About this episode

The episode explores Jimmy Olsen's time travel adventure to prevent the destruction of Krypton as depicted in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #101.

Undaunted by the laws of physics, and after witnessing the highly unusual ways in which surviving Kryptonians commemorate the destruction of their homeworld, Jimmy takes it upon himself to travel back in time and avert the tragedy entirely, thus rendering his entire timeline obsolete! Confused? Us too! It's all right here in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #101!

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Bobb

Topics covered

• Superman
• comics
• time travel
• Kryptonians
• Jimmy Olsen

Keywords

• Jimmy Olsen
• Superman
• Krypton
• time travel
• comics
• adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #101

Places: Krypton

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