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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #57

Cover Date: December 1961
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1961-10-05

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Jimmy Olsen Marries Supergirl!" (17 Pages)
Part II: "Jimmy Olsen's Two Brides!"

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen of Earth-57 (first appearance; see Comments; marries Linda Lee Danvers / Supergirl)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl of Earth-57 (Linda Lee Danvers; first appearance; exposed to red kryptonite loses her powers and memory of life as Supergirl; marries Jimmy Olsen; later the effects of the Red K wear off)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane of Earth-57 (first appearance)
Lucy Lane of Earth-57 (first appearance)
Perry White of Earth-57 (first appearance)
Zor-El of the universe containing Earth-57 (first appearance; in flashback)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien (first appearance)
Daglar (power hungry Prime Minister of the Cavern People)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman of Earth-57 (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Queen Tania (monarch of the Cavern People)
the Cavern People
Kryptonians (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton
Argo City (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth-57 (first appearance; see Comments)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
Purplestone National Park
an underground civilization
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet

Comment(s):

Originally presented as an "Imaginary" Story, this was later retconned to have had occurred on "Earth-57" as named in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005.)

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #351/2 (June 1967) (Part I)
Action Comics #352/2 (July 1967) (Part II)
Superman Family #181/2 (January 1977)
DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories #[1] ([October] 2005)


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Second Story: "The Doomed Reporter!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #29/2; next in Action Comics #283)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #121; next in Action Comics #283)

Villain(s):

Mike Mosse (first appearance; a racketeer and escaped convict)
other escaped convicts (first appearance of all; Maxie named)

Other Character(s):

guards
an annoying young boy and his father (first appearance of both)
soldiers

Location(s):

fifty miles outside of Metropolis


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