No.1015745
Come and hear the good news of Superman!
We begin this week's service at the beginning. When Jimmy Olsen, the one true pal of Superman, first came to us: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1, published in October 1954.
It's got disguises and loggers!
No.1015754
>>1015753
So ends the humble beginnings of Jimmy Olsen.
No.1015773
In the same month Jimmy Olsen was first published, Superman gets his shirt stolen in Action Comics #197.
When you're Superman, not only do you have to deal with super-villains, but the ever present fact that random people will just fucking steal your clothes.
No.1015777
>>1015773
Now is a good time to remind everyone of "super-logic", the concept that Superman finds strange solutions to problems because he's Superman and you're not.
For example, a normal person might think that a guy stealing shirts with the letter "S" would be beneath Superman's attention. That normal person isn't Superman. Nothing is beneath Superman's attention, and since he's had his amazing powers since birth, he has no hesitation in using them for even the most petty of tasks.
It's a trait of Superman's character lost on modern writers. Superman does not think like we do because he's an invincible super-being.
No.1015779
I love these threads on a nice relaxing sunday
No.1015780
>>1015777
And see, Superman's interest in this case isn't wrong. What looked like a loony collector or a gay man whose fetish was flying shirtless men turned out to be a scientist attempting to reproduce the indestructible Kryptonian threads that make up Superman's shirt, no doubt to use for some nefarious purpose.
It's because of schemes such as these that Superman must always remain vigilant if he's to thwart the forces of crime.
No.1015810
Closing today's service is Adventure Comics #205, featuring Superboy, or as I like to call it "Superman was a fucking dick as a kid".
In this story, another super-powered lad from space shows up. Before you guys start questioning why such a strange event happens in Smallville, remember that this is the same town that produced a superhero, the world's greatest criminal mind, and has an ancient space wizard buried underneath a nearby hill (Not now though. Later.).
No.1015811
>>1015810
Well it turns out Kral (from Jupiter's moon, Titan) wasn't sent to earth to save him from his world exploding, but to enslave us all.
And that's why there can't be two Superboys.
No.1015813
>>1015811
Superboy resolves the issue by scaring the ever loving shit out of the Titanians. They don't need to know he's special. Let them fucking think earth people shoot fucking lasers out of their eyes and eat metal. Fuck those moon-people.
Superboy tells Kral to always remember when there were two Superboys, and fucking high-tails it off of that rock, leaving Kral all alone to fight the tyrannical rulers of Titan. Considering what we now know about Titan, I'm going to guess that ensuing civil war wiped all traces of civilization off the moon's surface and everyone died.
No.1015822
>>1015780
Damn, 50's Superman had that Kylo Ren extra-wide build, didn't he?
No.1015925
No.1016032
Can we see some of Jack Kirby's Jimmy Olsen? That stuff was fucking crazy.
No.1017092
It's Super-Sunday once again, which means it's time for another lesson from the one true Superman!
Continuing our chronolocial journey, today's readings are from November of 1954. No Jimmy this Sunday, as his comic was bi-monthly. However, instead we get A BOOK FILLED WITH SUPERMAN! Superman #93 starts off with "The Super-Joke on Superman", where Superman is upstaged by a fat comedian mocking him.
No.1017097
>>1017092
Superman detects an alien ship scouting out an attack on earth! There's only one way to stop them!
Superman must publicly humiliate a comedian.
No.1017098
>>1017097
Did I say there wasn't going to be any Jimmy this Sunday? Turns out I was wrong! Our eternal pal shows up in "Jimmy Olsen's Double", when a baby-faced gangster takes his place to get dirt.
No.1017100
>>1017098
Of course, the first bit of dirt the young hood gets is that Clark Kent is Superman.
No.1017105
>>1017100
What could be the mystery of "The Man Superman Feared"?
No.1017110
>>1017106
Superman #93 closes with the message "follow your dreams". A man thought he wanted money, but in reality all he wanted to do was raise orchids.
No.1017163
Our next reading is from Action Comics #198, "The Six Lives of Lois Lane!" Lois Lane accidentally catches Clark Kent changing into Superman and the revelation drives her insane.
Well, more insane.
No.1017165
>>1017163
Consider for a moment just how amazing Superman must be for the very idea that he could be a normal guy causes people to completely disconnect from reality. It's a shock so intense that it Lois Lane starts believing she's Florence Nightingale or Annie Oakley.
This leaves Superman in the sticky situation of curing Lois's madness and gaslighting her into thinking she didn't see Clark become Superman.
No.1017166
>>1017165
Superman's adventures in Action Comics #198 end with an insight into the burden's Superman must bare. To protect them from certain death at the hands of his numerous foes, he has to elaborately lie to his closest friends using his astounding powers. Good thing Superman has super-strength. He's going to need it to carry all that crushing guilt.
No.1017171
Our final reading for this Super-Sunday will be from Adventure Comics #206. In this tale from Superman's dickish childhood, Superboy proves the ancient astronaut theory in "The Impossible Creatures".
No.1017173
>>1017171
It turns out Lana Lang's dad was digging up alien fossils. To prove that Professor Lang isn't a crack-pot, Superboy flies through the universe in search of the planet such creatures came from. In his search, he happens upon a planet of sentient plant people dying from lack of rain. While that would look like a job for Superman, this is Superboy, and his job is proving his girlfriend's dad isn't crazy.
No.1017175
>>1017173
Adventure Comics #206 closes with Superboy finding their home-world, leaning the planet's language, and gathering their present day decedents to haul to earth and show everyone Professor Lang's theories are correct.
What happened to those alien creatures afterwards is anyone's guess.
No.1018398
It's time again to gather together and hear the good news of SUPERMAN! We begin with the return of our eternal pal in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen#2, first published in December of 1954!
In our first story, Jimmy drinks a strange liquid found in one of his Superman's trophy's that gives him the ability to fly. Jimmy promptly uses that power to get a job in the circus. Gotta keep your dreams small if you're going to be a success in life.
No.1018402
>>1018398
Turns out it was all a dream. Apparently alien races don't have our same hang-ups about giving date-rape drugs out as thank you gifts.
No.1018404
>>1018402
"The Hide and Seek Mystery!" Gangsters lose their loot and it's up to Jimmy to find it!
No.1018407
>>1018406
Well, it finally happened. Superman's decided he's too good to be Jimmy's pal.
No.1018408
>>1018407
Superman denying that Jimmy is his one, true pal? It's the work of an imposter!
No.1018417
Our next reading is from Action Comics #199. "THE PHANTOM SUPERMAN!" Superman must combat an evil double created by his arch-nemesis, LEX LUTHOR!
please excuse the poor quality scans
No.1018419
>>1018418
Luthor's evil plot to rule all of crime is foiled because Luthor's Phantom Superman was an idiot.
No.1018420
Now we turn to Adventure Comics #207, "Smallville's Worst Athlete". Superman, in his boyhood, helps a kid by making him look more talented than he actually is.
I hope the kid doesn't have polio or anything.
No.1018424
>>1018423
Superboy earns little Timothy a spot as the coach's student assistant, a position I'm sure he'll relish when angry parents blame him for their kid not getting a chance to play.
No.1019715
Sunday has come again, meaning it's time to hear the good news of Superman!
Today we begin with January 1955 and ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" #3! In our first reading, Jimmy Olsen gets a million dollars, an amount equal to almost ten million dollars today! No more cold meat sandwiches for Jimmy! It's only monogrammed bathrobes and the finest green plaid sports coats money can buy!
No.1019717
>>1019715
Poor Jimmy, having to burn $1,000,000 because Superman's a poor watch-maker.
No.1019719
>>1019717
Now Jimmy becomes the "fastest gun in the west" in a small western town so backwards it's a cowboy version of an Amish colony.
No.1019721
>>1019720
In the final story for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #3, Jimmy deals with a voyeur.
No.1019724
>>1019723
So concludes our lesson from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen.
No.1019740
Action Comics #200. Superman goes on an adventure with Indians.
No.1019745
>>1019743
At long last, Jimmy Olsen can call Parry White "chief".
No.1019772
Some of this stories i believe were adapted in the Adventures of Superman tv show or maybe it was the other way around? Some seems to be only months apart.
Anyway, thanks for the storytimes OP.
No.1019824
>>1015754
These comics gave you THREE stories, plus gag strips, a written story and even the ads were entertaining. Any more than one splash page per tale was a mistake.
No.1021427
It's Super-Sunday again, and we've got Superman#94, published in January 1955. Starting with "THREE DOOMS FOR METROPOLIS!"
No.1021430
>>1021427
I've really got to hand it to Metropolis gangsters. They really rise to the challenge of Superman in their quest to make a crooked buck.
No.1021432
>>1021431
"The Men Without a World!"
No.1021434
>>1021433
"Clark Kent's Hillbilly Bride!"
No.1021437
>>1021436
That's the end of Superman #94!