Thursday, February 18, 2016

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #137 (On Sale: February 18, 1971), has a cover by Jack Kirby and Neal Adams.

This issue features "The Four-Armed Terror" written and penciled by  Jack Kirby and inked by Vince Colletta. While Superman and Jimmy Olsen join the Newsboy Legion and the Hairies to test a new solar-phone, the Project is attacked by a four-armed creature that feeds on nuclear energy. Superman tells the others to stay behind while he goes to fight the four-armed terror. 

The Newsboys and Jimmy follow anyway. The creature traps them all in a cocoon of energy, then prepares to cause an atomic explosion beneath the city of Metropolis. Simyan and Mokkari celebrate while they hatch another batch of the creatures in the Evil Factory. This continues next issue. Reprinted in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby Vol. 1 TPB (2003), Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2007), Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 1 TPB (2012), The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (2018), and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby (2019).

Edited by Jack Kirby.

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