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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published April 1960
Frequency Monthly except for February, May, August and November
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Wolf-Man of Metropolis!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn] [heavily modified]

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Wolf-Man of Metropolis!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Flying Newsroom
Synopsis Jimmy drinks a potion left behind by Merlin that turns him into a Wolf-Man every night, a spell which can only be broken by a kiss from a beautiful maiden. Jimmy tries to hide his condition from Lucy Lane until he finds, with Superman's help, a beautiful maiden who will kiss him.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes People wear Batman, Robin, Superman, Green Arrow, and Speedy costumes at the masquerade ball in this story.
Reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #104 (September 1967); in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

1 page public service announcement "Aloha... Hawaii!"

Characters Senator Hiram L. Fong; Senator Oren E. Long; Rep. Daniel K. Inouye
Synopsis A celebration of Brotherhood Week and Hawaii as our 50th state.
Genre Fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

Half page Betty filler

Synopsis Betty is going to a masquerade ball.
Genre Humor

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy's Leprechaun Pal!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Casey O'Rourke [Mr. Mxyztplk]; Lucy Lane
Synopsis Jimmy gets his own personal leprechaun, who is secretly Mr. Mxyztplk in disguise.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Letters Typeset

Half page filler "Movie Mirth"

Synopsis A movie theatre that shows only dull movies.
Genre Humor

9 page Jimmy Olsen story "Miss Jimmy Olsen!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen [also as "Julie Ogden"]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lucy Lane; Lois Lane; Perry White; Monte McGraw; Maisie; "Killer" Kendell
Synopsis Jimmy disguises himself as a girl to get close to gangster Monte McGraw and discover where he was hiding stolen gems.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #95 (September 1966); in Superman: Daily Planet (DC, 2006 series) #nn; in Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #170 (one panel only)