Comic Title: Superman Family #172
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1975
On Sale Date: May 13, 1975 Newsstand Date May 13, 1975
Source: Comic Reader, #118

Copyright Date May 15, 1975
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 64
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

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Pages: 8

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #57; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (disguised as Professor Potter; last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #57; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85)
• Lucy Lane (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #84; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85)

Villain(s)

• Gnor (an alien parasite; destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Shara (an android; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A spaceship from the planet Salan arrives on Earth. Shara, the female ambassador meets Jimmy Olsen and request that he show her around. Shara has a pet creature named Gnor that Jimmy finds disgusting, but he endures it because Shara is pretty.

When Shara takes ill, Jimmy takes Gnor for a walk. Lucy Lane meets Jimmy and leads him to Professor Potter's lab. Jimmy and Lucy are accidentally turned elderly by one of the professor's inventions. Gnor's leash seems to jump from Jimmy's hand to Potter's. Then Superman reveals that he was disguised as the professor. Lucy learned that Gnor was leeching energy from Jimmy, so she contacted Superman to save him. Gnor absorbs too much energy from Superman and is destroyed.