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Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	October-November 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Boy of Steel!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Three Lives of Jimmy Olsen"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Binky public service announcement "How to Spend a Summer Week!"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	public service page

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy of Steel!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Synopsis	Jimmy Olsen believes that he has gained invulnerablity by eating space cherries.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page text story "A Birthday Present for Pierre"

Letters

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Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

6 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Super Liar of Metropolis"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1