Jimmy Olsen Silver Age Comics

Covers

Transformations

Jimmy Olsen goes through a lot of transformations throughout his history and here are some of the most memorable. From Doc Potter’s experiments to the Beard Band or body swapping with a gorilla and all the times that Superman has brought a souvenir from space that’s a living creature or dangerous technology or a type of kryptonite.

Disguises

To blend in Jimmy always dons a disguise. Either its one he created beforehand or just items he finds . Also he has a bunch of custom costumes that he stores in his disguise trunk.

Alterations

Its not just the outfits that Jimmy stores in his disguise kit. To change his appearance Jimmy also uses wigs, toupees, red & black hair day, makeup, built up shoes and chest padding.

Going Undercover

Jimmy also goes undercover at the Daily Planet for higher wages or on dates with Lucy Lane or at his fan club to become the first female leader and joining a baseball team to take down gangsters in a jewel heist.

Romance

Jimmy’s main love interest is Lucy Lane but there’s also a lot of other that don’t work out either because they are from different worlds or they are in love with his alias or he has become the wolf-man.

Robots & Androids

There are many robot android and cyborg stories but to narrow it down here are the Jimmy Olsen robots and androids. There are the robots that Superman gave him or the Superboy robot pretending to be Jimmy or an alien robot based on him that wants to take his identity or an entire planet of different Olsen androids.

The surprise face reveal

There are a lot of surprise face reveals involving either Superman/gangsters/aliens/Bob Hope/Bizarro in disguise.