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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published April 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy Olsen, Prince of Clowns"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #95 (September 1966); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1; In Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #170 (one panel only)

2 page Shorty filler

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

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Secret of Dinosaur Island"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Binky public service announcement "It's Fun to Belong!"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

2 page text article "The State Trooper in Action"

Script John Maxon
Letters typeset

1 page Little Pete filler

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

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Invisible Jimmy Olsen"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1