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Issue Details

Issue #68
Published April 1963
Frequency Monthly except Feb, May, Aug, Nov.
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Helmet of Hate!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Human Metal-Eater!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Perry White; Krypto
Synopsis Jimmy is slightly bitten by a metal-eater beast, he then becomes a metal eater himself!
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte

Half page Little Pete filler "Oh Dear, There's a Leak In The Roof."

Characters Little Pete; Pete's Mom
Synopsis Pete shields his Dad's chair from a leak in the roof.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Richest Boy in Metropolis!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen Fan Club
Synopsis Jimmy thinks that he has won $50,000 in a charity sweepstakes.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen Pals letters page

Letters typeset

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Helmet of Hate!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Kandorians
Synopsis Whilst wearing the "Helmet of Hate", Jimmy exposes Superman to Red Kryptonite causing the Man of Steel to become evil and weak.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #113 (September 1968)