Comic Title: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1959
On Sale Date: July 2, 1959 Copyright Date July 2, 1959
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Million-Dollar Mistakes"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Jimmy Olsen (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Forte

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Superman Family Vol. 3 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11; next appearance in Action Comics #256)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #12)
• Professor Potter (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #45)

Other Character(s)

• Samuel Gotrocks (a millionaire; no further appearances)
• The Metropolis All Stars (a baseball team; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jimmy very nearly loses one million dollars, when he turns on a fan that blows the money out a window. Superman retrieves the cash and returns it.

Later, while trying to cover a story using the Daily Planet helicopter, Jimmy crashes through the domed roof of a baseball stadium. The manager threathens to sue Jimmy for 250,000 dollars.

When Jimmy sees a man approach him, he fears it is a court employee serving a summons. Jimmy runs away in a giant balloon. He again crashes at the stadium. The manager decides to sue for another 250,000.

Searching for a way to pay Jimmy uses a digging machine to search for minerals. When he surfaces though, he digs up the grounds of the baseball stadium, bringing the lawsuit to one million dollars.

The man who tried to approach Jimmy finally corners the boy and gives him a check for a million dollar as part of a random giveaway. Jimmy can now pay for the repairs, but he loses out on becoming a millionaire.