SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN 51 (March 1961)--2nd story, "The Girl with Green Hair" by Binder, Swan and Forte; cover art by Swan and Kaye:



Once again Lucy Lane gives Olsen the cold shoulder after meeting her latest crush on an intercontinental flight--Lucy being a stewardess and all that. This time it's chart topping crooner, Ricky Avalon. When they arrive at the airport Lucy drives off with the teen heart-throb, ignoring the red-headed reporter, who follows in his own broke-down auto.

But hovering above the highway, they see a flying saucer and, as it lands, a green-haired girl springs forth. The amiable alien claims to have come from another solar system and learned their language on the way. She wants to take in the sights and needs the handsome Earthboy to show her around. She doesn't mean Avalon; she means Olsen.

Jimmy is taken with the green-haired girl, who has many super-powers. She says everyone on her planet has such powers. Her name: Ka-Ra--for in reality she is Kara from Krypton. Her ruse is intended to make Lucy jealous, so the blonde will stay true to Olsen.



Ka-Ra pursues Jimmy to the point of suggesting they could share a life together. Maybe Linda Lee's interest in Jimmy isn't completely altruistic.



Note: "The Girl with Green Hair" likely is meant as a nod to the 1948 movie, THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR. The directorial debut of Joseph Losey, the movie featured a young Dean Stockwell in the title role, playing a war orphan. Requiescat in Pace Al.