirdness, and I alway like "alternate Earth" stories.
ReplyDeleteThe "Sergeant Olsen" story was "of its time", I think, from the days when men who had been in the armed forces would often reminisce about surviving boot camp under a tough drill instructor. I'm a bit surprised that Jimmy Olsen could even pose as a Marine Drill Instructor, given that he was famously short. I'd have thought that he might not have met the minimum height requirement, but I honestly don't know what that was in 1966, so I could be wrong. It's certainly odd to see Jimmy behave in such a draconian way to his men, and even sabotage them, which is certainly less forgivable from a modern point of view.
It would be interesting to learn the origin of the story of Steel-Man. As for short Jimmy as a drill instructor, I once had a boss who was shorter than I was at 5'9", but had a short fuse. I can only guess that he might have been picked on growing up, and developed a "Chip" on his shoulder (that was also his name). So maybe Jimmy had the same experiences and had no problem being a tough D. I. Plus with Mort Weisinger as an editor, as I said in the episode, it's not hard to see where Jimmy's toughness came from.
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