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Issue Details

Issue #140
Published September 1971
Frequency Monthly with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 68
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell
Notes 80-Page Giant G-86

Cover Details

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Nightwing [Superman]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Giant Turtleboy [Jimmy Olsen]; Porcupine Jimmy Olsen; Wolfman Jimmy Olsen
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson

8 page Superman story "Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men! [Superman in Kandor part 1]"

Characters Superman; Nor Kann [a Kandorian scientist] (intro); Than Ol (intro, villain); Boz-Tol (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (villain); Prof. Vakox (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains); Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac (flashback)
Synopsis Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to discover how normal sized Kandorians are on Earth and why they are attacking Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158

8 page Superman story "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor! [Superman in Kandor part 2]"

Characters Superman (as Nightwing, intro, origin); Jimmy Olsen (as Flamebird, intro, origin); Van-Zee (guest star); Nor Kann [a Kandorian scientist] (intro); Than Ol (intro, villain); Boz-Tol (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (villain); Prof. Vakox (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Kandor; Lyla Lerrol (flashback)
Synopsis Superman and Jimmy Olsen take the secret identites of Nightwing and Flamebird so they can track down Than-Ol's raiders and stop his scheme to enlarge Kandor.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158

9 page Superman story "The City of Super-People! [Superman in Kandor part 3]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Nor-Kanh; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Nor Kann [a Kandorian scientist] (intro); Than Ol (intro, villain); Boz-Tol (intro, villain); Jax-Ur (villain); Prof. Vakox (villain); Phantom Zone inmates (villains); Superman Emergency Squad (guest stars); Kandor; Fotress of Solitude; Phantom Zone; green kryptonite; Lori Lemaris (cameo)
Synopsis Than Ol succeeds in enlarging Kandor, but Superman must re-shrink it before Than-Ol's process destroys it completely.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158

1 page Giant Jimmy Olsen's Pen Pals letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters Typeset

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Caped Crimefighers of Kandor! [The Caped Crimefighters of Kandor!]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Nightwing [Superman]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Jor-El (Cameo; painting); Fortress of Solitude; Bottle City of Kandor; Nor-Kann; Skal-Var (Flashback); Super-Outlaw; Telepathic Hound
Synopsis Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to the Bottle City of Kandor to become Nightwing and Flamebird and stop an outlaw with super-powers who is stealing artifacts.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #69 (June 1963) [original title: "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"]

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Super-Showdown in Kandor! [The Caped Crimefighters of Kandor!]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Nightwing [Superman]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Bottle City of Kandor; Night-Hound; Nor-Kann; Super-Outlaw; Jor-Dan (Flashback); The Winged One (Dragon-like Kryptonian beast); Dakar-Ra (Flashback); Superman Revenge Squad
Synopsis Nightwing and Flamebird discover the identity of Super-Outlaw, and also find out who is behind his crime spree.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #69 (June 1963) [original title: "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"]

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The World of Doomed Olsens!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El [also as The Collector]; Colossal Boy [also as The Giant Turtle Man]; Bouncing Boy [also as Fat Boy Jimmy]; Cosmic Boy [also as The Human Porcupine]; Chameleon Boy [also as Elastic Lad]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II [also as Wolf Boy Jimmy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos)
Synopsis Jimmy is taken by The Collector to the world Gion-El, which is seemingly inhabited by duplicates of him in the forms into which he has been transformed in the past. But when Jimmy realizes he is being hoaxed, the Legionnaires reveal that he has passed his initiation test and they bring him to the 30th century to officially be made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #72 (October 1963)