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Issue Details

Issue #163
Published February - March 1974
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Murray Boltinoff; E Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Cover Details

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

14 page Jimmy Olsen story "A World that Came Before"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (also as Marco Polo and a cameo as Spartacus); Enorr (alien); Shanti Devi (cameo); Virginia Tighe (cameo); Lord Timur; Kurol; Kublai Khan; Hassan; Hiro; Singh; Lu-Kan
Synopsis Jimmy is transported into the past and into the body of Marco Polo once again by the Star of Cathay. He escapes Lord Timur and saves Kublai Khan from an assassination attempt.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Jimmy arrives in the body of Marco Polo just seconds after he left the body in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #157.

6 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Rip-Off on Pier 13"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Corrigan (police officer); Hook
Synopsis Jimmy helps Corrigan capture a smuggling ring on Pier 13.
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

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