Comic Title: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: October 11, 1956 Copyright Date October 9, 1956
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

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

Title: "The Radioactive Boy"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Ray Burnley

Reprinted In:
80 Page Giant Magazine #13 (1965)
Showcase Presents:Superman Family Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17; next appearance in Action Comics #223)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17; next appearance in Action Comics #224)

Villain(s)

• Barney Bolton and his men (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jimmy believes that he has been exposed to a radioactive atomic pile. He leaves town because he is deadly to everyone. Superman finds Jimmy in a cave. Jimmy asks his pal to take care of some evidence in the Daily Planet safe and also wants to know Superman’s secret identity. Superman tells him he is Clark Kent.

Outside the cave, Superman is revealed to be Barney Bolton, a criminal. The hoax and Jimmy’s phony radiation was designed to get the evidence from the safe. When Bolton gets to the Planet, Jimmy and the real Superman are waiting for him. Jimmy didn’t believe Clark was Superman, so he caught on to the hoax.