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Issue Details

Issue #77
Published June 1964
Frequency Monthly except Feb, May, Aug, Nov
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Colossus of Metropolis!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes Jimmy is dressed as Colossal Boy from the Legion of Super-Heroes.

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Good Neighbor?"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Colossus of Metropolis!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen [also as Colossal Boy]; Titano; Superman; Allura; Ilona (in portrait); Rona (in portrait); Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
Synopsis When Titano returns and snatches Lucy Lane, Jimmy takes an enlarging compound and puts on a duplicate of Colossal Boy's costume to subdue the giant ape. Just at that moment, Allura -- Jimmy's former flame and ruler of a giant world -- arrives and proposes marriage. But the enlarging compound wears off and Jimmy reverts to normal size, so Allura returns to her giant world with Titano in tow.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Letters Typeset

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Kid Who Couldn't Lose!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Jimmy Olsen Fan Club; "Skip" Wallow; "Bet-On-Anything" Wallow; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Dill; Lucy Lane
Synopsis The Jimmy Olsen fan club is conned out of their Jimmy Olsen trophies by "Skip" Wallow. Jimmy must help them get them back.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Casey, you have a very bad sore throat."

Characters Casey the Cop
Synopsis Casey has a sore throat but he is still on traffic duty.
Genre gag
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy Olsen, Super-Thief!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis Jimmy lands on a planet where everybody is a thief.
Genre superhero
Pencils John Forte
Inks George Klein