Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen

Longbox of the Damned is a daily series throughout October where the ghoul Moarte talks about horror comics!
The man from Transylvane...
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#Superman #JimmyOlsen #DC

[@bizarroguy6570]

How has Grant Morrison not brought this microscopic planet of monsters? Man that be cool.

[@kylepeters8690]

4:35, subjecting a race of beautiful gothic monsters to singing and dancing for all time? He's officially worse than Darkseid

[@mesektet5776]

So... Superman beats horror monsters with good-wholesome show-tunes? My gods it's the most terrifying monster of all, a beast I thought slain in the 80s... cultural conservatism!

[@wstine79]

Jimmy Olsen, Dracula, and the artwork of the great Jack Kirby. This is definitely worth the page it's print on.

[@TitaniaBird]

Dammit, Superman, now you've introduced the Transylvaineites to an even greater horror than vampires: Rogers and Hammerstein!

[@adeadphish7931]

Hail to the King! Gotta love when Jack Kirby gets the love his work demands, especially in a good old fashioned Superman story. Also, planet Transylvain... From the same system as the planet from Rocky Horror Picture Show, perhaps? (I know for a fact that I am not the only person who thought of this)

[@BaronSengir1008]

Is The Voice back?

[@chaoticjusticezero]

Shame Jimmy Olson didn't become a werewolf again. Were-Jimmy would have fit this one perfectly. Also, I recommend "A Very DC Halloween" for next year's Longbox. It's two horror anthologies featuring superheroes mashed into one.

[@davidrust3169]

Jack Kirby??!!!!! Awesome!

[@Mewzard]

Specifically in the same run where he introduced Darkseid, the DNA Project (which would become Cadmus) and other such fantastic concepts. Jack Kirby's Fourth World was my favorite set of classic comics.

[@asalways1504]

The moment you hear the name Jack Kirby, you know you’re in for an amazing story.

[@EHH246]

It's kind of distracting how Superman's face is redrawn to have his typical design, while everyone else still has that Kirby look to them.

[@NotesFromTheVoid]

The weirdest thing here is that jimmy olsen at no point becomes a vampire because that guy got a new set of superpowers every week

[@YourUncleBenis]

Me personally? I would've replaced the horror movies with all 4 Bionicle movies. Now THAT would be a sight... Oh wait, I think I just accidentally invented Spherus Magna.

[@Antonicane]

Hail to the King, baby! Kirby's art in this book looks typically exquisite, and the story is way out there. No one can ever accuse Jack Kirby of a lack imagination.

[@TheZooropaBaby]

the faces of Superman/Clark and Jimmy Olsen seem altered...doesnt look like typical Jack art :(

[@MattEldritchHorror]

WHY HAS DC NEVER DONE MORE WITH PLANET TRANSYLVANE?

[@halowaffle25]

I kind of wish we got a regular Linkara review on this one. What the fuck is even going ON in this one???

[@Anthintendo]

Whenever “Superman’s Pal - Jimmy Olsen” comes up, all I can think of is: “What weird shenanigans am I I’m for today?”

[@chwenhoou]

You had me at Jack Kirby.

[@lazyuniverse4932]

A comic drawn and written by the great. The king, Jack Kirby? Moarte, you mad fool! This is a great Halloween treat

[@charleshalloran8006]

So this was the comic book equivalent to The Monster Mash while still adhering to the Comic Book Code. Neat.

[@connerharvey548]

Look it was either Oklahoma or The Room and I think we all agree that in that case Oklahoma is a mercy.

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

The Farmer and the Undead should be friiiiiends! Oaaaklavania!

[@astrocitizen]

By God but the King could get weird when left to his own devices. Anyway, glad to see some of Kirby's creature features get some attention, and hope to see some of his Atlas-era kaiju stories in the future.

[@ProfessM]

Yeah no those planets are still too big for the man of tin to juggle. Wait wow adding that ending to Super Dickery! How could he do something so evil!

[@BrandonCroker]

It’s a bird it’s a plane it’s a spoop

[@BronzeBoy520]

I always did find Jimmy Olsen terrifying

[@Rixec2]

Jack Kirby got to draw such fun things. I wonder what works of his he found to be the ones he liked best.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Superman and Jimmy Olsen are pal's.😀👍

[@jeremytung1632]

I knew Jimmy Olsen had his own series but 100+ issues?!?

[@dcsignal5241]

My 1st ever comic was a Jimmy Olsen, they always seemed quite inventive at the time. This one still stands out in the memory.

[@DeathofInk]

Oh that ending was creepy...

[@deloctyte]

A planet named after Transylvania... Now where have I heard that one before?

[@joshuacritchfield3564]

Personally, I would have made the world into the wizard of Oz . That way they could still have magic but then it would be nicer.

[@nanardeurlambda]

fun fact: this story is part of the "fourth world" storyline, which introduced darkseid and the new gods to the DC line-up

[@notavailable2590]

Has there ever been a Jimmy Olsen/Archie Andrews team up?

[@CthulhuianBunny]

So the people of this planet successfully constructed a re-bigulator!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Good video

[@c.cooper2877]

... is anyone else weirded out that Moarte knows Oklahoma well enough to quote the lyrics?

[@AWESOMEjeff654r]

💋👄💋 🎵Science Fiction🎵 🎵Oh Oh Ohhhhhh🎵 🎵Double Feature🎵

[@teedup8995]

Maybe they can combine both versions for Rogers And Frankenstein

[@JS-hw8ve]

Did Kirby rip off the Star Trek TOS episode with the planet of mobsters? A Piece of the Action? It looks like he did.

[@171QA]

Wow.

[@bigjake360t]

He should have shown them Futurama.

[@elbarto6668]

Nice

[@berternieity4741]

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[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

The Church of the Algorithm gives this video its blessing, and must it stay clear of the blasphemers from The First Algorithmic Temple (and the many people impersonating their members).

[@Magicghost23]

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