Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #94

The Silver Age was full of delightfully dramatic cover concepts, and this July 1966 entry delivers a real attention-grabber: a muscular, athletic young man wearing a "JO" insignia hauls a massive truck by heavy chains while Superman lies pinned beneath it — all watched by a crowd of cheerful onlookers and a dejected, bow-tied Jimmy Olsen standing apart in the background, lamenting in a thought bubble that he's been left out in the cold. The bold cover copy promises a story about Superman trading in his old pal for a "Teen-Age Samson," making the emotional stakes feel surprisingly personal for a superhero comic. Curt Swan and George Klein give the scene their characteristic clean energy, balancing the physical spectacle up front with the quietly wounded expression of the real Jimmy Olsen off to the side.