Jimmy Olsen

## Background

### 1980 - Present: Jimmy Olsen

James Bartholomew Olsen was born to Jake and Sarah Olsen in the Bakerline Borough. His father was in the military & his mother was a successful investment banker. Before Jimmy was even a toddler, his parents got a divorce for reasons yet to be disclosed to their children. As Jimmy's father was away majority of the time, Jimmy & his older brother Henry were mostly with their mother.

At the age of three, Jimmy gained a younger sister from his father & an army doctor named Vivian Stoll. By the time Kelly was born, his parents had rekindled their romance. And because Kelly's mother was also away, Sarah volunteered to house Kelly with herself & her older brothers so that she was around family. When he was eleven, both his father & Kelly's mother were killed in an explosion. Sarah Olsen stepped up to the plate & adopted Kelly, raising her as her own from that point on. In the absence of a father figure, Sarah became extremely protective of her children.

Jimmy was a very bright child, but often grew bored with his schoolwork. It was common for him to cut classes to find cool photos to take. Before school, he would get up early & take pictures of things in Metropolis from the paper for a scrapbook. But his mother's wealth allowed him to live a comfortable life, where he didn't have to do much but was expected to. Out of sheer luck from his mom being an acquaintance of Perry White, Jimmy got a low-level job at the Daily Planet when he was in high school.

He quickly made friends with reporters Lois Lane & Clark Kent, both who had been recently hired by Perry. His association with Lois introduced him to her younger sister Lucy, who Jimmy would go on to date for a few years. After seeing some of Jimmy's work, Perry hired him as one of his photographers. Seeing how well they work together, Jimmy & Lois became an unofficial team & were frequently partnered for stories about the the red-and-blue vigilante that they christened as "Superman."

While Jimmy was becoming best friends with Clark over their love of sci-fi films, he also began good rapport with Superman who was constantly saving Jimmy due to his knack of being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

As his success grew at the Planet, Jimmy rose from a gopher to becoming a photographer & occasional reporter. He's famous for taking the first real photo of Superman, Superman's ragged cape after his battle with Doomsday & many more. When not taking pictures of Metropolis' favorite hero, Jimmy is at home with his wife Chloe Sullivan reading about the new mysterious stuff happening in their city.

## Romantic Relationships

* Lucy Lane: Girlfriend (1998 - 2000)
* Chloe Sullivan: Girlfriend (*Unknown* - 2016); Wife (2016 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Journalism:** He is an accomplished, though amateur, investigative reporter.
* **Photography**: Jimmy is an ace photographer. He has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for photography.

### Weaknesses

* **Bad Luck:** Jimmy has an uncanny knack for getting himself into trouble. This often leads to Superman being forced to divert his attention from another crisis in order to rescue Jimmy. Over time however, Jimmy has become more responsible*.*

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Jimmy is known to always do the moral thing even if it'll step on some people's toes.
* He took the first photo of Superman.
* Before his dad was deployed, he gave Jimmy his first camera. Since the death of his father, he has kept the camera with him at all times.

## Notes

* His brother is a reference to *Smallville.* His sister is a nod to the *Arrowverse*.
* His address is a nod to his first comic appearance *The Man of Steel*#2 (October, 1986).