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Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Olsen is most often portrayed as a young photojournalist working for the Daily Planet. He is close friends with Lois Lane and Clark Kent, and has a good working relationship with his boss Perry White. Olsen looks up to his coworkers as role models and parent figures. From 1954 to 1982, Olsen appeared in 222 issues of the comic series Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen and Superman Family, in addition to the main Superman titles.

The character has appeared in most other media adaptations of Superman. He was portrayed by Tommy Bond in the two Superman film serials, Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Jack Larson in Adventures of Superman; Marc McClure in the Superman films of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the 1984 film Supergirl; Michael Landes in the first season of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Justin Whalin in the subsequent three seasons; Sam Huntington in the 2006 film Superman Returns; Aaron Ashmore in The CW's Smallville; and Michael Cassidy in the 2016 DC Extended Universe film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In the Arrowverse series Supergirl, he was portrayed by Mehcad Brooks. Douglas Smith portrayed the character in Superman & Lois. He will be portrayed by Skyler Gisondo in Superman (2025).

Publication historyEdit

Creation and early appearancesEdit

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The "office boy's" debut, on the panels of the pages of Action Comics #6 (November 1938), art by Joe Shuster

An unnamed "office boy" with a bow tie appeared in the story "Superman's Phony Manager," published in Action Comics No. 6 (November 1938); it was retroactively considered to be Jimmy Olsen's first appearance,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Action Comics #6 (November 1938) at the Grand Comics Database</ref> though some argue that the "office boy" is a different character with no link to Olsen.<ref name=RetFan11>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The character was introduced as Jimmy Olsen by producer Bob Maxwell<ref>Robert Greenberger, "Extra! Cub Reporter Gets Own Title!" in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1: Millennium Edition. DC Comics, April 2000.</ref> on The Adventures of Superman radio show on April 15, 1940.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> After eight early unnamed appearances in comics,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Olsen first appeared as a named character in a story by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster titled "Superman versus The Archer" in Superman No. 13 (November–December 1941).<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 37 "Superman No. 13 (November–December 1941) Jimmy Olsen made his first appearance as a named character in this issue."</ref><ref>Superman #13 (Nov.-Dec.1941) at the Grand Comics Database</ref> He occasionally appeared as an office boy in Action Comics, Superman, and World's Finest Comics throughout the next decade, and he made a notable appearance as the manager of a community baseball team in the 1946 radio serial Clan of the Fiery Cross. The first long story featuring the character, "King Jimmy Olsen," ran in the daily Superman newspaper strips from July 20-October 28, 1944.Template:Cn However, for the most part Jimmy Olsen was used only as a background character throughout the 1940s and early 1950s.<ref name=RetFan11/>

Superman's Pal Jimmy OlsenEdit

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Superman and Jimmy Olsen as they appeared on the cover of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #140 (September 1971), art by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson

Jack Larson's portrayal on the 1952 Adventures of Superman TV series made Jimmy Olsen into a character beloved by the public,<ref name=RetFan11/> and Olsen was promoted from office boy to "cub reporter" beginning in the 1953 comic Superman #86.<ref>Superman No. 86/2: "Jimmy Olsen ...Editor!" January 1954.</ref> Olsen's popularity in the TV format prompted DC Comics to give him his own series, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, in 1954.<ref name=RetFan11/><ref>Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 73: "Jimmy Olsen got his own adventures in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen No. 1. A comic remarkable for its inventiveness and longevity, it ran for 163 issues."</ref> The first issue introduced the Signal Watch, a high-frequency supersonic device that allowed Jimmy to contact Superman in case of emergency.<ref name=RetFan11/> Lucy Lane debuted as Jimmy's off-again, on-again love interest in issue #36. Jimmy and Lucy were occasionally married in "imaginary stories" such as "The Wedding of Jimmy Olsen" (issue #38) and The Amazing Story of Superman Red and Superman Blue!

The Mort Weisinger eraEdit

Though early adventures were relatively mundane, from issue #22 onward Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen saw Olsen in a variety of slapstick adventures and strange transformations,<ref name=RetFan11/> such as Jimmy transforming into the giant "Turtle Boy" in issue #53. The stories in the title often featured particularly outlandish situations,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ranging from Jimmy being hurled back in time to Krypton before its destruction in issue #36 to dealing frequently with gorillas of all sorts. During this period, Jimmy Olsen lived a glamorous life as "Superman's Pal" and even had his own (in-story) fan club.<ref name="Markstein">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Beginning in 1958, Olsen gained the ability to temporarily transform into the superhero Elastic Lad by drinking a serum, becoming an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. When traveling to the Bottle City of Kandor, Superman and Jimmy donned the secret identities of Nightwing and Flamebird, respectively. He was promoted by editor Perry White to the status of "full-fledged reporter" in issue #124 (October 1969).

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen was a best seller throughout the 1960s; at its peak it was the #4 best-selling comic book with an estimated 520,000 copies sold each month.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Reprints from the magazine were also featured in 80-Page Giant #2 and 13 (1964–65).

Jack Kirby's Fourth WorldEdit

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Jack Kirby's Fourth World storyline began in Jimmy Olsen comics in 1970, with issue #134.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kirby began by introducing a secret "D.N.A. Project" to create Mutated Humans for Good, adding "the Hairies" (a group of technology-equipped hippies), superbeings from other planets (proto-New Gods), Intergang, Darkseid, and the WGBS media executive Morgan Edge. Kirby also used the series as a vehicle to reintroduce Golden Age characters that he previously created at DC Comics, such as the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion.<ref>McAvennie, Michael "1970s" in Dolan, p. 141 "Since no ongoing creative team had been slated to Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, "King of Comics" Jack Kirby made the title his DC launch point, and the writer/artist's indelible energy and ideas permeated every panel and word balloon of the comic."</ref> Before the end of his run, Kirby wrote stories involving vampires,<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> the Loch Ness Monster,<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Victor Volcanum, a fire-eating archcriminal,<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> as well as a two-part story that featured the comedian Don Rickles. Kirby left the series following issue #148.

The Superman FamilyEdit

With issue #164 (April–May 1974) the series was renamed The Superman Family.<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 159 "DC's 100-page Super Spectaculars were proving popular, so DC said goodbye to Supergirl, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, and housed the characters together in Superman Family. Continuing the numbering from where Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen ended, the series featured classic reprints with new tales in the lead spot."</ref> An anthology title that incorporated the recently cancelled series Supergirl and Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane,<ref name=RetFan11/> Superman Family initially featured one new story about Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, or Supergirl, with the featured character in each issue narrating reprints of the other characters' stories. By the second series, Jimmy Olsen became an investigative reporter for WGBS-TV nicknamed "Mr. Action," featuring in urban crime stories that less frequently involved Superman. Olsen appeared in new stories in The Superman Family #164, 167, 170, 173, 176, 179, and 182–222. A number of Superman writers including Leo Dorfman and Cary Bates contributed scripts for the stories, and they were most often pencilled by Kurt Schaffenberger. The series ended with issue #222 (September 1982).<ref name=RetFan11/> Afterwards, Jimmy Olsen continued to appear in issues of Superman, Action Comics, World's Finest Comics, and DC Comics Presents,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where a 29th-century descendant of Olsen became Superwoman.

Post-CrisisEdit

Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jimmy's prior history as a character was erased. Despite recent modernization efforts on Superman and his supporting characters, Jimmy Olsen has not been significantly changed in the Modern Age. He is still a cub reporter working for The Daily Planet, and is still friends with Superman. His look was made over as he stopped wearing bowties, and started wearing casual clothing (though this trend started in the 1970s comics). An alteration to the relationship was that Jimmy designed the signal watch himself, leading to his first meeting with Superman.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Superman briefly considers confiscating the watch, but decides to trust Jimmy to use it responsibly.

While Jimmy's transformations no longer occur as regularly as they did in the Silver Age, in one story Jimmy becomes a type of "Elastic Lad" on contact with the Eradicator; this transformation, however, is extremely painful for Jimmy and has not appeared since.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He also took the identity of "Turtle Boy" in a series of pizza commercials, made when he was temporarily laid off from the Planet.

In the 1990s stories, Jimmy quits the Planet in a dispute over a story and goes to Metropolis broadcaster Galaxy Broadcasting, where he works as an on-air investigative reporter. This change matures Jimmy somewhat, but he becomes more ambitious, as well as more brash and arrogant. He stays on good terms with both Clark and Lois to the point where Jimmy is best man at their wedding. This period ends when he believes (wrongly) that he has discovered Superman's secret identity and says he would announce it live on air. He reconsiders his actions, but loses his job for wasting the time slot. He is again rehired by the Planet.

Jimmy later comes under the angry hand of the Alpha Centurion, an alternate universe dictator with a deep-seated hatred for Superman and eyes for Lois Lane. Jimmy uncovers his secret plot to control the world's finances through his company Aelius Industries, Inc.

Superman: MetropolisEdit

Olsen is a central character in the 12-part miniseries Superman: Metropolis (beginning June 2003). Written by Chuck Austen and illustrated by Danijel Zezelj, the series focuses on the futuristic technology unleashed in Metropolis by Brainiac in a previous storyline and how it affects the everyday lives of Metropolis citizens.

Jimmy takes a position as a regular star reporter for The Daily Planet, replacing the recently demoted Clark Kent. This causes a strain at the Planet.

Countdown to Final CrisisEdit

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Jimmy Olsen as Mr. Action, cover art for Countdown #38 (October 2007) by Shane Davis and Matt Banning

Jimmy's story in the 2007–08 weekly series Countdown to Final Crisis begins with an investigation into the death of Duela Dent.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Tying into the Death of the New Gods storyline, Jimmy starts to develop many superpowers, which he first discovers when he is attacked by Killer Croc while gathering information on Duela's death.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> As the story progresses he tries to uncover the origin of these powers and starts to discover their potential limitlessness in stories which mimic the Silver Age Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen adventures. Briefly operating as the superhero Mr. Action,<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Jimmy is unable to command the respect of established superheroes in the Justice League and Teen Titans. He gives up on this particular avenue.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> One of these powers allows Jimmy to realize the identities of some superheroes, such as Robin and Superman, who requests that he take care of Krypto.

Jimmy is eventually tracked down by the New God Forager,<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> with whom he begins a romantic relationship.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Forager informs him that Jimmy has become a soulcatcher for the spirits of dying New Gods.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> The Monitor known as Solomon later tells him that his new powers are the consequence of Darkseid using Jimmy as a host for powers he wishes to use to recreate the universe in his image, knowing that "Superman's pal" is one of the world's most well-protected citizens.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Later, as the events of Countdown begin to come to their close, Jimmy becomes a more confidently powerful character and is reunited with the series' other cast members on a mission to stop Karate Kid's disease from becoming a pandemic of apocalyptic proportions.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Unfortunately, they fail, and the Morticoccus virus devastates an alternate Earth.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Upon return to their Earth, Jimmy is captured by Mary Marvel, who had been manipulated towards evil by Darkseid.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> When Superman comes to save Jimmy, Darkseid takes control of the powers within him, causing Jimmy to radiate Kryptonite radiation, until Ray Palmer manages to rewire Darkseid's control from inside of Jimmy. Jimmy then transforms into a giant turtle-like creature, and prepares to take on Darkseid himself.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Darkseid overcomes Jimmy, and prepares to kill him. Ray Palmer then comes out of Jimmy with the New God soul battery, and destroys it, returning Jimmy to normal.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen SpecialEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} During Superman's fight with Atlas, Jimmy witnesses a mysterious figure hovering over the fight. After some encouraging words from Clark Kent, he decides to take two weeks off to investigate.

He tracks down a figure connected with the past of Jonathan Drew and is told the story of how Jonathan became Codename: Assassin. His informant is quickly executed by Codename: Assassin, who then tries to kill Jimmy. Jimmy is able to avoid being killed and is apparently shielded from Codename: Assassin's telepathy due to his own many physical transformations over the years.

Jimmy goes to Project Cadmus and speaks to Dubbilex, who tells him the story about the death of the original Guardian at the hands of Codename: Assassin and how cloning is such an imperfect science that the only viable clone alive went into hiding in the desert. Dubbilex then dies from injuries sustained in an earlier conflict with Codename: Assassin. Jimmy heads south to the town of Warpath, AZ, managing to avoid conflict with Codename: Assassin on the way.

Upon arriving in Warpath, Jimmy interviews the sheriff, Greg Saunders, who evades his questions. Jimmy follows him after dark and sees Saunders working with the last Guardian clone. He then confronts the clone at his home and the two speak.

With his two weeks up, Jimmy returns to Metropolis horrified from learning that a faction within the U.S. military is actively plotting to kill Superman.

Willing to do anything to uncover the conspiracy behind Project 7734, Jimmy uses an anonymous chat server and gets in contact with Erik/Amazing Woman from Infinity Inc., who claims to have information useful to Jimmy. Despite being actively pursued by Codename: Assassin, who goes so far as to place bugs in his house, Jimmy goes to the appointment, only to find Erik's house burned to the ground.

Jimmy pulls Erik out who, with his dying breath, shifts to his more reliable and powerful Erika form. Erik gives him Natasha Irons' number. Natasha then contacts Jimmy, telling him about the plans of General Sam Lane, his outworldly fortress and his capture, and use of a Planet Breaker weapon of Captain Atom, now codenamed Project Breach (due to his similarity to Tim Zanetti's fate).

Finally ready to uncover the truth, Jimmy is openly confronted by Codename: Assassin, who until that point had merely followed him closely. Jimmy uses his signal watch to call Mon-El. Jimmy is shot twice in the chest by Codename: Assassin and sinks into the ocean.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> Despite surviving his assassination attempt, Jimmy decides to fake his death, having his documents planted on a heavily disfigured corpse. With no one knowing about his survival, Jimmy moves into the old Pemberton Camera Factory, sharing the results of his now-unhindered investigations with Perry and Mon-El.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Action Comics backup and Jimmy OlsenEdit

DC Comics has reported in solicitsTemplate:When that Nick Spencer and R. B. Silva will be producing a monthly 10-page backup feature in Action Comics chronicling the adventures of Jimmy Olsen in Metropolis. Reported story topics include an alien civilization choosing Metropolis as the base of a major cultural celebration, and the introduction of Chloe Sullivan (from the Smallville television series) to the DCU proper. In the latest arc, he goes on a charity date with a girl named Maggie, only to discover that she somehow has ties to Mr. Mxyzptlk, and that she wants to marry him.Template:Citation needed

The last three chapters of the story are told in the self-titled one-shot Jimmy Olsen.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (vol. 2)Edit

Beginning with a cover date of September 2019, DC Comics published a 12-part comedic miniseries that restored some elements of the 1954 series to the main DC Comics timeline.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jimmy was once again shown as Turtle Boy and Elastic Lad, and his antics, glamorous lifestyle as Superman's pal, and strange transformations were depicted as a source of streaming-media ad revenue that was keeping the Daily Planet afloat. The series explored Jimmy's siblings Janie and Julian, his family's historic relations with Lex Luthor's family, a plot involving the attempted murder and faked death of Olsen, and a marriage in Gorilla City that Jimmy subsequently forgot to annul. The series poked fun at DC Comics' own history, including a sequence in which Jimmy angered Batman by suggesting a phone-in campaign to decide whether Robin lived or died.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By the end of the series, Jimmy received a new Signal Watch and became the publisher of the Daily Planet.

The series was written by Matt Fraction, drawn by Steve Lieber, colored by Nathan Fairbairn, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. A collected edition titled Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? was published in September 2020, and it received an "honorable mention" in Publishers Weekly's year-end critics poll.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Powers, abilities, and equipmentEdit

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Cover art for Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen by Brian Bolland

Jimmy possesses a watch which emits a high-pitched signal only Superman can hear. In a 2010 story, he claimed it stopped working some time in the past, never worked particularly well in the first place, and contacted Superman through Morse code now, anyway, but still wore it for show.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Mostly during the Silver Age of Comic Books, Jimmy would find himself temporarily transformed, for better or worse, or undergo a disguise for various purposes. The variety of transformations Jimmy received during the Silver Age is often homaged or parodied in later comics and adaptations featuring the character – for instance, in JLA: The Nail, Jimmy cites three of these transformations as his motivations behind backing Luthor's bill to outlaw metahumans and in Countdown, Jimmy is used as a spirit container for the deceased New Gods, causing him to exhibit strange powers, albeit uncontrollably, with other stories simply making passing references.

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  • Morbidly Obese – Jimmy gets fat in an attempt to stop a jewel smuggling and to impress a circus fat lady.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>
  • Giant Turtle Man – One of Jimmy's most frequently cited transformations is his turning into a giant turtle man.<ref name=RetFan11/><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>
  • Human Porcupine – Jimmy transforms after rejecting the romantic advances of an imp from the Fifth Dimension.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>
  • Flamebird – This is the name he took as a costumed superhero, with Superman disguised as Nightwing, in the shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> These names were inspired by two native Kryptonian birds, the nightwing and the flamebird, but the relationship between Nightwing and Flamebird intentionally paralleled the crime-fighting team Batman (a night-winged creature) and Robin (a flame-colored bird).
  • Bizarro Jimmy – Although Jimmy has a counterpart on Bizarro World, he is turned into a Bizarro himself.<ref name=RetFan11/><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>
  • Hippie – Investigating a colony of hippies at "Guru Kama's Dream Pad", Jimmy grows a beard and participates in a mock "hate-in".<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref> On the cover of this story's issue, Jimmy is wielding a sign that says "Superman is a freak-out!"
  • Viking – Jimmy puts on Viking armor and mistakenly thinks he has been transported 1,000 years backward in time.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>
  • Steelman – After a volcanic eruption hurls Jimmy and an experimental inter-dimensional travel device into an alternate universe, Jimmy develops his own superpowers as a result of the transit to the (unnamed) "Earth-X" but is vulnerable to fragments of Mount Tipton from his own universe ("Tiptonite"). He adopts a fusion Superman/Batman outfit and launches his own superhero career as Steelman, facing a Joker-masked Clark Kent, secretly the leader of the LUTHAR League before his return to his own universe of origin.
  • Ultra Olsen – Jimmy gains from Professor Lang and his father two halves of the Magic Medallion of the Mayans that, when fused back together, grant him "the Powers of the Mayan Gods". While he wears it, he possesses super strength, invulnerability, anti-gravity power, and lightning vision. The amulet has a limited charge and requires recharge from absorbed kinetic energy. Jimmy destroys the amulet with his lightning vision after the second time he used it.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Other versionsEdit

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Jimmy Olsen in The Nail, art by Alan Davis

JLA: The NailEdit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen from Earth-898 appears in JLA: The Nail. This version is an assistant to Lex Luthor who was genetically modified to gain Kryptonian superpowers. However, this eventually causes his body to destabilize and die.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Frank Miller's Batman titlesEdit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen appears in The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Again.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen who became a reporter for the Gotham Gazette appears in All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #6.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Superman: Red SonEdit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen from Earth-30 appears in Superman: Red Son. This version is a CIA agent who later becomes Vice President of the United States under Lex Luthor.<ref>Superman: Red Son #1</ref>

Superman: KalEdit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen from Earth-395 appears in Superman: Kal. This version is Jamie Ollson, an alchemist and teacher to Merlin.

Superman: Emperor JokerEdit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen who serves the Joker appears in the Emperor Joker storyline.

All-Star SupermanEdit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen appears in All-Star Superman.<ref name="allstar4"/>

FlashpointEdit

An alternate timeline variant of Jimmy Olsen appears in Flashpoint. This version is a secret agent working for Cyborg before being killed in action and replaced by Lois Lane.<ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

Earth 2Edit

An alternate universe variant of Jimmy Olsen from Earth-2 appears in Earth 2. This version is a hacktivist who later fuses with a Mother Box, becoming a New God with intangibility and technopathy.<ref>Earth 2: Society #1. DC Comics.</ref><ref>Template:Cite comic</ref>

In other mediaEdit

TelevisionEdit

Live-actionEdit

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Michael Landes (left) and Justin Whalin (right) as Jimmy Olsen in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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AnimationEdit

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Jimmy Olsen as depicted in the DC Animated Universe

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    • Introduced in Superman: The Animated Series, this version is a copy boy and reporter at the Daily Planet who idolizes Clark Kent and Lois Lane. In his most notable appearance in the episode "Superman's Pal", Olsen is put in danger after his friendship with Superman is exposed. After helping him defeat Metallo, Superman gives Jimmy a signal watch for protection.
    • Olsen makes minor appearances in the Justice League episodes "Only a Dream" and "Hereafter".
    • Olsen makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited. Additionally, an unnamed mutant turtle inspired by his Giant Turtle Boy form appears in the episode "Chaos at the Earth's Core".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • A gender-flipped alternate universe variant of Jimmy named Jalana Olsen appears in the episode "Kiss Kiss Fall In Portal", voiced by Kimberly Brooks.
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FilmEdit

Live-actionEdit

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Video gamesEdit

MiscellaneousEdit

Cultural referencesEdit

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