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Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	October 1961
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger
Notes	Arrival date: 12 August 1961 (Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005)

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Son of Jimmy Olsen!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	Imaginary Story
Reprinted	in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #117 (January 1969)

Half page Peg filler

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

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Jinx of Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); John F. Kennedy
Synopsis	Superman gives the Kryptonian deflector to President John F. Kennedy.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	John Forte
Inks	John Forte

Half page Moolah the Mystic filler

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

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy Olsen's Sweethearts!"

Characters	Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Marilyn Monroe; Tuesday Weld; Gina Lollobrigida; Brigitte Bardot; Jayne Mansfield; Rock Hudson
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	Note 1: Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Note 2: This book came out less than a year before Monroes death.