Legion Publication History/Series/Jimmy Olsen

This page is written from the Real World point of view

During the Legion's early years, they sprang up sporadically across the entire Superman Family of titles that were edited by Mort Weisinger. While they eventually went on to have extended runs in Adventure Comics, Action Comics and Superboy v1, they also made a significant number of appearances in other titles within the magazine "family". Generally these were cameos or extremely subordinate to the star of the particular comic.

This page gathers the information pertaining to all issues of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen from the regular pages of the Legion Publication History.

Preboot (Pre-Crisis)
	Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31 (published July 17, 1958, cover date September 1958) "The E-l-a-s-t-i-c Lad!" Plot unknown. (1st app. of Jimmy Olsen in his Elastic Lad identity)
	Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37 (published April 7, 1959, cover date June 1959) "The Elastic Lad of Metropolis!" Plot unkown. (App. Elastic Lad)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #46 (published May 19, 1960, cover date July 1960) "Elastic Lad's Greatest Feats!" Plot Unknown. (App. Elastic Lad)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #54 (published May 18, 1961, cover date July 1961) "Elastic Lad's Wrestling Match!" Unknown plot. (App. Elastic Lad)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #57 (published October 5, 1961, cover date December 1961) (Has ad for Adventure Comics #290 with seven Legionnaires pictured. 1st Legion house ad?)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #62 (published May 24, 1962, cover date July 1962) "Superman's Phantom Pal!" As Elastic Lad, Jimmy slips through a tiny hole into the Phantom Zone, where he has a chance to learn Superman's secret identity. (App. Elastic Lad, cameo Mon-El)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #63 (published July 5, 1962, cover date September 1962) "The League of Fantastic Supermen!" Plot unknown. (3rd app. LSV. 1st app Chameleon Chief & Sun Emperor)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #64 (published August 21, 1962, cover date October 1962) "Jimmy Olsen, Hollywood Star!" Plot unknown. (Superman mentions Legion)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #68 (published February 21, 1963, cover date April 1963) Unknown Title (Cameo Elastic Lad and, on a bracelet, Chameleon Boy, Saturn Girl & Sun Boy) (Has an ad for Adventure Comics #307 with Element Lad pictured as “Mystery Lad”)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #70 (published May 23, 1963, cover date July 1963) "The Secret of Silver Kryptonite!" plot. (3rd app. Element Lad.)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72 (published August 15, 1963, cover date October 1963) "The World of Doomed Olsens!" Jimmy is captured by the Collector and taken to a planet where he is confronted by some of his past weird transformations. Or, is he?. (Jimmy Olsen joins Legion as Elastic Lad. 1st app. Proty II)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #73 (published October 10, 1963, cover date December 1963) "Jimmy’s Inter-Dimensional Romance!" Plot. (Cameo Ultra Boy) (House ad for Adventure Comics #314 mentions Superboy, Mon-El & Ultra Boy)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #76 (published February 27, 1964, cover date April 1964) "Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances!" The Legion girls feign interest in Jimmy to help him impress his would-be girlfriend, Lucy Lane. (App. Light Lass, Saturn Girl & Triplicate Girl)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #77 (published April 9, 1964, cover date June 1964) "The Colossus of Metropolis!" Jimmy grows to giant size to battle Titano, the Super-Ape. (Jimmy wears costumes of Colossal Boy, Sun Boy & Star Boy)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #79 (published July 9, 1964, cover date September 1964) "The Red-Headed Beatle of 1,000 B.C.!" A 30th century criminal escapes into the past, taking Jimmy with him. (App. Legion Time Bubble)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #83 (published January 14, 1965, cover date March 1965) "The Great Miss Universe Contest!" Jimmy encounters some amazing circumstances when he sits in as a judge for the Miss Universe contest. (Jimmy uses Brainiac 5’s force-field belt)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85 (published April 15, 1965, cover date June 1965) "The Adventures of Chameleon-Head Olsen!" Plot. (Cameo Chameleon Boy & LSH)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #86 (published May 7, 1965, cover date July 1965) "The Team of Olsen and Brainiac!" Plot unknown. (Superman mentions Mon-El)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #87 (published July 8, 1965, cover date September 1965) "The Arena of Doom!" The LSV tries to force Jimmy to kill Superman. (App. LSV with Luthor & Brainiac as members)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #88 (published August 26, 1965, cover date October 1965) "Jimmy Olsen, World's 'Heavyweight' Champ!" Plot unknown. (Cameo Star Boy)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #94 (published May 24, 1966, cover date July 1966) "Insect-Olsen versus the Bug Bandits!" Plot. (Jimmy uses Lana's Insect Ring)
	Superman'sPal, Jimmy Olsen #99 (published November 22, 1966, cover date January 1967) "The One-Man Legion!" Plot. (Jimmy wears Legion costumes)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #100 (published January 12, 1967, cover date March 1967) "Jimmy Olsen's Weirdo Wedding!" Plot. (Cameo LSH in flashback)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #104 (published June 13, 1967, cover date August/September 1967) 1st reprint of "The Elastic Lad of Metropolis!" from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37, June, 1959
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #105 (published July 11, 1967, cover date September 1967) "The World of 1,000 Olsens!" Plot. (App. Elastic Lad)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #106 (published August 22, 1967, cover date October 1967) "The Lone Wolf Legionnaire Reporter!" Plot. (App. LSH)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #111 (published April 9, 1968, cover date June 1968) 1st reprint of "Elastic Lad’s Wrestling Match!" from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #54, July, 1961
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #112 (published May 28, 1968, cover date July 1968) "The Murderous Magnaman!" Plot unknown. (Jimmy mentions Mon-El)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #117 (published November 26, 1968, cover date January 1969) "The Planet of the Capes!" Plot. (Cameo LSH)
	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #140 (published June 3, 1971, cover date August/September 1971) 1st reprint of "The World of Doomed Olsens!" from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72, Oct. 1963
	The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (published July 4, 2007, cover date September 2007) Includes reprinted material from the following Legion-related issues: 2nd reprint of The E-L-A-S-T-I-C Lad from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31, September, 1958 5th reprint of The World of Doomed Olsens from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72, October, 1963 1st reprint of The Colossus of Metropolis from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #77, June, 1964 1st reprint of The Adventures of Chameleon-Head Olsen from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85, June, 1965 1st reprint of The World of 1,000 Olsens from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #105, September, 1967