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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #77
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #77 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/09/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Superboy #113 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 Colossus of Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Lucy, you’ve kept me dangling on a string for years!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] published September 2007
as [untitled] [Credits on Interior Page(s)]illustration
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jimmy is dressed as Colossal Boy from the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Billy; Pete
First Line: Billy loses!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Colossus of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen [also as Colossal Boy]; Titano; Superman; Allura; Ilona (in portrait); Rona (in portrait); Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
First Line: Titano’s kryptonite vision knocked me out of the sky!
Synopsis: When Titano returns and snatches Lucy Lane, Jimmy takes an enlarging compound and puts on a duplicate of Colossal Boy's costume to subdue the giant ape. Just at that moment, Allura -- Jimmy's former flame and ruler of a giant world -- arrives and proposes marriage. But the enlarging compound wears off and Jimmy reverts to normal size, so Allura returns to her giant world with Titano in tow.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] published September 2007
as The Colossus of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Philip Dixon, Kevin Tierman, Margot Zubrill, Stella Weng, Charles Qualls, Lane Tyson, Dean Silver, and Bruce Bartlett.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
First Line: Watch for the first 80 pg. giant Superboy Annual!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 Series) #1.
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The Kid Who Couldn't Lose!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Jimmy Olsen Fan Club; "Skip" Wallow; "Bet-On-Anything" Wallow; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Dill; Lucy Lane
First Line: No bet is more tempting than the “sure thing.”
Synopsis: The Jimmy Olsen fan club is conned out of their Jimmy Olsen trophies by "Skip" Wallow. Jimmy must help them get them back.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Casey, you have a very bad sore throat.
Synopsis: Casey has a sore throat but he is still on traffic duty.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics; Superboy; Adventure Comics
Character(s): Johnny DC
First Line: Coming... super-attractions!
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription form for select DC titles.
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Jimmy Olsen, Super-Thief!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: What’s this?
Synopsis: Jimmy lands on a planet where everybody is a thief.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superman
First Line: Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park
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100 Magnets

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Astroforce

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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Task Force

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy, Co.
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