Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #135 Verified Signature: Jack Kirby and Neal Adams (DC, 1971) CBCS VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $504.00
Sold: Sep 21, 2020
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #135 Values
Publisher: DC, 1971
About Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #135
Second appearance of Darkseid. First appearance of the Guardian since the Golden Age. Jack Kirby story and art. Neal Adams cover.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Neal Adams
Letters: Gaspar Saladino ?
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Clone of Jimmy Olsen #43; Giant Clone of Jimmy Olsen; clone of the Guardian [Golden Guardian]; Simyan; Mokkari; Superman [Clark Kent]; Darkseid (2 panels); the Hairies; Jude; Newsboy Legion [Gabby, Jr.; Tommy; Flipper Dipper; Scrapper, Jr.; Big-Words]; the original Newsboy Legion [Gabby; Tommy Thompkins; Scrapper; Big-Words]; Flipper Dipper's Dad; Apokolips (mentioned)
Synopsis: Superman leads Jimmy and the Newsboy Legion to The Project where the original Newsboy Legion work as scientists to crack the DNA code and create clones. Meanwhile, minions of Darkseid, Mokkari and Simyan, dispatch their own clone of Jimmy to The Project complex.
Pages: 22.000
Script: Jack Kirby
Pencils: Jack Kirby; Al Plastino ? (see notes)
Inks: Vince Colletta; Al Plastino ? (see notes)
Letters: John Costanza
Notes: This issue the Jimmy Olsen and Superman faces were inked mainly by Vince Colletta. Plastino may have altered the faces of Superman on pages 10-11, and Murphy Anderson apparently on page 18, panel 2. Jimmy's face was altered on page 20, panel 4 by Plastino. Info per Nick Caputo.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 254 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
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