Giant Jimmy Olsen Album #13

Published
October 1975?
Page count
100
Cover price
0.40 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Planet Comics (1)
 
Planet Comics (1)

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) Cover, 1 page

"Sudden death awaits Jimmy Olsen, super-spy; Jimmy Olsen battles "The League of Fantastic Supermen!"; The Olsen-Robin Team"; "Silver Kryptonite"; "The Newsboy Legion""

Featuring

Feature
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Nick Cardy, penciller
 
Curt Swan, penciller
 
Chuck A. Winter, penciller
 
Jack Kirby, penciller
 
Nick Cardy, inker
 
George Klein, inker
 
Chuck A. Winter, inker
 
Joe Simon, inker

Reprint history

Printed in
Superman Family 168 December 1974-January 1975, Superman Family 169, February-March 1975, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 63, September 1962, World's Finest Comics 141 May 1964, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 70, July 1963, Star Spangled Comics 12, September 1942

Notes

Cover is a montage. Super-Spy image from Superman Family 168 December 1974-January 1975 (Art: Nick Cardy); League of Fantastic Supermen is from Superman Family 169, February-March 1975 , reprinting in reduced form Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 63, September 1962 (Art: Curt Swan/George Klein); Olsen-Robin Team image from first page of story from World's Finest Comics 141 May 1964 (Art: Chuck Winter); Silver Kryptonite images if from page five of the story from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 70, July 1963 (Art: Curt Swan/George Klein); Newsboy Legion image from first page of story from Star Spangled Comics 12, September 1942 (Art: Jack Kirby/Joe Simon)

Show/hide 1. The League of Fantastic Supermen (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 9 pages
Show/hide 2. Prevue of Peril (The Newsboy Legion featuring the Guardian) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Newsboy Legion featuring the Guardian
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Joe Simon, scripter
 
Jack Kirby, scripter
Art
Jack Kirby, penciller
 
Joe Simon, inker
Editing
Mort Weisinger, editor

Reprint history

Original
Star-Spangled Comics 12, September 1942
This version
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 146, February 1972
Show/hide 3. Murders in Baranga Marshes (Doctor Fate) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Doctor Fate
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Howard Sherman, line art
Editing
Mort Weisinger, editor

Reprint history

Original
More Fun Comics 68, June 1941
This version
Detective Comics 442, August-September 1974
Show/hide 4. The Secret of Silver Kryptonite (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Curt Swan, penciller
 
George Klein, inker

Reprint history

Original
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 70, July 1963
Show/hide 5. The Terrible Plastic Twin (Plastic Man) Comic story, 24 pages

Featuring

Feature
Plastic Man
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Arnold Drake, scripter
Art
Jack Sparling, line art
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor

Reprint history

Original
Plastic Man 10, May- June 1968

Notes

Story includes half page filler of Professor Eureka (Story/Art: Henry Boltnoff) two Sergio Aragones cartoons.

Show/hide 6. Jimmy's D-Day Adventure (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 9 pages
Show/hide 7. Pirates of Plunder (Shining Knight) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Shining Knight
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Joe Samachson , scripter
Art
Chuck A. Winter, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #131 (August 1948)
Pirates of Plunder

Synopsis

Real pirates attack a modern town.

Show/hide 8. The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team" Part 2: The Vengeance of Superman and Batman (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 16 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Curt Swan, penciller
 
George Klein, inker
Editing
Mort Weisinger, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Century Comic (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #99 ([September 1964?])
Original
World's Finest Comics 141 May 1964
This version
World's Finest Comics 225, September-October 1974

Notes

Original feature was Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 315

Entry created

  • 27/11/2003

Cover added

  • 27/11/2003

Index completed

  • 08/12/2003

Last updated

  • 19/05/2022