Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #25

This charming 1957 DC gem features a cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye that immediately hooks you with a delightfully awkward predicament: a red-haired Jimmy Olsen desperately pleads with Superman to recognize him, while a woman and a cigar-chomping Perry White dismiss him with "Who's Jimmy Olsen?" and "Throw the pest out!" — all set in the Daily Planet bullpen. The story teased on the cover, "The Day There Was No Jimmy Olsen," promises exactly the kind of imaginative Silver Age mystery that made this series such a delight, with writer Otto Binder and artist Curt Swan delivering the goods inside.