Issue | #31 |
Published | September 1958 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye; Al Plastino |
Characters | Jimmy Olsen [Elastic Lad]; Superman; "Silky" Smith [also as Prof. Bolton]; green kryptonite |
Synopsis | When Jimmy accidentally exposes himself to a green substance from space, his entire body becomes like rubber. Hiding out as Elastic Lad in a freak show, Jimmy falls in with criminals who use his abilities to carry out their plots, but Jimmy turns the tables on them before his elastic abilities fade. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Ray Burnley |
Notes | first Elastic Lad story |
Reprinted | in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #2 (September 1964); in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn] |
Characters | Jimmy; Jimmy's mom; Rags (dog) |
Synopsis | Jimmy tries to treat his dog like a poodle, not realizing that different pets need different care. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Lou Cameron |
Inks | Lou Cameron |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Ray Burnley |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | typeset |
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 | in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #104 (September 1967) |