Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (comic)

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The cover of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics was published from October of 1954 until March of 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues featuring the adventures of Superman with a special emphasis on adventures of Jimmy Olsen.

Many of the issues include Jimmy undergoing a transformation of some form. Some of these include:

Elastic Lad in #37 (1959).
Wolf-Man in #44 (1960).
Giant Turtle Boy in #53 (1961).
A human porcupine, in #65 (1962).
Hippie in #118 (1969).

When Jack Kirby began to work to DC in 1970s, he insisted on this title since it was the lowest selling in the publishing line and there was no assigned artist for it at the time so Kirby would not replace anyone and cost them their job.^{[citation needed]} During his run, Kirby introduced many memorable characters, notably the Fourth World's New Gods, Darkseid, Project Cadmus and Transilvane.He also (re)introduced the Newsboy Legion and the the Guardian.

The title was replaced by Superman Family.

[edit] Popular Culture

The cover art frequently feature Jimmy Olsen trying to kill Superman or Superman being very condescending to Jimmy. Jimmy Olsen is frequently featured at Superdickery, a website devoted to unintentionally funny comic book covers.