Jimy Olsen No. 108
date: label: date made
content: 1968
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Sinatra, Frank
label: Associated Name
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
label: maker
content: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen No. 108 </i> features the story “The Midas of Metropolis!,” written by Leo Dorfman and penciled by Curt Swan, who also provided the cover art. In the story, Olsen must spend a million dollars in a day in order to collect another million. The issue features a brief appearance by Frank Sinatra.
label: Description
content: DC’s mostly lighthearted comic <i>Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen </i> ran for 163 issues between 1954-1972. Olsen, cub-reporter and later photojournalist for the fictional newspaper “The Daily Planet” appeared in early comics but was not named until a 1940 episode of the radio program of <i>The Adventures of Superman. </i.> Since his introduction, Olsen has been a consistent fixture within the Superman/DC Comics Universe, portrayed on radio, film, comic books and video games.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Sparta
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Superman
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0215.0444
label: accession number
content: 2015.0215
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0215.0444
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 26.035 cm x 17.145 cm