Comic Title: Adventure Comics #500
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1983
On Sale Date: March 3, 1983 Newsstand Date March 3, 1983
Source: House Ad, Amazing Heroes #19, Page 17

Newsstand Date March 3, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #20

Newsstand Date March 3, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #209

Shipping Date February 8, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #209

Copyright Date February 15, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 144
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The World of Doomed Olsens"
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72)

Guest Star(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Cosmic Boy (disguised as Porcupine Olsen; last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Chameleon Boy (disguised as Elastic Lad; last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Mon-El (disguised as the Collector; last appearance in Adventure Comics #314; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Colossal Boy (disguised as Turtle Olsen; last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Bouncing Boy (disguised as Fat Olsen; last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Sun Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Adventure Comics #314; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Triplicate Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; next appearance in Adventure Comics #317)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Proty II (a friend of the original Proty; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)
• Legion of Substitute Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #319)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #319)
• Night Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #319)
• Stone Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #319)
• Fire Lad (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #319)

Comments:
Jimmy Olsen is inducted into the Legion of Super-Heroes as an honorary member.

The appearance of the Legion of Subsitute Heroes at Jimmy’s induction ceremony places this story chronologically after the existance of the Substitutes is revealed in the first story of Adventure Comics #315.

Synopsis:
Jimmy is abducted by a being calling himself the Collector and taken to an alien world. The Collector claims vibrations from Jimmy’s signal watch have penetrated his dimension and wrecked his cities. In an act of revenge he creates and unleashes five Olsen duplicates resembling Jimmy’s prior transformations: Turtle Boy, Porcupine Olsen, Fat Olsen, Wolf Boy, and Elastic Lad. The duplicate Olsen’s threaten Jimmy, but he convinces them to rebel against the Collector. The Collector defends himself against the attack and even scares off Superman.

Jimmy soon realizes that he is being hoaxed. The Olsen duplicates and the Collector are all disguised members of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He confronts them with his discovery, and they reveal themselves. The hoax was part of an initiation test designed for Jimmy. Having seen through the hoax, Jimmy is taken to the Legion’s time period and inducted as an honorary member.