Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen. Art by Phil Noto, from 9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers and Artists Tell Stories to Remember.
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Anonymous cameo: Action Comics #6 (November 1938) As Jimmy Olsen: Superman v1 #13 (November-December 1941)
Created by	Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
Characteristics
Full name	James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen
Team affiliations	Daily Planet
Supporting character of	Superman

James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen is a fictional character, a photojournalist that appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. An anonymous "copy boy" who resembles Olsen makes a brief appearance in Action Comics #6, but the character called Jimmy Olsen first appeared in the radio show, The Adventures of Superman, on April 15, 1940. The character moved from the radio show into the comics in 1941, first appearing in Superman v1 #13 (1941). Along with his appearances in current Superman titles (Superman and Action Comics), he is one of the main protagonists in DC Comics' weekly series Countdown. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x764, 329 KB)Jimmy Olsen. ... The terrorist attacks in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 touched people worldwide, and cartoonists turned to art to express their grief and support. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Jerome Jerry Siegel a. ... Joseph Joe Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-born comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1 (March 1938). ... This article is about the fictional newspaper. ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Announcer Jackson Beck (left) with Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander The Adventures of Superman, adapted from the DC Comics character created in 1938 (see Superman), came to radio as a syndicated show on New York Citys WOR on February 12, 1940. ... Countdown is a comic book limited series published by DC Comics, which debuted on May 9, 2007, directly following the conclusion of the last issue of 52. ...

Fictional character profile

Jimmy is traditionally depicted as a bow tie-wearing, red-haired young man who works as a cub reporter and photographer for The Daily Planet, alongside Lois Lane and Clark Kent, whom he idolizes as career role models. In most depictions of the character, he also has a strong friendship with Superman. As Superman's friend, Jimmy has special access to the Man of Steel, thanks to Superman's gift to Jimmy of a "signal watch," a wristwatch which, with the press of a button, emits a special ultrasonic frequency signal that Superman can hear anywhere on Earth. (In Post-Crisis continuity Jimmy invented the watch himself, and Superman briefly considered confiscating it. In New Earth continuity, the watch was designed by Superman based on a larger signalling device Jimmy created.) One option to tie a bowtie The bowtie is a mens fashion accessory, popularly worn with other formal attire, such as suits. ... Woman with red hair Man with red hair Red hair (also referred to as auburn, ginger, ranga or titian) varies from a deep orange-red through burnt orange to bright copper. ... This article is about journalistic reporters. ... A photographer at the Calgary Folk Music Festival Paparazzi at the Tribeca Film Festival A photographer is a person who takes a photograph using a camera. ... This article is about the fictional newspaper. ... For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... For other uses, see Clark Kent (disambiguation). ... This article is about portable clocks. ... Ultrasound is sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, approximately 20 kilohertz. ... Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12 issue comic book mini-series produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to clean up their 50-year-old, convoluted and confusing continuity. ... A depiction of several alternate Earths within the Multiverse and the different variations of the Flash inhabiting each Earth. ...

In many Silver Age comic books, Jimmy was often seen sharing adventures with Superman, who saved him from various predicaments ranging from dangerous to merely embarrassing. This was particularly pronounced in the series Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (published from 1954 to 1974), which saw Olsen in a variety of slapstick adventures and strange transformations. Like most DC characters, modern portrayals of Olsen have been more serious in tone. Showcase #4 (Oct. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The cover of Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 Supermans Pal, Jimmy Olsen is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics was published from October of 1954 until March of 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues featuring the adventures of Superman with a special... For other uses, see Slapstick (disambiguation). ... The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal name for the period in the history of mainstream American comic books generally considered to last from the mid-1980s until present day. ...

An important part of the Superman mythos, Jimmy Olsen has appeared in most other media adaptations of the character.

Fictional character biography

Golden and Silver Age

See also: History of Superman

Jimmy Olsen, from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36 (1959). Art by Curt Swan.

During the Silver Age, Jimmy starred in his own comic book, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, which featured his various adventures with and without Superman; it debuted in 1954. The stories in the title would often feature particularly outlandish situations, ranging from Jimmy being hurled back in time to Krypton before its destruction in issue #36 to dealing frequently with gorillas of all sorts. Because of these factors, the comic was regarded by some as a poorly written subsidiary title, although some readers still enjoy it for its camp value.^{[citation needed]} Cover of Superman #14, dated January-February 1942. ... Jimmy Olsen in a scene from Supermans Pal, Jimmy Olsen #36(1959). ... Jimmy Olsen in a scene from Supermans Pal, Jimmy Olsen #36(1959). ... Curtis D. Swan (born February 17, 1920 in Willmar, Minnesota; died June 16, 1996)[1] was an American comic book artist, best known for his work on the Superman comics spanning three decades. ... The cover of Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 Supermans Pal, Jimmy Olsen is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics from October of 1954 until March of 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues, featuring the adventures of Superman with a special emphasis on... Lara, Jor-El, and Superman on Krypton. ... Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen #98, involving an intricately contrived plot involving Jimmy almost marrying a gorilla. ... Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. ...

This version of Jimmy Olsen even had his own fan club. [1]. In one adventure published in the 1960s, he implied that there were branches of it around the country and that he intended to lecture them about anti-crime techniques he had learned from Superman and Batman. ^[1] For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

Jack Kirby's Fourth World

Kirby began by introducing a secret "D.N.A. Project" to create Mutated Humans for Good, also adding "The Hairies" (a group of technology-equipped hippies) and superbeings from other planets (proto-New Gods) and Intergang and Morgan Edge... and reintroduced his 1940s Newsboy Legion characters.

About halfway through his run, Kirby also added vampires, the Loch Ness monster, and Victor Volcanum, the fire-eating archcriminal. Readership quickly dropped back to its pre-Jack-Kirby levels.^{[citation needed]}

Jack's tenure on the series ended in 1974 with issue #163, when Jimmy's book was folded into the anthology title Superman Family. In that book, Olsen became a more serious character who battled criminals as an investigative reporter known as "Mr. Action" in urban crime stories that rarely involved Superman. An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. ... Superman Family was a DC Comics comic book series which ran from 1974 to 1982 featuring primarily stories starring supporting characters in the Superman comics. ... Investigative journalism is a kind of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest, often related to crime, scandals, government corruption, white collar crime. ...

Modern adventures

The Man of Steel

Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, the entire Superman mythos was rebooted from scratch in the limited series The Man of Steel. 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 1970s comics). An interesting alteration to the relationship was that Jimmy designed the signal watch himself, leading to his first meeting with Superman.^[2] Superman briefly considered confiscating the watch, but decided he trusted Jimmy to use it responsibly.

While weird transformations no longer occur as regularly as they did in the Silver Age, Jimmy did become Elastic Lad on contact with the Eradicator. He has also taken the identity of "Giant Turtle Boy" in a series of pizza commercials, made when he was temporarily laid off from the Planet. The Eradicator is a fictional comic book superhero (and sometimes supervillain) character having a recurring role in Superman stories published by DC Comics. ... For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation). ... From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ...

In the late 1990s, Jimmy moved to Metropolis broadcaster Galaxy Broadcasting, where he became more brash and arrogant. This came to an end when he thought (wrongly) he had discovered Superman's secret identity and said he would announce it live on air. He reconsidered his actions, but lost his job for wasting the timeslot. He was again rehired by the Planet. For other uses of this term, please see Secret identity (disambiguation). ...

Superman: Metropolis

June 2003 saw Jimmy Olsen as the focus of a twelve-part miniseries entitled Superman: Metropolis. Written by Chuck Austen and illustrated by Danijel Zezelj, the series focused on the futuristic technology unleashed in Metropolis by Brainiac in a previous storyline, and how it affected the everyday lives of Metropolis citizens. Chuck Austen (born Chuck Beckum) is an American writer and artist of comic books, most famous for his work on the popular Uncanny X-Men title, as well as on other Marvel and DC titles. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... Brainiac is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain and frequent opponent of Superman. ...

Recently, Jimmy had taken a position as a regular star reporter for The Daily Planet, replacing the recently demoted Clark Kent. This caused a strain in the relationship between Clark and Jimmy. It appears, however, that following the One Year Later storyline jump, Clark has regained his original role as The Daily Planet's star reporter,^[3][4] and Jimmy has returned to being a photographer, winning the Pulitzer Prize for his photographic efforts. One Year Later event logo. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

Countdown

Jimmy Olsen as Mr. Action. Cover art for Countdown #38, by Shane Davis.

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Jimmy's story in Countdown begins with an investigation into the death of Duela Dent. Superman leads Jimmy to meet with Red Hood, and then the Joker at Arkham Asylum. After a seemingly fruitless interview with the Joker, Jimmy is attacked by Killer Croc.^[5] Instead of shredding him, Jimmy shows his first signs of being a metahuman with super-stretch abilities (i.e. Plastic Man or Elongated Man) which saves his life. After Killer Croc is knocked out, Jimmy claims he had no idea that Killer Croc wouldn't be able to kill him.^[6] Upon returning to Metropolis, he witnesses what appears to be an attack on the city and displays super-speed to rescue a couple from falling debris, again shocked at his new-found ability.^[7] Jimmy's elastic and speed abilities are nods to his brief time as Elastic Lad and Speed-Demon during the Silver Age. Upon noting that he only received powers when he was in danger, Jimmy tested himself by picking a fight with a gang in Suicide Slum, only to be punched in the face. When a member of the gang attempted to grab him, Jimmy grew porcupine-like quills that shot at the attacker.^[8] In issue #41, Jimmy, after deciding to become a superhero, creates a costume and dubs himself "Mr. Action." In Action Comics #852-854, he later displays super strength, solar powers, giant size, lycanthropy, a protective turtle shell, and fire breathing. Jimmy later discovers he starts to know information such as the secret identities of Wonder Woman and three Robins,^[9] and later Superman himself.^[10][11] He and Superman share their double identities, and Superman asks Jimmy to adopt Krypto for him. Jimmy's powers continue to develop and perplex as he is tested by the Justice League, John Henry Irons and the Cadmus Project. He is then recruited by Forager to help solve the mystery of the Death of the New Gods. They journey to Apokolips, but are swiftly defeated and captured. Jimmy's new powers allow him to create a Boom Tube, and the two escape. Upon landing on Earth, Jimmy is kissed by Forager. Forager reveals that Jimmy is a soul-catcher, and that it is the energy of the fallen New Gods that has given him his powers. After getting a message from the Source to go to Apokolips, Jimmy enlists the aid of the "hairies" of Habitat, but upon arrival, he is told by the Monitor Solomon that he was turned into a soul-catcher by Darkseid, who intends to drain him of the power when the time is right. Solomon then sends Jimmy and the others back to Earth. Duela Dent is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ... Jason Peter Todd is a fictional character published in stories by DC Comics. ... The Joker can mean any of the following: The Joker is a comic strip character, also included in movies and television programs based on the comic strip. ... Arkham Asylum as it appeared on Batman: The Animated Series. ... Killer Croc is a fictional character in DC comics. ... Plastic Man (Patrick Eel OBrian) is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. ... The Elongated Man is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC universe. ... This article is about the rodent mammal. ... Quills is a 2000 period drama directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. ... In folklore, lycanthropy is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. ... Robin is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. ... Krypto, also known as Krypto the Superdog, is a fictional character; he is Supermans pet dog in the various Superman comic books published by DC Comics. ... John Henry Irons is the third hero known as Steel, a fictional superhero in the DC Universe. ... Harro5 01:49, May 28, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Forager is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. ... Death of the New Gods is an eight-issue comic book limited series published in 2007 by DC Comics. ... In the DC Comics fictional shared Universe, Apokolips was the planet ruled by Darkseid, established in Jack Kirbys Fourth World series. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Monitor (comics). ... Darkseid is a fictional comic book supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. ...

Powers, abilities, and equipment

Cover art for The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen, by Brian Bolland.

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Especially in the days of the Silver Age, Jimmy would often find himself temporarily transformed, for better or worse, or undergo a disguise for various purposes. The transformation tradition is still sometimes referenced in current day comics, usually through homage or parody. 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 appears to sporadically assume these transformations for an unknown reason, with other stories simply make passing references. Showcase #4 (Oct. ... For a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...

• Giant Turtle Boy: One of Jimmy's most frequently cited transformations was that of his turning into a giant turtle boy.^[12]
• Elastic Lad - As Elastic Lad, Jimmy (by serum or by alien virus) could sometimes stretch himself, akin to Elongated Man or Plastic Man.^[13]
• Flamebird- name he took as a costumed superhero, with Superman disguised as Nightwing, in the shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor. 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).
• Speed Demon - In 1956, a month before the debut of Barry Allen as the new Flash, Jimmy drank a potion produced by a Professor Claude and briefly gained super-speed.
• Radioactive - After being exposed himself, Jimmy began to irradiate everything in his presence.
• Gorilla - When Jimmy switched minds with a gorilla in, he went about his reporting duties as a gorilla in Jimmy's clothes.^[14]
• Monstrous beard growth - The machinations of the sinister Beard Band cause Jimmy to grow an immense beard.
• Alien-form - Aliens transformed Jimmy into a telepathic Jovian for a week. Fortunately, this turned out to be a Jovian week ... which is much shorter than an Earth week (about 70 hours = slightly less than three days.)
• Wolf-Man - In the vein of the popular Michael Landon 1950s film I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Jimmy found himself transformed into a werewolf.^[15]
• Hippie - Jimmy grew a beard and joined a Superman-hating band of hippies.^[16] On the cover of this story's issue, Jimmy's seen wielding a sign that says "Superman is a freak-out!"
• Viking - Jimmy put on Viking armor and mistakenly thought he'd been transported 1000 years backward in time.
• Woman - Jimmy would occasionally go undercover dressed as a woman.^[15] Grant Morrison paid a brief homage to this in All Star Superman.^[17]
• Doomsday - Also in All Star Superman, Jimmy takes a serum and becomes a version of Superman's foe Doomsday.^[17]
• A genie^{[citation needed]}
• Jimmy gets whacked over the head by Bizarro and when he wakes up, he believes he's Perry White; he fires Clark Kent and hires Peter Parker to take his place.^{[citation needed]}
• A six-armed man^{[citation needed]}
• A fire-breather^{[citation needed]}
• A water-breather^{[citation needed]}
• A human porcupine^[18]
• A gorilla's husband^{[citation needed]}
• Superman on another planet, but he got upset because the civilians knew who he was.^{[citation needed]}

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Publication awards

Jack Kirby received a Shazam Award (for "Special Achievement By an Individual") for his work on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen. Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books, and the co-creator of such enduring characters and popular culture icons as the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Captain America, and hundreds... The Shazam Awards or Academey of Comic Book Arts Awards was given between 1970 and 1975. ...

Other versions

Jimmy Olsen in The Nail. Art by Alan Davis.

• In JLA: The Nail, an alternate reality in which a nail punctured a tire on the Kents' car, preventing them from finding the spaceship containing a baby Superman, Jimmy Olsen is revealed as the one behind all the other superheroes' troubles. Jimmy had served as an aide to Lex Luthor following various short-lived attempts at heroism caused by temporary alteration of his DNA. Having discovered Superman's spaceship and using DNA samples to create numerous Bizarro clones, Luthor grafted Kryptonian DNA onto Jimmy—the only such 'graft' that appeared successful, as other subjects either died instantly or mutated before death. This caused Jimmy to go insane and possess superpowers similar to Superman's, as well as mentally transforming him into a Kryptonian, determined to replace human life with Kryptonian life. Jimmy played up the public's fear of superheroes via propaganda, hoping to have them imprisoned so he could use their DNA as well in an attempt to create a stable template. When Jimmy attacked an Amish couple and their son during a battle with the Justice League, culminating in a desperate attempt by Batman and Green Lantern to stop him by supercharging Batman with his ring, the couple was killed, but the son was revealed to be Superman. In this alternate reality, the Amish couple had raised Superman, and brought him up as a pacifist, so he had never used his powers in conflict. Jimmy asked Superman to join him, claiming that they were virtually brothers as they shared the same DNA, but when Superman refused, the two battled. During the battle, Jimmy's body started to reject the Kryptonian DNA, causing him to disintegrate. His last, almost prophetic words were directed at Superman, "We should have been friends".The Justice League then asked Superman to join them.
• In Frank Miller's 2001 graphic novel Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Jimmy Olsen is featured as the writer of a Daily Planet article titled "Truth to Power", where he attempts to reveal that the current President is a holographic projection. However, his attempts to publicize the truth are halted by Lex Luthor.
• In Superman: Red Son, Jimmy is depicted as an agent of the CIA, eventually becoming the director, and soon joins Luthor in his Presidential bid and becomes Vice-President.
• In Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman series, Jimmy shows up briefly in the Daily Planet offices in argyle socks; this Jimmy seems to be a refined version of the Silver Age vintage, with a signal watch halfway between a McDonald's happy meal toy and haute couture. He's also shown with something that may be a jetpack. Issue #4 of the series focuses on Jimmy and his adventures as the one-day director of the DNA P.R.O.J.E.C.T., a leftover from the Kirby-era Jimmy Olsen series. This is apparently the latest in a series of highly successful articles by Jimmy, in which he spends a day in various roles.
• In Alan Moore and Gene Ha's Top 10, a photograph of a version of two of Jimmy's superpowered selves, merged, is shown to Andy Soames; having contracted a disease which warps powers, this version appears to be Turtle Boy, driven insane by the acquisition of Elastic Lad's powers.
• Jimmy Olsen makes an appearance in All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #6, helping Vicki Vale, who he appears to be attracted to, escape from hospital and giving her files on Batman and the Flying Graysons. This incarnation is described as a cub reporter for the Gotham Gazette as opposed to his regular position at the Daily Planet and as 'Superman's Pal'.
• In Lord Havok and the Extremists #3, a version of Jimmy called Robin Olsen, is shown as a member of Monarch's army.

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In other media

Radio

• On the Superman radio series, Jack Grimes provides the voice of Jimmy Olsen.

Jimmy Olsen in Superman: The Animated Series.

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Film

• Jimmy Olsen has appeared in every major filmed adaptation of Superman. The first actor to portray Jimmy Olsen in live-action was Tommy Bond in the serials starring Kirk Alyn.
• In the four motion pictures starring Christopher Reeve beginning with Superman, Jimmy Olsen was portrayed by Marc McClure. McClure also played Jimmy Olsen in the 1984 spin-off movie Supergirl, making McClure the only actor and Olsen the only character to appear in all five Superman films of the 1978-87 era.
• In Bryan Singer's 2006 movie Superman Returns, Jimmy Olsen is portrayed by Sam Huntington, an older and more confident, yet goofier portrayal of the character who finds it difficult to get a good shot or get any photos published. In a deleted scene (included in the DVD release) a slightly inebriated Olsen is seen to complain to Clark about the fact he hasn't had a photo printed in several months.
• Jimmy appeared in Superman: Doomsday, voiced by Adam Wylie.
• Jimmy appeared in Justice League: The New Frontier. He has no dialogue, therefore no voice actor.

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Video games

Jimmy Olsen also appeared in several Superman games.

• Superman [NES, 2600, C64]: Jimmy appears in the daily building room and enjoys taking pictures of Clark Kent. Also, in that game, Jimmy's appearance is similar to his pre-crisis comic appearance.

• Superman 64 [N64]: He is trapped, along with Lois Lane and Professor Emil Hamilton, by Lex Luthor. Superman has to save him and his friends in this game.

• Superman: Shadow of Apokolips [Gamecube, PS2]: Jimmy makes some minor appearances and only seen in the story between game-play. He is also seen in the bibliography section of the game.

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Television

• On the Adventures of Superman television series starring George Reeves, Jimmy Olsen was portrayed by Jack Larson. Larson also portrayed an unnaturally aged Jimmy Olsen in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

• Jack Grimes provided the voice of Jimmy Olsen once again on The New Adventures of Superman, a role that he reprises from the radio series.

• He appears in in the second episode of the series The World's Greatest Super Friends season, 'Lex Luthor Strikes Back', with Lois Lane.

• Mark L. Taylor did the voice of Jimmy Olsen in the 1988 animated adaptation of Superman.

• On the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Jimmy Olsen was portrayed by Michael Landes in the first season and Justin Whalin for the rest of the series' run. The reason cited^{[citation needed]} behind the change is that Landes looked too much like Dean Cain as well as to emphasize Jimmy's youth.

• In Superman: The Animated Series, Jimmy was voiced by David Kaufman. One episode was called "Superman's Pal" as an homage to the old comic series, and Superman gave Jimmy the signal watch by the end of the episode. Jimmy had several cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited, including one episode where Huntress tied him up, taped his mouth shut, and used the signal watch to attract Superman. Jimmy again was voiced in the television movie Superman: Brainiac Attacks.
  • In the Justice League Unlimited episode "Chaos at the Earth's Core", several heroes battle a giant turtle that has a thatch of red hair. Bruce Timm has confirmed this is a reference to Jimmy's Giant Turtle Boy persona, "but it was more economical time-wise to have him revert to cute little turtle than naked, confused photographer." ^[19]

• Jimmy appeared in the Season 5 premiere of The Batman voiced by Jack DeSena

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Smallville

In Smallville Jimmy Olsen is first referenced, by first name only (as Chloe Sullivan's "first time"), in Season 4. He appears in person, played by Aaron Ashmore, in the season premiere of Season 6, now on staff at the Planet. Jimmy and Chloe became a couple again after their reunion in Season 6 premiere "Zod". At first Jimmy is jealous of Clark but their relationship becomes friendly after Clark reunites him with Chloe in Season 6 episode "Trespass". Smallville is an American television series created by writer/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and was initially broadcast by The WB. After its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States. ... Chloe Ann Sullivan is a fictional character from the television series Smallville, played by Allison Mack. ... Aaron Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. ...

In season 7, Jimmy is still at Daily Planet working as a budding photographer, his relationship with Chloe is going through a rough phase due to Chloe's newfound abilities caused by an amount of kryptonite meteor in her blood stream. They broke up in a very emotional scene in the episode "Cure" since Chloe was unable to share her secret with him. Meanwhile Clark's newly arrived Kryptonian cousin Kara Zor-El (Laura Vandervoort) has developed a crush on Jimmy and they become friends. Jimmy is also smitten by her and teams up with her in episodes like "Cure" and "Lara". This article is about the fictional substance. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Supergirl. ... Laura Vandervoort (b. ...

Cultural references

• The Spin Doctors had a minor hit with their song "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" on their album Pocket Full of Kryptonite, in which they portrayed Jimmy Olsen as infatuated with Lois Lane and jealous of Superman. In the period after the song became popular, artist Jon Bogdanove, who at the time was the regular penciler on the Superman: The Man of Steel comic, would occasionally depict Jimmy wearing a Spin Doctors T-shirt.
• Often, Superman pastiches have featured notable Jimmy analogues. For example, in Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Mighty Mouse's greatest fan was a young mouse named Scrappy with a shock of red hair.
• Alan Moore's comic series Supreme featured Billy Friday, a cynical British comic book writer, very unlike Jimmy in personality, but who underwent weird transformations similar to those of the Silver Age Jimmy.
• On the show Boy Meets World, Topanga refers to a photographer as a "Jimmy Olsen freak."
• In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Zeppo", characters twice refer to non-superpowered sidekick Xander Harris as Jimmy Olsen.
• Professional wrestler Corey Branson took the moniker Jimmy Olsen in a few New York promotions such as NWA Upstate.
• The Teamo Supremo episode "You'd Better Start Calling Me Chief!" revolved around an accident-prone newspaper reporter and photographer named Ollie Jimson who followed the titular trio around, screwing up their attempts to catch the bad guys.
• In The Sopranos episode "Cold Stones", Silvio Dante reacts to a piece of already heard news by responding that Carlo Gervasi is a "regular Jimmy Olsen."
• In the horror film House of 1000 Corpses, Grandpa Hugo asks one of the main characters if he is "Jimmy Olsen, cub reporter for 'The Daily Arsehole'"
• In the drug comedy film Tyrone, the character Tyrone played by Coolio calls one of the main characters a "Jimmy Olsen lookin' mother f'er".
• In "The Boyfriend, Part 1" episode of Seinfeld, Keith Hernandez tells Jerry that he loved his Jimmy Olsen bit.
• Comic Book Guy mentioned Jimmy Olsen in the Simpsons episode "Husbands and Knives".

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References

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External links

• Counting Down to Countdown - Part II: Eclipso and Jimmy Olsen
• Supermanica: Jimmy Olsen Supermanica entry on the pre-Crisis Jimmy Olsen
• Jimmy Olsen's Signal-Watch
• Comic Book Resources' Oddball Comics column Detailing Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen #80, which references many of Jimmy's different forms
• Wizard Entertainment - Countdown Catch-all