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Issue: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #116
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #116 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: 10/10/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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The Gorilla Reporter!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Jimmy… What’s got into you?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1969 published January 1969
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Sixties #[nn] published November 1999
as Strange Transformations [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now the New DC Brand of Humor

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cookie; Penny; Scooter; Sylvester; Binky Biggs; Peggy Baxter
First Line: How come she’s reading Scooter when she’s dating me!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 Series) #16 and Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 Series) #64.
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The Gorilla Reporter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Prof. Thorne; Perry White; Lois Lane; Zimba (gorilla)
First Line: I’ll save you from that wild gorilla, Jimmy!
Synopsis: Jimmy switches minds with a gorilla.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1969 published January 1969
as Der Gorilla Reporter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #24 published October 1957
was The Gorilla Reporter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil

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Character(s): Capt. Action; Dr. Evil; Action Boy
First Line: I… I can’t move!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Linda Lee]
First Line: We want you to babysit… with the world’s mightiest tot… Superbaby!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #212.
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Brainiac... Big-Time Operator!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Brainiac; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: You needn’t try to call Superman with your signal-watch, Olsen!
Synopsis: Brainiac travels to Earth to seek vengeance against Jimmy Olsen and Superman.
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Pages: 9.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: You want fun...
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Webster says: A dolphin is...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 Series) #79.
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It’s the T’rantula

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Hog

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Your Key to Power for Self-Defense!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Any one of these great books for only $1.35
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen
First Line: Dear Editor: You have magazines called Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen and Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mike Vincek, Samuel Weaver, Martin Pasko, George Vincent II, Joseph Blackwell, Robert Chapman, Billy Prophet, Ronald Siteman, and Mr. Who.
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How Can One Man and One Dog Panic the World’s Finest Heroes?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: Find out in this latest Superman-Batman adventure
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 Series) #181.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for scale model kits of the 1969 AMX and the 1969 Corvette Sting Ray.
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The Secret of the Smallville Seeds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Denton; Mr. Logan
First Line: That gigantic question mark, made of flower seeds, is just as big as the mystery the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club sowed in Smallville!
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen and his fan club arrange a surprise for Superman on the anniversary of Clark’s first appearance as Superboy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1969 published May 1969
as Das Geheimnis des Blumenwunders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Over 7 feet long
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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