Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #142 (1971) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Neal Adams, Mike Royer; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
2	The Man from Transilvane!	comic story	22	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta, Murphy Anderson; letters: John Costanza	Big Words, Laura Conway, Flippa Dippa, Gabby, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Scrapper, Superman, Tommy
7	Here’s How You Can Get Free Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset	Superman; Batman
8	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Jimmy Olsen
9	"Hairie" Secrets Revealed!!!	comic story	2	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: John Costanza	Jude
12	Star Spangled Comics #8	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon	Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins]
13	Last Mile Alley	comic story	13	script: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard Ferguson	Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins]; Black Leo Lucas; Frisco; River Rats [Larry] (gang); The Big Boss; Trigger
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Neal Adams, Jack Kirby; inks: Neal Adams

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby #2 ISBN 1-4012-0259-4	2004	On eBay ›
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1357-2	2007	On eBay ›
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-3440-9	2012	On eBay ›
The Sandman Special #1	2017	On eBay ›
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7475-7	2018	On eBay ›
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-8885-3	2019	On eBay ›

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