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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published January 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Big Superman Movie!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte

1 page Binky public service announcement "The Best Present of All!"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes public service page

Half page Cora the Car Hop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "Perry White, Cub Reporter!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Alice White
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte
Reprinted in 80 PAGE GIANT (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965); in Superman: Daily Planet (DC, 2006 series) #nn

Half page Varsity Vic filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy the Genie"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Abdul; Lucy Lane; Fortress of Solitude; Superman robots
Synopsis Jimmy releases a genie named Abdul and accidentally switches places with him, becoming a genie under Abdul's power. Jimmy prevents Abdul from taking advantage of the situation until he can turn Abdul back into a genie under his control.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Giunta ?
Notes Inking credit in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen is wrong (verified by Creig Flessel.) inker id John Giunta by Bob Hughes 3/09
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965); in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]