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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #49
Publication Date: December 1960
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Issues: #49 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: 10/06/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Action Comics #270 and 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 Fat Boy of Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): phony Maharajah
First Line: Happy, Jimmy?
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Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Contest prize: $495 scholarship in commercial art
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Jimmy's Gorilla Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Red Knights; Al (policeman); Ed (policeman)
First Line: In the past, Jimmy Olsen, Daily Planet cub reporter, has been guilty of many impulsive acts!
Synopsis: Congo Bill travels to Metropolis to find Congorilla, who had been captured and transported there. He asks Jimmy for help finding Congorilla.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Origin recap of Congorilla (details changed).
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hi, Homer!
Synopsis: Homer and his friend try to go to lunch.
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics; Superboy; Action Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 Series) #2.
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The Fat Boy of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Rance (villain); phony Maharajah of Bohali (villain); Maharajah of Bohali; Mr. Montaine; Mrs. Montaine
First Line: Cub reporter Jimmy Olsen is justly proud of the many clever disguises he wears whenever he does undercover work for the Daily Planet!
Synopsis: Dr. Rance makes Jimmy fantastically fat as part of a scheme to smuggle jewels into the country. But when he tries to pass himself off as the Maharajah of Bohali, Dr. Rance exposes himself as a fraud, and Superman arrests him.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] published September 2007
as The Fat Boy of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Edward D. Westfall, Dick Carlson, Cynthia Davis, Henry Blair, Danny Haralson, Linda Szymanski, Jules Matjes, Jerry Wells, Tim Orange, Fred Herkel.
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Bandicoot

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Go Hunting!
Synopsis: Puzzle of how many four letter words can be spelled using the letters in Bandicoot.
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting
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Pages: 0.5
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Alias, Chip O'Doole!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: During his amazing career as Superman’s pal, Jimmy Olsen, the red-headed Daily Planet cub reporter has been an Elastic Lad, a genie, a human octopus, and a wolf-man.
Synopsis: When Jimmy discovers that Lucy Lane has a crush on teen singing star Chip O'Doole he disguises himself as Chip to try to win her back.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #95 published August 1966
as Alias, Chip O'Doole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1966 published December 1966
as Jimmy Olsen: Alias Chip O'Doole ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: You, too, can be tough!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): George Jowett (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; Theodore Roosevelt; Ulysses S. Grant
First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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