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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #80
Publication Date: October 1964
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Issues: #80 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: 08/27/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (3 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 Bizarro Jimmy Olsen!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen [as Bizarro Jimmy Olsen]; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Hooray! Me find fortune!
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Pages: 1
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Smoking Is for Squares!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Bob; Paulette Breen
First Line: C’mon, Bob--don’t be chicken...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Jimmy Olsen, the Bizarro Boy! Part I

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen [also as Bizarro-Jimmy]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Professor Potter; Bizarro No. 1; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen Fan Club
First Line: Jimmy Olsen, cub reporter, bringing in worthless scoops?
Synopsis: When Professor Potter creates a normalizer ray to turn the Bizarros human, Jimmy plays a joke on him by pretending to be Bizarro-Jimmy and letting himself be exposed to the ray. But the joke is on Jimmy when the ray turns him into a Bizarro! Bizarro-Jimmy does all sorts of wacky Bizarro-things until Bizarro-Superman arrives to whisk him away to Bizarro World.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] published September 2007
as Jimmy Olsen, the Bizarro Boy! Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Binder script credit is based on (1) an item in an issue of The Comic Reader published apparently while this issue was being produced (Johnson [1964?], 4) (see Indexer Note for Part II: “Exiled on the Bizarro World,” below), and (2) independent writing style analyses by indexer David B and researcher Bob Hughes. The Siegel credit is disputed by David B.
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First Line: Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!
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Pages: 0.33
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Character(s): Superman
First Line: Boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: ‘Tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
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, the Bizarro Boy!] Part II: Exiled on the Bizarro World!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen [as Bizarro Jimmy]; The Bizarro Beetle-Bugs (band, Beatles parody); Bizarro No. 1; Bizarro-Lois Lane; Bizarro-Perry White; Bizarro-Lana Lang; Bizarro-Lucy Lane; Bizarro-Krypto; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Lana Lang; Bizarro-Lex Luthor; Bizarro-Professor Potter
First Line: Everything is backwards, topsy-turvy and plain kookie on the home planet of the pathetic Bizarro people...
Synopsis: Jimmy fits right in on Bizarro World until Bizarro-Lex Luthor exposes him to a modified version of blue kryptonite, which restores Jimmy's mind but not his body. Now an outcast, Jimmy has to create a Bizarro-Professor Potter to invent a Bizarro-normalizer ray to restore him so Superman can bring him home.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] published September 2007
as [Jimmy Olsen, the Bizarro Boy!] Part II: Exiled on the Bizarro World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Binder script credit is based on (1) an item in an issue of The Comic Reader published apparently while this issue was being produced (Johnson [1964?], 4), and (2) independent writing style analyses by indexer David B and researcher Bob Hughes. The Siegel credit is disputed by David B.
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Johnson, Glen. [1964?]. The Comic Reader 26. On kwakk.info. Accessed January 5, 2025. https://kwakk.info/tcr/?w=731fb5e359536c92312e998259a7fa4fe4fc343ebc6b5068f0075bdf8226acf7.
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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First Line: What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
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Pages: 0.33
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How's Trix?

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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 0.75
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Jimmy Olsen's Strangest Transformations

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Regular readers of Jimmy Olsen’s adventures will recognize his change into a Bizarro as the latest of many weird transformations the cub reporter has undergone.
Synopsis: The author describes some of Jimmy Olsen's weird transformations, usually the result of magic or one of Professor Potter's experiments.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Several stories are summarized by name: "The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen", "The Wolf-Man of Metropolis", and "Jimmy Olsen, Wolf-Man".
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: David Minch, Charles Levey, Gayle L. Dykeman, Richard Flatt, and Mark Jardine. One reader suggests a meet-up between Elastic Lad and Elongated Man, which the editor says is probable (but it never happened in the Silver Age).
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Nothing Else Is Silly Putty!

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Character(s): Batman
First Line: I take up comics – in full color!
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Jimmy Olsen's Double-Trouble!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Harvey; "Shoulders"; "Tricker" Watkins; Hyper-Crook; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Cosmic Police (flashback); Superman Robots
First Line: Ha, ha--look at this dummy front page I had set up!
Synopsis: Jimmy is kidnapped and replaced by an impersonator in order to trap Superman.
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Pages: 7.67
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First Line: I like chocolate fudge best!
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Ben Rebhuhn
First Line: Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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