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''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from September–October 1954 until March 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues. Featuring the adventures of Superman supporting character Jimmy Olsen, it contains stories often of humorous nature. == Publication history == The 1952 television series ''Adventures of Superman'' co-starred actor Jack Larson, who appeared regularly as Jimmy Olsen. Largely because of the popularity of Larson and his portrayal of the character, National Comics Publications (DC Comics) decided to create a regular title featuring Jimmy as the leading character.〔''Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman'' (2006)〕 Curt Swan was the main artist on the series for its first decade. Many of the issues include Jimmy undergoing a transformation of some form. Some of these include: * Speed Demon - In 1956, a month before the debut of Barry Allen as the new Flash, Jimmy drank a potion produced by a Professor Claude and briefly gained super-speed. * Radioactive - After being exposed to a radioactive substance, Jimmy began to irradiate everything in his presence. * Super-Brain - Jimmy briefly evolved into a "man of the future" with superhuman mental powers. * Monstrous beard growth — The machinations of the sinister Beard Band cause Jimmy to grow an immense beard. * Gorilla - When Jimmy switched minds with a gorilla, he went about his reporting duties as a gorilla in Jimmy's clothes. * Elastic Lad - As Elastic Lad, Jimmy by serum or by alien virus could sometimes stretch himself, akin to Elongated Man or Plastic Man. As Elastic Lad, Jimmy was inducted as an Honorary Member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. * Alien-form - Aliens transformed Jimmy into a telepathic Jovian for a week. Fortunately, this turned out to be a Jovian week ... which is much shorter than an Earth week, about 70 hours = slightly less than three days. * Fire-Breather - An accident involving an experiment gives Jimmy fire-breath. * Human Octopus - After eating an extraterrestrial fruit, Jimmy grew four extra arms. According to Superman, this was actually a hallucination, but Jimmy suspected that Superman said this to teach him a lesson since Jimmy had foolishly ignored advice from the Man of Steel that would've saved him a lot of trouble. * Genie - Jimmy found a genie's lamp and was tricked into replacing its villainous occupant. * Wolf-Man - In the vein of the 1957 Michael Landon film ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'', Jimmy found himself transformed into a werewolf. * Woman - Jimmy would occasionally go undercover dressed as a woman in #44, #67, #84, and #159.〔(''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #44 (April 1960) ); (''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #67 (March 1963) ); (''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #84 (April 1965) ); and (''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #159 (Aug. 1973) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 * Morbidly Obese - Jimmy tried to get fat in an attempt to stop a jewel smuggling and to impress a Circus Fat Lady. * Giant Turtle Man - One of Jimmy's most frequently cited transformations was that of his turning into a giant turtle man. * Human Porcupine - After rejecting the romantic advances of an imp from the 5th Dimension. * Bizarro Jimmy - Although Jimmy has a counterpart on Bizarro World, he was briefly turned into a Bizarro himself. * Hippie - Investigating a colony of hippies at "Guru Kama's Dream Pad", Jimmy grew a beard and participated in a mock "hate-in". On the cover of this story's issue, Jimmy is wielding a sign that says "Superman is a freak-out!" * Viking - Jimmy put on Viking armor and mistakenly thought he'd been transported 1000 years backward in time. Lucy Lane was introduced in issue #36 (April 1959) and became an on-again, off-again romantic interest of Jimmy Olsen. In issue #57, he marries Supergirl (Kara Zor-El/Linda Lee Danvers) after she loses both her powers and memories of being Supergirl, only for her to recover her powers and memories after their marriage; once she lets him know that she is Supergirl, he is perfectly happy with it.〔(''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #57 (October 1961) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 She was also the anonymous "Miss X" whom Jimmy kissed in issue #44 to break the spell that turned him into a werewolf. When Jack Kirby began working at DC in 1970, he insisted on this title since it was the lowest selling in the publishing line and without assigned talent at the time so he wouldn't cost someone their job.〔McAvennie, Michael "1970s" in Dolan, p. 141: "Since no ongoing creative team had been slated to ''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'', "King of Comics" Jack Kirby made the title his DC launch point, and the writer/artist's indelible energy and ideas permeated every panel and word balloon of the comic."〕 During his run, Kirby introduced many memorable characters, notably the Fourth World's New Gods, Darkseid, Project Cadmus and Transilvane. He also reintroduced the Newsboy Legion and the Guardian. The faces of the Superman and Jimmy Olsen figures drawn by Kirby were redrawn by Al Plastino or Murphy Anderson. Comedian Don Rickles guest starred in a two-part story by Kirby in issues #139 and #141.〔McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 146: "In one of Jack Kirby's strangest tales, Jimmy Olsen met real-world funnyman Don Rickles' costumed likeness, 'Goody' Rickles."〕 Kirby left the series with issue #148 (April 1972). Lucy Lane was believed to have died in ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' #120 (March 1972) but was later revived in a story in ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #160 (October 1973). Nick Cardy was the cover artist for ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' for issues #154-163. In 1958, a second title was introduced, ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'', which revolves around another supporting character in a similar fashion. Both titles ended in 1974 by merging into ''The Superman Family''. The new series would continue the numbering from ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen''.〔McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 159 "DC's 100-page Super Spectaculars were proving popular, so DC said goodbye to ''Supergirl'', ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'', ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'', and housed the characters together in ''Superman Family''. Continuing the numbering from where ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' ended, the series featured classic reprints with new tales in the lead spot."〕 A ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' Special one-shot was published in December 2008, following on from the "Atlas" storyline, and leading into ''Superman: New Krypton''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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