709 – Jimmy Almost Meets Supergirl

A panel from Jimmy Olsen #40, August 1959
A panel from Jimmy Olsen #40, August 1959

Supergirl continues to spread her wings throughout DC continuity by meeting Jimmy Olsen in Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #40 (Aug 1959). After seeing a bunch of fake sideshow acts, Jimmy tells the owner he plans to expose him. At home, Jimmy fumbles with a Superman souvenir and temporarily blinds himself and is then kidnapped by the sideshow owner. Jimmy activates his signal watch and Supergirl responds because Superman is busy with a super-scientific experiment in the molten center of the Earth. Supergirl then spends six pages trying to convince the blind, skeptical Jimmy Olsen that she exists – a direct contradiction of her orders from Superman! Failing to convince Jimmy that she exists, she leaves him to be rescued by Superman.