Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #53 (1961) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Giant Turtle Man!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]
2	The Boy in the Bottle!	comic story	9	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Van-Zee; Sylvia; Lili; Lyle; Lucy Lane; Lona Lemais
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Moolah
5	Adventure Comics; Tales of the Bizarro World	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy	Aquaman; Aqualad
7	The Giant Turtle Man!	comic story	8	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lori Lemaris; Goxo
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Cora
9	Superboy; Adventure Comics; Action Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
10	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley	Jimmy Olsen
11	The Black Magician	comic story	8	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Perry White; Mxyzptlk; King Arthur; Merlin
12	Parents Have Rights, Too!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp	Laurie; Bob

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman #187	1966	On eBay ›
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #104	1967	On eBay ›
Superman in the Sixties #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-522-6	1999	On eBay ›
Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] ISBN 9781401213695; 1401213693	2007	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›
Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1465-4	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-3837-7	2013	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Superman Family: The Giant Turtle Man #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-110-7	2025	On eBay ›

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