Jimmy Olsen: Difference between revisions

Jimmy's role has since waned over the decades; while he still appears in most versions of ''Superman'', his role as best friend has effectively been taken over by Lois, as she not only is more agreeable, but is now ''married'' to Superman. Besides Immediately [[Post-Crisis]] he was recreated as a teenager with journalistic aspirations and a [[Hot Mom]], mostbut did little "on-screen". Most writers seem to recall Jimmy more for his silly adventures than for his serious ones. His last major story arc (which took place in the much-maligned ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' series) had him apparently gaining all the powers he had during his Silver Age series, but out of his control; it was eventually revealed that the reason was because {{spoiler|Darkseid had chosen him as the vessel of the energy for the dying New Gods... for some reason}}.)

However, Jimmy recently{{when}} got his own mini-series, starting as a co-feature in ''Action Comics'', before getting cancelled, and later reprinted with the storyline complete. In fact, it was praised as one of the best series' of the year, and deeper delving into Jimmy's character, particularly his Genre Savviness about his cosmic plaything status, has yielded surprisingly solid results.