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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published January-February 1955
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Inker credit from reprint in Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1.

Cover Details - "Man Who Collected Excitement!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye?
Notes Inker credit from reprint in Showcase Presents: Superman Family #1.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

5 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy Millionaire!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Agatha Ames; Henshaw; Perry White; Lois Lane; Anthony "Slick" Slade
Synopsis Jimmy Olsen is given $1,000,000 by a weathly widower for saving her cat. Anthony "Slick" Slade tries to steal his money.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Little Pete filler

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

6 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Fastest Gun in the West!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Gunsmoke Gus; Ranny Holton
Synopsis Jimmy travels to Tumbleweed to cover a rodeo and finds a modern-day gunfighter terrorizing the town.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page activity "Word Maneuver"

Notes Puzzle page.

Half page Peg filler

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

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

2 page text story "Peril on the Rooftop"

Script Jim Masters
Letters Typeset

2 page Varsity Vic filler

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

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Man Who Collected Excitement!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Flying Newsroom; Jumbo Jones; Alphonse Baker; "Sneaky" Storch; Avery Squinch
Synopsis Jimmy has been getting tips of breaking news but others suspect him of creating the accidents.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1