ACTION COMICS (1938) #71

“VALENTINE VILLAINY.” Superman and his pal, Jimmy Olsen, have the exact same problem: what to buy their girlfriends for Valentine’s Day! Superman: Although Jimmy Olsen’s first appearance is usually taken to be as the unnamed office boy in Action #6, this issue features the first Action story in which Jimmy Olsen appears as a named character. Also, the office boy in Action #6 is blond, while Jimmy in Action #71 has the trademark red hair. This isn’t the first appearance of a named Jimmy Olsen, however, as he previously appeared on the Superman radio show in 1940 and then in Superman comic #13.…