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116December 1968
$0.12

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #116

DC · December 1968 · on sale 1968-10-10

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Series
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series)
Issue
#116
Publication date
December 1968
Key date
1968-12-00
On-sale date
1968-10-10
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Gorilla Reporter!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino
1Now the New DC Brand of Humorpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Henry Scarpelli, Bob Oksner; inks: Henry Scarpelli, Bob OksnerCookie; Penny; Scooter; Sylvester; Binky Biggs; Peggy Baxter
2The Gorilla Reportercomic story10script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray BurnleyJimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Prof. Thorne; Perry White; Lois Lane; Zimba (gorilla)
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Mike EspositoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Linda Lee]
5Brainiac... Big-Time Operator!comic story9.67script: Otto Binder, E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaBrainiac; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
7-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (promo copy)
11-letters page1letters: typesetJimmy Olsen
12How Can One Man and One Dog Panic the World’s Finest Heroes?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickSuperman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
14The Secret of the Smallville Seeds!comic story4script: Dave Wood; pencils: Pete Costanza; inks: Pete CostanzaJimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Denton; Mr. Logan

Plus 7.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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