Comic Title: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #56
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1961
On Sale Date: August 17, 1961 Copyright Date August 17, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

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

Title: "The Jinx of Metropolis"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: John Forte

Feature Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #28; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #56)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #28; next appearance in Justice League of America #7)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #28; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #56)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #28; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #29)

Villain(s)

• A hold-up man (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• President Kennedy (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jor-El (in flashback to Krypton’s destruction)
• Lara (in flashback to Krypton’s destruction)

Synopsis:
When Jimmy travels to Smallville to take photographs of Superman’s hometown, he finds a small trinket near the site where Superman’s rocket crashed. When he returns to Metropolis, objects near him begin to crumble including a water tower, a lamp post, Clark’s glasses, and Perry’s wristwatch.

Jimmy is forced to leave the planet, believing himself to be a jinx. At the zoo, his bad luck continues as a lion cage crumbles, releasing the animal. Later, Jimmy is held up by a crook, but he signals Superman to help. Superman sees the trinket Jimmy picked up and realizes it came from Krypton. Jor-El put it in the rocket because it cause iron to crumble. When iron meteors came near the rocket, the trinket destroyed them. Superman shuts the device off, and Jimmy returns to normal.