Jimmy olsen supermans pal the comic book price guide for. Before we get a new spokesman for the transvestite community, lets take a deep breath. A gravedigger for jimmy olsen, script by leo dorfman as david george, art by kurt schaffenberger. The rest of the panels from the superdragulous adventures of miss jimmy olsen follow. Olsen looks up to his coworkers as role models and parent figures. Jimmy olsen full read jimmy olsen full comic online in. Jimmy olsen is a supporting character in the superman comic book series published by dc comics. The current comic book jimmy s family history is a tabula rasa.
Jimmy olsen was created by jerry siegel and joe shuster. The guardian fights again, script by jack kirby, pencils by jack kirby and murphy anderson superman and jimmy olsen heads, inks by vince colletta. Jimmy olsen comic read jimmy olsen comic online in high quality. I saw my first jack kirbydrawn comic book story around then. The comicin which jim gets attacked by a bear on his way to work. Otto binder, robert bernstein, jerry seigel and bill finger. Values of supermans pal, jimmy olsen free comic book values. Supermans pal, jimmy olsen 2019 2020 from dc comics. Jimmy is usually depicted as a bow tiewearing young redhaired man who works as a cub reporter and photographer for the daily planet, usually in conjunction with lois. Make offer lot of 5 supermans pal jimmy olsen comics bagged and boarded with free shipping. He uses this ability to put on a oneman show for a circus. In many silver age of comic books, jimmy was often seen sharing adventures with superman, who saved him from various predicaments ranging from dangerous to merely embarrassing. Even though they are the same comic printed at the same time etc etc. Set against a middle eastern backdrop, jimmy, with a longish mop top of red hair, wears a toga and sandals while blowing into a rams horn which he holds in one hand and beats a drum with the other.
The hit action comics cofeature that everyones talking about gets its own collection, reprinting the first four parts of the story and presenting 30 allnew pages that bring jimmy olsen s big week to a ridiculously overthetop close. The saucy stewardess sweetly asks jimmy for a favor. Jimmy olsen silver age superman comics for sale ebay. Bookmark former daily planet copy boy jimmy olsen got his own adventure series in supermans pal jimmy olsen which made its debut in 1954. Its a centuriesspanning whirlwind of weird that starts in metropolis and ends in gotham city. See more ideas about craig thompson, comics and illustration. Jimmy was later introduced in the comics themselves. Silvas art is the perfect fit here, detailed and stylish.
And it seems to channel all the good energy from the early supermans pal jimmy olsen comics. Dc confirms two of the daily planets finest will be headlining new comicbook series. This really was a fun read and i highly recommend it. Beginning in 1954, jimmy stars in his own comic book, supermans pal jimmy olsen, published from 1954 to 1974, which saw olsen in a variety of slapstick adventures and strange transformations, with and without. Comics are jimmy olsen and lucy lane married in savage dragon. Dc supergirl hints at batman in city of lost children. James olsen has taken a key role in supergirl season 2 as the armored guardian. Oct 16, 2014 lets see what kind of trouble that genderbending miss jimmy olsen gets into. After quitting his job at the daily planet, jimmy enters the job market to discover that the only positions he can find are for girls. The twelve best covers of supermans pal, jimmy olsen cbr. Supermans pal jimmy olsen 1954 comic books mycomicshop.
He was created for the superman radio show in 1940, mainly as someone for superman to talk with besides lois lane, who was both a womanlove interest and sometimes rather contrary so he could explain things to the audience indirectly. Supermans pal jimmy olsen is an american comic book series published by dc comics from septemberoctober 1954 until march 1974, spanning a total of. Presumably, he was also created as an audience surrogate for the shows fans, who were mostly young boys. But when jimmy olsen awoke one day with eight limbs, he learned that having six. Jimmy olsen is supermans best friend and the second best known character from the heros supporting cast. Presented here are four complete stories from the jimmy olsen comic featuring the young photographer showing his feminine side.
Supermans pal, jimmy olsen comic books are the adventures of a cub reporter, photographer and office boy at the daily planet, where clark kent worked. In 1954, daily planet cub reporter jimmy olsen got a title of his own. Good to fair, some yellowing and wear, creases and small tears on edges. We use ebay to provide references to live prices of comic books. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Anyway, after the current president of the club moves away, a contest is held to replace him.
Morgan edges latest scheme involves don rickles lookalike goody rickles, a ufo that traps superman as clark kent. Jimmy drinks a special potion from another world and gains the ability to fly. This cartoon cross dressing cub reporter for the daily planet getting all those hoots and hollers was only doing it for an assignment. An exceptionally bright and eager young adult, jimmy joined the esteemed staff of the paper as a photojournalist and cub reporter. Get the best deals on jimmy olsen comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. Its a very random book, but jimmy olsen 4 deserves its place on the 100 hot comics list this year. The current comic book jimmys family history is a tabula rasa. Jimmy olsen in the comics is currently a cub reporter without a tale.
I guess this is for the guys who couldnt make it into the superman fan club. Browse issues from the comic book series, supermans pal, jimmy olsen, from dc comics. Supermans best friend and daily planet photographer jimmy olsen tours the bizarre underbelly of the dc universe in this new miniseries featuring death. Jimmy olsen saves lucy lane when the hospital she works at catches fire. Featuring the adventures of superman supporting character jimmy olsen, it contains stories often of a humorous nature.
Supermans pal jimmy olsen comic books for sale online. Located in west alexandria, ohio, we carry comics from the golden age right up to todays current issues. Dcs new lois lane and jimmy olsen comicbook series will. Read jimmy olsen comic online free and high quality. After coming close to dropping out last year, there is enough action to justify bumping it up the list in 2019. This is the single greatest comic book cover from the run of supermans pal jimmy olsen and is one of the greatest comic book covers of all time. The story featured on the cover of the second issue of superman i bought but the oldest one i still own was actually the second, backup story in the issue.
If you want to start a main jimmyolsen page, just click the edit button above. Action, script by leo dorfman as david george, art by kurt schaffenberger. Fine condition, and touch read more for grading details for this supermans pal jimmy olsen comic book, supermans pal jimmy olsen by dc comics, and to knock down the total for this supermans pal jimmy olsen comic, touch read more. Why supermans pal jimmy olsen is one of this summers. Jimmy olsen comic read jimmy olsen comic online in high. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Dec 18, 2012 this is the single greatest comic book cover from the run of supermans pal jimmy olsen and is one of the greatest comic book covers of all time.
The comic was remarkable for its inventiveness and longevity, running for an impressive 163 issues. Jimmy olsen is brought to the 30th century to help duo damsel put out the legion bulletin, but ends up becoming news, rather than writing it. He is close friends with lois lane and superman, and has a good working relationship with his boss perry white. What is your supermans pal, jimmy olsen comic book worth. Find the value of the dc comic supermans pal, jimmy olsen volume 1. However, a good photo can put all uncertainty to rest, whether it offers confirmation of some sort of wrongdoing, a snapshot into the past, a peek behind a closed door, or proof that a man can fly.
The lead story was a forgettable tale about a new girl reporter at the daily planet who begins scooping lois lane, jimmy olsen, and even clark kent himself with what appear to be super powers unfortunately, a fairly typical. In the silver age, he appeared in the comic book series supermans pal jimmy olsen. But when jimmy olsen awoke one day with eight limbs, he learned that having six arms gives a feller many advantages. Get the best deals on jimmy olsen silver age superman comics. In tracking the publication dates of my earliest comics purchases via the grand comics database, ive been a little surprised to find a lot of variation in how many or few comics i managed to pick up in a given month. The character has appeared in most other media adaptations of super. Read jimmy olsen full comic online free and high quality. This fictional characters full name has been revealed as james bartholomew olsen. Supermans pal jimmy olsen 1954 comic read supermans. The series followed jimmys exploits and adventures, primarily consisting of getting into trouble only to have superman save him.
He may have been supermans pal, but to us jimmy olsen is one of the weirdest and most badass comic book characters ever. Clicking a text link or image marked check live prices will take you to ebay. Always on the lookout for a story, jimmy wound up embarking on a long series of humorous adventures, taking him from undersea cities to encounters with aliens. The strange story concludes with a cavalcade of weirdness involving a baseball batwielding chimpanzee, and thats all im going to say about that as i dont want to ruin this vintage piece of odd comic book history. Olsen is a young photojournalist working for the daily planet. And the gay character coming out in dc comics is queerty.
Thats what james jimmy bartholomew olsen doeshe captures pictures worth a thousand words as a photojournalist for the daily planet. Mar 30, 2011 this comic is crazy, wacky, and fastpaced. These were massive 80 page comics books, only 15 were produced. Okay, no, we dont know for a fact that its jimmy, but all the information dc has leaked since copublisher dan didio revealed an established character would.
The story begins when our redheaded, redblooded heman reporter receives a call at the daily planet office from lovely lucy lane for whom he carries a big crush. Supermans pal jimmy olsen hits comic shops july 17th, from. His background and family history have yet to be explored. Jimmy olsen dons his classic bowtie for the first time, as he suggests to clark that he pretend to be a timid superman, in order to improve lois lanes view of him. Cover pencils by jack kirby and murphy anderson superman and jimmy olsen heads, inks by vince colletta. Supermans pal jimmy olsen 4, 1st darkseid cameo down 33 places from last year. Supermans pal jimmy olsen no 124 october 1969 comic book on. I guess the fact that i was an eight year old without a reliable means of regular transport to the nearest totesum. Smallville isnt necessarily inconsistent with the comic books in giving jimmy olsen a deceased older brother who used to work at the daily planet. Is supermans pal jimmy olsen coming out of the closet as a cross dresser. Supermans pal jimmy olsen 4 is the first appearance of darkseid. The hit action comics cofeature that everyones talking about gets its own collection, reprinting the first four parts of the story and presenting 30 allnew pages that bring jimmy olsens big week to a ridiculously overthetop close.
Supermans pals dead brother, jimmy olsen superman homepage. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Dc comics is putting journalists in the spotlight with lois lane, from writer greg rucka and artist mike perkins, and supermans pal jimmy olsen, from writer matt fraction and artist steve lieber. Jimmy olsen is a photojournalist working at the daily planet, as well as a close friend of both clark kent and lois lane. With so much information out there in the world, stories travel faster than ever and its hard to know what to believe. Letters from gary bennett, alix boggs, jack kirkness, mark finley, peter karicik, doug storer, and elsie morgan. Morgan edges latest scheme involves don rickles lookalike goody rickles, a ufo that traps superman as clark kent and sends him into space, and an intergang kidnapping plot involving jimmy. Beginning in 1954, jimmy stars in his own comic book, supermans pal jimmy olsen, published from 1954 to 1974, which saw olsen in a variety of slapstick adventures and strange transformations, with and without superman. That was not to be, and this book continued as an anthology. Lena lawrence accidentally saves jimmy olsen from three different attempts to end his life by the gang named gravediggers inc.
But is being a superhero the right fit for the character. Supermans pal, jimmy olsen is an american comic book series published by dc comics from septemberoctober 1954 until march 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues. Dc comics jimmy olsen is a photojournalist appearing in superman. James bartholomew olsen is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Jimmy olsen supermans pal the comic book price guide. Miss jimmy olsen comic cross dresser envisioning the. The us market regards uk variants as very low value. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system.