| JIMMY OLSEN | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster |
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CHRONOLOGY
Jimmy Olsen first appeared in Action Comics Vol. 2 #1 (November 2011). First historical appearance was in (as unnamed office boy) Action Comics Vol. 1 #6 (November 1938); (named) Superman Vol. 1 #13 (November-December 1941).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Jimmy Olsen in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Jimmy Olsen Chronology
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| Action Comics Vol. 2 #10/2 (August 2012): "Absent Friends" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #1 (November 2011): "Superman Versus the City of Tomorrow" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #3 (January 2012): "World Against Superman" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #4 (February 2012): "Superman and the Men of Steel" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #7 (May 2012): "Doomsday Decision" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #8 (June 2012): "Superman Meets...The Collector of Worlds" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #10 (August 2012): "Bulletproof" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #10/2 (August 2012): "Absent Friends" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #16 (March 2013): "The Second Death of Superman" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #17 (April 2013): "Superman & the Fiend from Dimension 5" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #18 (May 2013): "Superman's Last Stand" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #21 (August 2013): "Hybrid, Part 3: More than Human" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #1 (November 2011): "What Price Tomorrow?" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #2 (December 2011): "Flying Blind" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #3 (January 2012): "A Cold Day in Hell" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #4 (February 2012): "Mind for the Taking" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #5 (March 2012): "Menace!" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #6 (April 2012): "The Measure of a Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #7 (May 2012): "To Hel and Back" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #8 (June 2012): "The Outsider Option" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #9 (July 2012): "Secrets & Lies |
| Superman Vol. 3 #10 (August 2012): "Secrets & Lies, Part II" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #12 (October 2012): "Home" |
| Justice League Vol. 2 #9 (July 2012): "The Villain's Journey, Chapter One: The Call for Adventure" |
| Superman Annual Vol. 3 #1 (October 2012): "Protector of the People" |
| Justice League Vol. 2 #15 (February 2013): "Throne of Atlantis, Part 1" |
| Superboy Vol. 5 #13 (December 2012): "Law and Disorder!" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #13 (December 2012): "They Will Join You in the Sun..." |
| Superboy Vol. 5 #15 (February 2013): "Shattering Steel" |
| Supergirl Vol. 6 #17 (April 2013): "Girl vs Goddess" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #18 (May 2013): "Metropolitan Nightmare" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #19 (June 2013): "Look Who's Flying to Dinner" |
| Superman Unchained #1 (August 2013): "The Leap" |
| Superman Unchained #3 (October 2013): "Answered Prayers" |
| Superman Unchained #4 (December 2013): "Bullets" |
| Superman Unchained #5 (January 2014): "A Place Between" |
| Superman Unchained #8 (November 2014): "Unchained" |
| Superman Unchained #9 (January 2015): "Let the Light In" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #21 (August 2013): "Don't Mind if I Do" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #22 (September 2013): "Headaches" |
| Superman Annual Vol. 3 #2 (September 2013): "The Last Byline" |
| Batman/Superman #5 (January 2014): "Game Over" |
| Batman/Superman #6 (February 2014): "Boss Fight" |
| Batman/Superman #7 (March 2014): "End Game" |
| Superman: Lois Lane Vol. 2 #1 (April 2014): "Nostalgia" |
| Justice League Vol. 2 #24 (December 2013): "Forever Strong" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #28 (April 2014): "Under Fire" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #32 (August 2014): "Superman Doomed: Enemy of the State, Part 1: Nightmare" |
| Superman/Wonder Woman #11 (October 2014): "Superman Doomed: Last Sun: Assimilation, Part 2" |
| Superman: Doomed #2 (November 2014): "Superman Doomed: Last Sun, Part 4: Evolutions" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #35 (December 2014): "After Doomed" |
| Batman Eternal #12 (August 2014): "The Good Man" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #32 (August 2014): "The Men of Tomorrow, Part 1: Ulysses" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #33 (September 2014): "The Men of Tomorrow, Part 2: The New Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #35 (December 2014): "The Men of Tomorrow, Part 4" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #36 (January 2015): "The Man of Tomorrow, Part 5: Exodus" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #37 (February 2015): "The Man of Tomorrow, Part 6: The Great World" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #38 (March 2015): "The Men of Tomorrow, Part 7: Friends & Enemies" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #39 (May 2015): "24 Hours" |
| Convergence: Superman: Man of Steel #2/2 (July 2015): "The Secret Origin of Bizarro" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 4 #2 (September 2015): "Power & Glory, Part Two" |
| Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1 (November 2015): "Road Trippy" |
| Bizarro #1 (August 2015): "Bizzaro America, Part 6" |
| Bizarro #2 (September 2015): "Bizzaro America, Part 5" |
| Bizarro #3 (October 2015): "Bizzaro America, Part 4" |
| Bizarro #4 (November 2015): "Bizzaro America, Part 3" |
| Bizarro #5 (December 2015): "Bizzaro America, Part 2" |
| Bizarro #6 (January 2016): "Bizzaro America, Part 1" |
| Divergence #1/2 (June 2015): "Superman: Exposed" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #41 (August 2015): "Before Truth, Part 1" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #42 (September 2015): "Before Truth, Part 2" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #43 (October 2015): "Before Truth, Part 3" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #44 (November 2015): "Before Truth, Part 4" |
| Superman/Wonder Woman #20 (October 2015): "Dark Truth, Part Three: A Matter of Trust" |
| Superman/Wonder Woman #21 (November 2015): "Dark Truth, Part 4: Truth Hits Everybody" |
| Superman/Wonder Woman #22 (December 2015): "Heart of the Sun" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #41 (August 2015): "Hard Truth, Part 1" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #42 (September 2015): "Hard Truth, Part 2" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #43 (October 2015): "Hard Truth, Part 3" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #44 (November 2015): "Hard Truth, Part 4" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #47 (February 2016): "Blind Justice, Part 3: Consumed" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #46 (January 2016): "Knocked Out" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #47 (February 2016): "Infiltrated" |
| Superman Annual Vol. 3 #3 (February 2016): "Savage Dawn" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #50 (May 2016): "Savage Dawn, Part 7: Resurrection" |
| Batman/Superman #31 (June 2016): "The Final Days of Superman, Part 2: Dark Discovery" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #51 (June 2016): "The Final Days of Superman, Part 3: Dazed and Confused" |
| Action Comics #957 (August 2016): "Path of Doom, Part One" |
| Action Comics #958 (August 2016): "Path of Doom, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #959 (September 2016): "Path of Doom, Part Three" |
| Action Comics #960 (September 2016): "Path of Doom, Part Four" |
| Action Comics #963 (November 2016): "Superman, Meet Clark Kent, Part 1" |
| Action Comics #964 (November 2016): "Superman, Meet Clark Kent, Part 2" |
| Action Comics #965 (December 2016): "Lois Lane, Back At The Planet, Part 1" |
| Action Comics #977 (June 2017): "The New World, Part I" |
| Wonder Woman Annual Vol. 5 #1 (July 2017): "And Then There Were Three..." |
| Superman Vol. 4 #29 (October 2017): "A Minute Longer" |
| Superman Vol. 4 #31 (November 2017): "Breaking Point, Part One" |
| Superman Vol. 4 #32 (December 2017): "Breaking Point, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #987 (November 2017): "The Oz Effect, Part One" |
| Action Comics #989 (December 2017): "The Oz Effect, Part III" |
| Action Comics #990 (December 2017): "The Oz Effect, Part Four" |
| Action Comics #992 (January 2018): "Aftereffects" |
| Batman: The Devastator #1 (January 2018): "Symphony of Destruction" [Flashback] |
| Dark Nights: Metal #3 (December 2017): "Metal" |
| Trinity Vol. 2 #16 (February 2018): "Old Acquaintance" |
| DC Nation #0/2 (July 2018): "Office Space" |
| Man of Steel Vol. 2 #1 (July 2018): "Man of Steel, Part 1" |
| Man of Steel Vol. 2 #2 (August 2018): "Man of Steel, Part 2" |
| Man of Steel Vol. 2 #3 (August 2018): "Man of Steel, Part 3" |
| Man of Steel Vol. 2 #4 (August 2018): "Man of Steel, Part 4" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #2 (October 2018): "The Unity Saga, Pt 2" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #3 (November 2018): "The Unity Saga, Pt 3" |
| Action Comics #1001 (September 2018): "Invisible Mafia" |
| Action Comics #1003 (November 2018): "Invisible Mafia, Part 3" |
| Action Comics #1004 (December 2018): "Invisible Mafia, Part 4" |
| Action Comics #1006 (March 2019): "Invisible Mafia, Part 6" |
| Action Comics #1007 (March 2019): "Leviathan Rises, Part 1" |
| Action Comics #1008 (April 2019): "Leviathan Rises, Part 2" |
| Action Comics #1009 (May 2019): "Leviathan Rises, Part 3" |
| Action Comics #1010 (June 2019): "Leviathan Rises, Part 4" |
| Action Comics #1011 (July 2019): "Leviathan Rises, Part 5" |
| Superman: Leviathan Rising Special #1 (July 2019): "Superman Leviathan Rises" |
| Action Comics #1013 (September 2019): "Gifts" |
| Lois Lane Vol. 2 #6 (February 2020): "Enemy of the People, Part Six" |
| Dial H for Hero #9 (January 2020): "Hustle Buddies" |
| Action Comics #1017 (January 2020): "Metropolis Doom!" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1018 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 2" |
| Action Comics #1019 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 3" |
| Doomsday Clock #5 (July 2018): "There Is No God" |
| Doomsday Clock #8 (February 2019): "Save Humanity" |
| Doomsday Clock #11 (November 2019): "A Lifelong Mistake" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #18 (February 2020): "Truth" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #19 (March 2020): "The Truth, Part Two" |
| Superman: Heroes #1 (April 2020): "Heroes" |
| Superman: Villains #1 (May 2020): "Superman: Villains" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #1 (September 2019): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #2 (October 2019): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #3 (November 2019): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #4 (December 2019): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #5 (January 2020): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #6 (February 2020): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #7 (March 2020): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #8 (April 2020): "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2 #9 (May 2020): "...His Only Begotten Son!" |
| Action Comics #1022 (June 2020): "House of Kent, Part One" |
| Action Comics #1024 (October 2020): "House of Kent, Part Three" |
| Action Comics #1025 (November 2020): "House of Kent, Part Four" |
| Action Comics #1026 (December 2020): "House of Kent, Part Five" |
| Action Comics #1027 (January 2021): "House of Kent, Epilogue" |
| Action Comics #1028 (February 2021): "Micro Hopes" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1/7 (February 2021): "Man of Tomorrow" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1/2 (February 2021): "First & Last Men" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1/5 (February 2021): "No More Superheroes" |
| Superman: Endless Winter Special #1 (February 2021): "Endless Winter, Chapter 3" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #29/2 (May 2021): "Tales of Metropolis: Bibbo" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #30/2 (June 2021): "Tales of Metropolis: Ambush Bug" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #31/2 (July 2021): "Tales of Metropolis: Loose Cannon and Gangbuster" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #32/2 (August 2021): "Tales of Metropolis: Redemption" |
| Action Comics #1035/2 (November 2021): "Tales of Metropolis: The Guardian" |
| Action Comics #1036/2 (January 2022): "Tales of Metropolis" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #66 (October 2021): "United Order, Part Three" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #67 (November 2021): "United Order, Part Four" |