Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #22: The KG Murray edition

 KG Murray's Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen was published c.January 1957:


The cover originally appeared on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16, October-November 1956, with slight alterations:


The main features:

The Boy of Steel, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16, October-November 1956
The Secrets of the Planeteers!, originally published in Action Comics #217, June 1956
The Dive-In TheatreAdventure Comics #186, March 1953

This issue also contains three gag filler features. The first of the two Jerry the Jitterbug features was previously published in World's Finest Comics #85, November-December 1956; the second was originally published in Adventure Comics #155, August 1950, then reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #13, June 1956 and Superboy #87, March 1961. The third feature is Honey in Hollywood, originally published in The Adventures of Alan Ladd #5, June-July 1950 and reprinted in World's Finest Comics #76, May-June 1955. It is expanded to a full-page feature in the KG Murray edition.

The original title for The Dive-In Theatre is The Dive-In Theater, altered in favour of the English spelling of Theatre.

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