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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published June 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

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

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Six Jimmy Olsens"

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

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Stolen Superman Signal"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; "Labs" Logan; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis When trailing Jimmy Olsen as he collects charitable donations around the city, "Labs" Logan figures out that Jimmy summons Superman through his wristwatch. So when Jimmy isn't looking, Labs changes the signal's frequency so that Superman won't come to Jimmy's rescue. But when Labs changes the signal back the proper frequency to lure Superman into a kryptonite trap, Jimmy uses the signal to broadcast Morse code to warn Superman, who nabs the crook long-distance and helps Jimmy deliver the charity collection.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Reprinted in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

2 page text story "Jack the Giant-Wrecker"

Script Joe Maxwell
Letters typeset

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy Olsen's Super Illusions"

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