Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	January 1960
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Big Superman Movie!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte

1 page Binky public service announcement "The Best Present of All!"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	public service page

Half page Cora the Car Hop filler

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

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "Perry White, Cub Reporter!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Alice White
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Reprinted	in 80 PAGE GIANT (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965); in Superman: Daily Planet (DC, 2006 series) #nn

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

10 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy the Genie"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Abdul; Lucy Lane; Fortress of Solitude; Superman robots
Synopsis	Jimmy releases a genie named Abdul and accidentally switches places with him, becoming a genie under Abdul's power. Jimmy prevents Abdul from taking advantage of the situation until he can turn Abdul back into a genie under his control.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta ?
Notes	Inking credit in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen is wrong (verified by Creig Flessel.) inker id John Giunta by Bob Hughes 3/09
Reprinted	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965); in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]