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Issue Details

Issue #161
Published November 1973
Frequency Monthly (with the exception of Apr., May, July and Sept)
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Olsen Experiment"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

12 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Olsen Experiment"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White
Synopsis While investigating an abandoned armory, Jimmy accidentally knocks over a glass globe that infects him with a virus that destroys any man-made material near him.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis DC comics on sale late August 1973.
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8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Face of a Nightmare!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lena Lawrence [Lucy Lane]; Madre Inez (Flashback; unnamed); Dr. Kelso; Frankenstein (cameo); Dracula (cameo); Sandra (cameo);
Synopsis Jimmy Olsen saves Lucy Lane when the hospital she works at catches fire.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman [as David George]
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes The on-going storyline of Lena Lawrence, which is the identity Lucy Lane takes after she is aged by Madre Inez while saving her life in the jungle comes to an end when she is de-aged in this story. While she regains her youth, she does keep her gray hair.

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

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