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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #50
Publication Date: January 1961
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Issues: #50 of 163 Issues (164 Printings)
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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: 11/22/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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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 Super-Life of Jimmy Olsen!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Gosh, am I glad you got the SOS call from my signal-watch, Super-Jimmy!
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Test Your Talent

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First Line: Contest prize: $495.00 scholarship in commercial art
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Lord of Olsen Castle!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Jimmy Olsen, red-haired young newshawk, pal of the mighty Superman has done many strange, outlandish things...
Synopsis: Supergirl, Krypto, and Bizarro No. 1 help trick Jimmy into passing three tests in order to inherit a castle and a title. But Jimmy's one act as Lord is to sign away his title and holdings.
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Get a Grip on Your Gripes!

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Fred; Joe
First Line: Why don’t you watch where you’re going?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ollie
First Line: Here's that new scale I was telling you about, Ollie!
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You Asked for It!

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The Weirdest Asteroid in Space!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Prof. Barton
First Line: This is the space age, as we all know!
Synopsis: Jimmy and Superman land on a strange asteroid that wakes up, breathes fire, and requires Supes to juggle glowing rocks to hypnotize it and send it back to slumberland.
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Character(s): Jimmy Olsen
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Renee Rose, Kay Eudaley, Mike Doyle, Thomas Koefin, Raleigh Hughes, Eric Rosenfeld, and Diane Smith.
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 Series) #2.
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The Super-Life of Jimmy Olsen!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: You’re no friend of mine, you ungrateful young pup!
Synopsis: Professor Potter perfects an unsucessful invention of Lex Luthor's that switches a percentage of Superman's powers to Jimmy during a surprise birthday party for Jimmy. But he sets the machine improperly and Jimmy gets 100% of Superman's powers. Jimmy spends endless hours at Super-Speed re-wiring the machine to reverse the effects and return his powers to Superman.
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Learn Radio-Television Electronics

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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