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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	September-October 1954
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; Mort Weisinger
Notes	Art credits from reprint in Showcase Presents: Superman Family. In the Millennium Edition reprint, the inker was mis-credited to Ray Burnley.

Cover Details - "The Boy of 100 Faces!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Art credits from reprint in Showcase Presents: Superman Family. In the Millennium Edition reprint, the inker was mis-credited to Ray Burnley.
Reprinted	in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 (1960) [1/4 page]; in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963) [1/4 page]; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #46; in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 [B&W]

1 page Buzzy [public service page] public service announcement "Work Can Be Fun!"

Genre	Teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Colors	b&w
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	inside front cover

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy of 100 Faces!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Marty Watson; Bozo Bane; "Deuce" Dorgan; Jumbo Jones; Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Flying Newsroom; Signal Watch
Synopsis	Jimmy solves the mystery of the Vickers jewelry robbery.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #46 (March 1984); in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 [B&W].

1 page activity "Supergram - the Superman Puzzle Game"

Notes

puzzle page

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "Case of the Lumberjack Jinx!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Paul Meredith; Otis Burton; Meredith Lumber Camp
Synopsis	Jimmy Olsen is sent to the Meredith Lumber Camp by Perry White to determine the source of a "jinx" that is preventing paper from being delivered to the Daily Planet.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 [B&W].

Half page activity "Quick Quiz"

Notes

puzzle page

1 page Peg filler "Going through all your bills, Dad?"

Characters	Peg; Peg's Dad; Peg's Mom
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	First line: "Going through all your bills, Dad?"
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000).

2 page text story "Cruelest Critter in the Sea"

Characters	Jim Walsh; Harry
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	? [spot illo]
Inks	? [spot illo]
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000).

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Man of Steel's Substitute!"

Characters	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Andrew Carlton; Jumbo Jones (cameo); Flying Newsroom; Signal Watch; Perry White
Synopsis	When Superman is to busy to honor a commitment to a group of homeless, Jimmy tries to stand in for him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 [B&W].

1 page Varsity Vic filler "I can't decide if I should do my homework or go to the movies. I'll toss a coin!"

Characters	Varsity Vic
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff [signed]
Inks	Henry Boltinoff [signed]
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	First line: "I can't decide if I should do my homework or go to the movies. I'll toss a coin!"
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (April 2000).