Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #30
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Son of Superman," Jimmy Olsen finds himself caught in a dizzying web of deception when a man claiming to be a plastic-surgeryed Superman—dubbed "Houdini" Watson—convinces him that the real Superman has transferred his powers temporarily and is hiding from Clark Kent, who allegedly plans to kill him for a mob reward. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Dick Sprang with inks by Ray Burnley, this 1958 adventure unfolds with a fake kryptonite cake, a runaway train, and a kidnapping, all while Jimmy is fooled by a triple-hoax—his trust in the impostor's story making him the unwitting pawn. The cover, by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye, captures the moment of suspense with a classic, dynamic pose.
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A fake plastic-surgeryed Superman ("Houdini" Watson) convinces Jimmy he's temporarily transferred his super-powers to Jimmy - and that Superman must hide from Clark Kent, who plots to kill him with kryptonite for a mob reward! The scheme is to get Jimmy to retrieve a list of "dead" criminals with new plastic-surgery faces from Clark's desk. There's a kryptonite-laced cake, a runaway train, a kidnapping at gunpoint - and Jimmy falls for the entire triple-hoax, because even the kryptonite is fake!
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