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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published December 1960
Frequency Monthly except Feb, May, Aug, Nov
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Fat Boy of Metropolis!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

11 page Jimmy Olsen story "Jimmy's Gorilla Identity!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Congorilla; Congo Bill; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Janu; The Red Knight Gang; Lois Lane
Synopsis Congo Bill travels to Metropolis to find Congorilla, who had been captured and transported there. He asks Jimmy for help finding Congorilla.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte
Notes Origin recap of Congorilla.

Half page Homer filler "Hi, Homer!"

Synopsis Homer and his friend try to go to lunch.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Jimmy Olsen story "The Fat Boy of Metropolis!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Rance [also as the Maharajah of Bohali]; Perry White; Lucy Lane; Mr. Montaine; Mrs. Montaine; Maharajah of Bohali
Synopsis Dr. Rance makes Jimmy fantastically fat as part of a scheme to smuggle jewels into the country. But when he tries to pass himself off as the Maharajah of Bohali, Dr. Rance exposes himself as a fraud, and Superman arrests him.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte
Reprinted in Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Letters Typeset

Half page activity "Let's Go Hunting!"

Synopsis Puzzle of how many four letter words can be spelled using the letters in Bandicoot.

7 page Jimmy Olsen story "Alias, Chip O-Doole!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lucy Lane; Perry White; Lois Lane (Cameo)
Synopsis When Jimmy discovers that Lucy Lane has a crush on teen singing star Chip O'Doole he disguises himself as Chip to try to win her back.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte
Reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #95 (September 1966)