Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72 for Sale - First Appearance of Proty II - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series)
Issue: #72
Publication date: October 1963
Key date: 1963-10-00
On-sale date: 1963-08-15
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Proty II - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Albert Desmond - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mister Element - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mighto - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The World of Doomed Olsens!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Gim Allon, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Reep Daggle, Clark Kent, Rokk Krinn, Jimmy Olsen, Proty II First, Superman
2	The World of Doomed Olsens!	comic story	8.63	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Gim Allon, Imra Ardeen, Brek Bannin, Bouncing Boy, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Reep Daggle, Salu Digby, Luornu Durgo, Elastic Lad, Fire Lad, Lar Gand, Lydda Jath
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Barry Allen, Kara Zor-El, The Flash, Gold, Green Lantern, Iron, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Lead, Mercury, Jimmy Olsen, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	pencils: Carmine Infantino	Barry Allen, Johnny DC, Albert Desmond First, Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, The Flash, Gorilla Grodd, Kid Flash, Mister Element First, Star Sapphire, Wally West
7	The Super-Test of Jimmy Olsen!	comic story	7.63	pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte	Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Professor Phineas Potter, Superman
9	-	letters page	0.63	letters: typeset
10	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.37		Johnny DC, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Mighto First, Superman
13	The Secret of Monster Island!	comic story	8	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White, Noah
14	-	comic story	0.63	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Ollie

Plus 7.44 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #140	1971	On eBay ›
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-057-7	1992	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #500	1983	On eBay ›
Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen #[nn] ISBN 9781401213695; 1401213693	2007	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7102-2	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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