Jimmy Olsen
Description
Jimmy Olsen is a DC Comics character typically portrayed as a young photojournalist at the Daily Planet and Superman's closest friend. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character first appeared in Action Comics #6 (1938) and was established by name in Superman #13 (1941). He starred in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, which ran from 1954 to 1974 and became a bestselling Silver Age title known for outlandish science fiction concepts that frequently transformed Jimmy in bizarre ways.
Character Details
Latest Series Appearances
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Latest Issue Appearances
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The Battle of Kansas, Finale: Son of Nowhere, Nothing, and No One
Absolute Superman (2024)
Dec 24, 2025
Teams
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Teammates
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Superman
Kal-El
Captain America
Steve Rogers
Dick Grayson
Richard John Grayson-Wayne
Wonder Woman
Diana of Themyscira
Lois Lane
Lois Joanne Lane
Hal Jordan
Hal Jordan
James Gordon
James Worthington Gordon
Barry Allen
Bartholomew Henry Allen
Vito Cerelli
Vito Cerelli
Dan Richards
Donald Richards
Marvin White
Marvin White
Appears alongside
Superman
Kal-El
Lois Lane
Lois Joanne Lane
Perry White
Perry Jerome White
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Lex Luthor
Alexander Joseph Luthor
Supergirl
Kara Zor-El
Wonder Woman
Diana of Themyscira
Lana Lang
Lana Lang
Jonathan Kent
Jonathan Joseph Kent
Martha Kent
Martha Clark-Kent
Dick Grayson
Richard John Grayson-Wayne
Hal Jordan
Hal Jordan
Story Arcs
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"Action Comics" Lois Lane, Back at the Planet
"Action Comics" Mild Mannered
"Action Comics" The New World
"Action Comics" The Oz Effect
"Batman" Dark Nights
"Batman/Superman: World’s Finest" Elementary
"DC Multiverse" Convergence
"Earth 2" World's End
"Superman" Doomed
"Superman" House of Brainiac
"Superman" Superman: Reborn
"Superman" The Chained
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