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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #23 cover
Cover: Curt Swan & Ray Burnley

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #23

Sep 1957 · DC · 0.10 USD
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“Jimmy Olsen's Two Super Pals”

September 1957 brought this delightfully offbeat issue of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, featuring the story "Jimmy Olsen's Two Super Pals." The cover by Curt Swan and Ray Burnley captures a wonderfully absurd scene: Superman in full costume seated on a large pot, effortlessly peeling an enormous mound of potatoes on K.P. duty, while a soldier looks on and an astonished sergeant watches from the doorway, exclaiming that this "rookie's another Superman!" It's a charming, humorous setup that plays on the classic fish-out-of-water premise, imagining the Man of Steel navigating army life alongside Jimmy Olsen in what the cover bills as "The Adventures of Private Olsen.

writer Otto Binder · artist Curt Swan · inker Ray Burnley · cover Curt Swan, Ray Burnley

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artist Curt Swan
cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Ray Burnley

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Jimmy is assigned to write articles about army life so he joins the army.

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