Issue Details

Issue	#104
Published	September 1967
Frequency	Monthly except for Feb, May and Nov
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	80
Editing	Mort Weisinger
Notes	80 Page Giant G-38

Cover Details - "Jimmy's Weirdest Adventures"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	80 Page Giant G-38

1 page filler "Table of Contents"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen (inset)
Synopsis	Table of Contents for this issue.
Letters	Typeset

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy Who Hoaxed Superman"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Professor Dekker; Miss Jenkins
Synopsis	Jimmy tries to trick Perry into giving him a raise by pretending to quit his job and getting his new identity hired to take his position.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #31

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Super-Lad of Space!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Zolians
Synopsis	Jimmy, while wearing a Superman costume, attends the launching of an engineless rocket into outer space by Superman. To get a scoop, he sneaks aboard to take photos, and ends up traveling through space. When he crash-lands he finds that he now has super-powers and can live out his super-fantasies. But he can't maintain a secret identity because everyone calls him Jimmy Olsen.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #39

Half page Private Pete filler "I just answered an ad from a magazine!"

Characters	Private Pete
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Wolf-Man of Metropolis!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Flying Newsroom
Synopsis	Jimmy drinks a potion left behind by Merlin that turns him into a Wolf-Man every night, a spell which can only be broken by a kiss from a beautiful maiden. Jimmy tries to hide his condition from Lucy Lane until he finds, with Superman's help, a beautiful maiden who will kiss him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	People wear Batman, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, and Speedy costumes at the masquerade ball in this story.
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #44

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints activity "What are you going to do with your mother's old hair net?"

Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

9 page Superman story "The Boy in Superman's Body!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Flying Newsroom; Blacky Baird
Synopsis	Superman gives Jimmy Olsen a new trophy he found on an alien planet. Jimmy uses the device to transfer Superman's mind into Jimmy's body and Jimmy's mind into Superman's body.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #111 [original title: "The Non-Super Superman"]

2 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Letters

Typeset

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Giant Turtle Man!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lori Lemaris; Goxo; Fortress of Solitude
Synopsis	Jimmy finds an enlarging ray-gun and accidentally fires it through a turtle, striking himself, turning him into a giant turtle-man. When Jimmy begins to collect tons of steel objects, dumping them in an island volcano, Superman is called out to stop him. But Lori Lemaris tells Superman that an Atlantean criminal created the ray-gun and controlled Jimmy telepathically as part of a plan to protect pirate treasure buried on the volcanic island. Superman restores Jimmy with Brainiac's shrinking ray and recovers the pirate loot.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Notes	Inspired by the cover of the July 1940 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #53

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Elastic Lad of Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (as Elastic Lad); Perry White; Lois Lane; Professor Potter
Synopsis	Lois accidentally gives both Clark and Jimmy a drink of Professor Potter's elastic serum. Jimmy becomes Elastic Lad, but Superman must figue out a way to cover for the fact that the serum doesn't effect him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Notes	Last 2/3 page modified to fit half-page.
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #37

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Mystery of the Tiny Supermen!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman Emergency Squad (First Appearance); Flying Newsroom; Jimmy Olsen Fan Club; Perry White; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Fortress of Solitude; Bottle City of Kandor; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis	While Superman is on a mission in the past, the Superman Emergency Squad monitors Metropolis and discovers that Supergirl has accidentally left a clue to her existence and the Superman Emergency Squad jumps into action to remove the evidence of Supergirl's existence.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #48

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	DC comics on sale mid-June 1967.
Letters	Typeset

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy Witch Doctor!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jungle King [Duke Brannigan]; Lucy Lane; Mbongu
Synopsis	Jimmy becomes a Witch Doctor while visiting natives on an island.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Reprinted	from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #58