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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #29
Publication Date: June 1958
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Issues: #29 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: 04/17/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (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
Format Notes:  
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The Amazing Spectacles of Dr. X!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: These glasses which see into the future show Superman deliberately wrecking my plane!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Amazing Spectacles of Dr. X! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Achilles; Hercules; Atlas; Samson]; Merlin (novel); Delilah (novel)
First Line: Working for the Daily Planet, Jimmy Olsen has written many real-life scoops of his adventures with Superman.
Synopsis: Jimmy tries writing a fictional novel about Superman, but keeps hitting snags in the plot. A great plot finally comes to him in a dream, but he cannot remember it when awake. Superman helps him by taking Jimmy one year into the future (1959) where they buy a copy of the completed novel, and return to 1958 with it.
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In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #1 published August 1964
as The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Superman Book That Couldn't Be Finished [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Glad to See You!

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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Duane Doberman; Sgt. Ernie Bilko
First Line: Hey, sarge-- what are we doing here?
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Fun Shop
First Line: When is it socially correct to serve milk in a saucer?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: puzzle page
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Play 100

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A game; the directions of which start with 'Any number may play "100"!'
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Jimmy Olsen's Super Pet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Stories of Superman’s boyhood in Smallville are well known, including Superboy’s adventures with Krypto, his famous super-dog!
Synopsis: Krypto turns up in Metropolis after years in space but is now in his old age. Superman allows Jimmy to keep him as a pet, but Krypto keeps making mistakes (probably due to his age) to the point that the City Council calls him a menace. Superman is forced to take him away, but rejuvenates Krypto with a combination of kryptonite and mineral waters.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as Jimmy Olsen's Super Pet [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Not an imaginary story, so must be considered to be part of Superman continuity.
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Gag Bag

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (head shots)
Inker(s): ? (head shots)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A page of jokes; the first one starts: "Tilly: My mother has the worst memory."
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Right over his head. Another home run!
Synopsis: Pete's cousin keeps missing fly balls in a baseball game, but Pete finds a way to help him.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: 3038
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peg; Alvin
First Line: It's nice of you to let me take your picture, Peg.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #185 published February 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Character(s): Superman
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White
First Line: Jimmy Olsen has always envied Superman for his remarkable telescopic vision, showing distant scenes...
Synopsis: Jimmy accidentally gets hold of spectacles from a scientific villain, and finds out that they can show the future. One of the visions he sees shows his death from drowning. Trying to avoid that fate, on the fateful day he makes sure he is not going to be where the vision shows he will drown; just to have Superman take him there anyway. But then he finds out Superman wants him to be an actor in a "safety first" film about the dangers of drowning.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGiant Jimmy Olsen Album #7 published January 1970
as The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #131 published August 1970
as The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #6/1971 published June 1971
as De mystiske brillene til Doktor X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor "X" [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Nature's Prize Pupil!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: A bat has his own built-in radar by which he flies...
Synopsis: "...Nature's ways are amazing--and man is the most amazing because, by reading, observing and understanding the world about him, he constantly enriches himself!"
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider (photo); Jack Delinger (photo)
First Line: Add 4 “power packed” inches of muscle to your chest
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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