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Issue Details

Issue #159
Published August 1973
Frequency Monthly (with the exception of Apr., May, July and Sept)
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details - "The Arena of Death!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Super-Gladiator
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

10 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Arena of Death"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Ursus; Julius Caeser; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis The Star of Cathay magically transports Jimmy back to ancient Rome where he becomes Spartacus and leads a gladiator revolt.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

5 page Jimmy Olsen story "A Grave-Digger for Jimmy Olsen"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Lena Lawrence; Superman [Clark Kent]; Gravediggers Inc ["Crazy Mike" Hardy]
Synopsis Lena Lawrence accidentally saves Jimmy Olsen from three different attempts to end his life by the gang named Gravediggers Inc.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman [as David George]
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Day They Unmasked Mr. Action"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Max the Actor; Sid Stone; Vince Crane; Soapy Hale
Synopsis Jimmy Olsen and the Masquerade Squade capture Max the Actor.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman [as David George]
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Superman (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #4/1974

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Letters typeset