Jimmy Olsen's SuperCyclopedia

Name: Jimmy Olsen's SuperCyclopedia
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781799500933
Price: 26.0 NZD
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By Sandy Jarrell and Gabe Soria

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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, sometimes feels like he's overshadowed by his extremely strong, flying, day-saving, super-heroic friend. Jimmy's only a kid, after all, and taking pictures and documenting the heroics of the Justice League is great, but is it really as cool as being one of... Read More

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Superman s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, sometimes feels like he s overshadowed by his extremely strong, flying, day-saving, super-heroic friend. Jimmy s only a kid, after all, and taking pictures and documenting the heroics of the Justice League is great, but is it really as cool as being one of the heroes?

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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, sometimes feels like he's overshadowed by his extremely strong, flying, day-saving, super-heroic friend. Jimmy's only a kid, after all, and taking pictures and documenting the heroics of the Justice League is great, but is it really as cool as being one of the heroes?

Well, now that he's been entrusted with the incredible SuperCyclopedia (it's a whole thing, you'll see it in a little bit), Jimmy hopes to be more of an action hero himself...as soon as he figures out all the cool things that he can do with its powerful alien technology.

But when the villainous Toy Boy and his Mischief League of the Multiverse get their hands on knock-off versions of the device, they won't stop until they use them to devastate the fabric of space-time itself.

Can Jimmy save the day? With his buddies Rip Hunter and Linda Park by his side, he's definitely up for the challenge. They embark on a planet- and dimension-hopping adventure, encountering a who's who of the DC Universe and discovering that not all heroes wear capes. Look out, world!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781799500933

Publisher: DC Comics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: DC Comics

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Gabe Soria is the author of several books, comics and more, including the supernatural adventure comic MegaGhost from Albatross Funnybooks, the choice-driven book series Midnight Arcade from Penguin Workshop, the role-playing game Sword & Backpack, the Bright Family series for Epic Creations, and several titles for DC Comics, including Batman Adventures and Batman '66. He also collaborated with friend Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys on the music noir graphic novel Murder Ballads. He lives in New Orleans, where he's hard at work on new comics, novels, audiobooks, and more. Sandy Jarrell got his start working with Jeff Parker on the creator-owned Meteor Men (Oni Press), and has continued drawing for DC Comics (Bombshells, Teen Titans Go!, Black Canary), Dark Horse (Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology), Image (Scrapper), Archie (Archie and Sabrina, Reggie and Me) and more. His work can also be found in author Alex Segura's novels Secret Identity and Alter Ego (Flatiron Books) and their comics spin-off The Legendary Lynx. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.

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