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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16
Publication Date: October 1956
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Issues: #16 of 163 Issues (164 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/28/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#95, 104, 113, 122, 131)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Boy of Steel!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Look out!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Great Superman Comic Book Collection #[nn] published January 1981
as The Boy of Steel! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #1 published May 2006
as The Boy of Steel! [Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #16 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Three Lives of Jimmy Olsen

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Swami Rama ["Con" Connors]; Jhimmie (in Egypt, in dream only); Jimmy the Red (in Scandinavia, in dream only); Jymius (in Greece, in dream only); Chief Perri (in Egypt, in dream only); Pyramid Petrus (in Egypt, in dream only, mentioned only); Chief Whiteus (in Greece, in dream only)
First Line: Do you believe in reincarnation?
Synopsis: A Swami shows Jimmy his past lives with his reincarnation machine but it is all a ruse to steal radium that is hidden at the Daily Planet.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #1 published May 2006
as The Three Lives of Jimmy Olsen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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First Line: Boys! Girls!
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Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"

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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Pete
First Line: Monday...
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First Line: 327 stamps all different
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First Line: Own the Daisy Eagle air rifle with 2x scope mounted!
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The Boy of Steel

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Catch the bullets bouncing from me, Superman!
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen believes that he has gained invulnerability by eating space cherries.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Great Superman Comic Book Collection #[nn] published January 1981
as The Boy of Steel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #1 published May 2006
as The Boy of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Character(s): Smedley
First Line: Nothing scares that Smedley.
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Pages: 0.33
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A Birthday Present for Pierre

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Character(s): Pierre DesChamps
First Line: The enemy was confident that the Allies would not dare to land...
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Here Are the Prizes

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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Entry form for the DC Comics slogan contest and a list of prizes that can be won.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Timmy
First Line: R-ring! Hello, Timmy. Is your sister expecting me?
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Pages: 0.75
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The Super Liar of Metropolis

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kitty Devoe (actress); criminals
First Line: You all know how truth serum compels criminals to speak the truth!
Synopsis: Jimmy learns that criminals plan to kidnap him and use a lie-detector to find out Superman's identity so Jimmy drinks a "lie-serum" that makes him unable to tell the truth.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #1 published May 2006
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Pages: 6
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Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Peter Pan
First Line: Hey kids!!
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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First Line: A new scientific toy!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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