
Cover Credits |
Penciller: Jack Kirby Inker: Neal Adams |
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Comic Title: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #142
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1971
On Sale Date:
August 19, 1971 Newsstand Date August 19, 1971
Source: House Ad, World's Finest Comics #206, Page 47
Copyright Date August 19, 1971
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971
Frequency: Monthly, (semi-monthly Aug.)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Kirby
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Title: "The Man from Transilvane"
Pages: 22
Feature(s):
Jimmy Olsen (of Earth-1)
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Vince Colletta
Reprinted In:
Jimmy Olsen:Adventures by Jack Kirby Vol. 2 TPB (2004)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2007)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 2 TPB (2012)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus HC (2018)
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby TPB (2019)
Absolute Fourth World by Jack Kirby Vol. 1 HC (2020)
Feature Character(s)
- Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #141; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
Supporting Character(s)
- Superman (last appearance in Superman #243; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Newsboy Legion (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Gabby, Jr. (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Big Words (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Tommy (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Flippa Dippa (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Scrapper, Jr. (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
Villain(s)
- Count Dragorin (next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- Lupek (next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
- An unnamed killer (next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
Other Character(s)
- Laura Conway (first name revealed; last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #141; no further appearances)
- A Scrapper trooper (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143)
Comments:
This story continues in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143.
Synopsis:
Count Dragorin, a vampire from Transilvane, ensorcells Morgan Edge's secretary Laura Conway. Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen try to help her, but the vampire stuns them. Dragorin questions Conway about the whereabouts of her former employer Dabney Donovan. He then vanishes. Clark and Jimmy help Conway then follow Dragorin to Donovan's old laboratory. Dragorin and his wolfman henchman Lupek have already raided the lab, but Clark as Superman spots a clue to their next target, Bloodmoor cemetery. Superman and Jimmy follow Dragorin into a tomb where they find Transilvane, a miniature planet.
Meanwhile, the Newsboy Legion sneak out of the Project via an underground river. They find their way to a secret facility where the killer who murdered Jim Harper is hiding out.
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