Comic Title: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #129
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1970
On Sale Date: April 9, 1970 Newsstand Date April 9, 1970
Source: House Ad, Superman #227, Page 24

Copyright Date April 9, 1970
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1970

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Pen of Prophecy"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Artist: Murphy Anderson

Feature Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #129; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #195)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #129; next appearance in Justice League of America #81)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #101; next appearance in Action Comics #389)

Villain(s)

• Rook Carney (a crime kingpin; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An FBI director (no further appearances)
• An office boy (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Lois Lane (in Clark Kent's story)
• Edgar Allan Poe (in flashback)

Synopsis:
While taking photographs of a museum fire Jimmy Olsen discovers an antique box. Inside the box is a quill pen and a jar of ink. He takes the box home, intending to return it to the museum after the museum is repaired.

Later, when Jimmy's typewriter breaks he decides to finish writing a story using the quill pen. Suddenly, his hand becomes controlled by the pen. He writes an odd story about a man trapped in a submarine. He turns the story in to the Daily Planet, where Clark Kent sees it. The story tips Superman off to the location of a criminal and turns out to be true.

The next time Jimmy uses the pen, he writes another apparently fictional story which turns out to be true. He tells Clark about the pen who uses it. Clark is also overcome by the compulsion to write, and his story reveals his secret identity. Clark covers up his big reveal, and in the confusion, the ink is spilled. He finds a note revealing that the ink once belonged to Edgar Allan Poe and was given to him by a descendant of Nostradamus. With the ink spilled and gone, Jimmy is unable to write any more magic prophecies.