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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #54
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 05/18/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Action Comics #277 and copyright registration. Printed in the U.S.A.
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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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King of the Giant Ants!

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superhero
Llanix (giant ant)
Move closer to Superman with that kryptonite, Llanix!
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inspired by the cover of the December 1938 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories
Frontier Cabin

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Kid
Big Enough for 2-3 Kids!
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Inside front cover. Ad, with order coupon, from Frontier Cabin.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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2 Complete Armies
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Inside front cover. Ad, with order coupon, from Revolutionary War Soldiers.
Elastic Lad's Wrestling Match!

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superhero
Jimmy Olsen [Elastic Lad]; Superman [Clark Kent]; the Ugly Superman; professional wrestlers; Duke McCone; Lucy Lane
Several times before you've seen Jimmy Olsen, Superman's pal, become Elastic Lad and s-t-r-e-t-c-h his body into the weirdest shapes!
Jimmy becomes Elastic Lad in order to frustrate a crooked wrestling promoter.
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FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #111 published June 1968
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2nd appearance of the Ugly Superman. 1st appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #8 (April 1959).
Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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Christopher Columbus
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Giant Superman Annual; Secret Origins
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humorous, teen
Peg; Dad; Al (boss)
Thanks for getting me the part-time job in an office, Daddy!
Peg answers phone calls stretched out on the floor, like a teenager at home.
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Superboy; Action Comics; Adventure Comics
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King of the Giant Ants!

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Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Professor Lang; Mgoro (giant ant); Llanix (giant ant)
If you're an admirer of Jimmy Olsen, this story is not for you!
Under 5th-dimensional magic, Jimmy dreams of joining giant ants to kill Superman.
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FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #113 published August 1968
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inspired by the cover of the December 1938 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories
There's More Than Meets the Eye..

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Boy
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[untitled]

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Jimmy Olsen
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Letters from Rege Markl, Eddie Tobias, Nancy Gold, Eric Peyton, Dutch Mink, Barry Cushner, Gloria Mundt, Kenneth W. Groman, Neil Carson.
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Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Free! World-wide stamps... just released!

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The inside story of Batman and Robin's top secrets in this giant special

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Giant Batman Annual
Batman; Robin
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[untitled]

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humorous
Shorty
Business is bad.
Shorty cancels his umbrella sale when it starts to rain.
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Baby Jimmy Olsen!

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Jinny Olsen; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Commander Wilson; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White
The last thing reporters Jimmy Olsen wants is... a second childhood!
Jimmy drinks a youthening potion, and stumbles upon a disguised mobster who is taking advantage of Lucy's interest.
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Everybody's looking for the new Tootsie Roll ice cream bar

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[untitled]

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George Jowett; John Sill; William Butler; Jim Norman
Skinny, fat, 15, 20, 20 or 40 years of age
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Inside back cover.
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Benjamin Franklin; Betsy Ross; Davy Crockett; Paul Revere
Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Back cover.

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