| JIMMY OLSEN | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster |
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CHRONOLOGY
Jimmy Olsen first appeared in (as unnamed office boy): Action Comics #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 #6 (November 1938): "Superman's Phony Manager" |
| Action Comics #10 (March 1939): [The Cory Town Chain Gang] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #2/2 (fall 1939): "Superman Champions Universal Peace" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #3 (winter 1939): [The Orphanage Adventure] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #3/2 (winter 1939): [Superman and the Smugglers] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #9/3 (March-April 1941): [Mystery in Swasey Swamp] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #12/2 (September-October 1941): [The Suicide Murders] |
| Action Comics #42 (November 1941): [The City in the Sky] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #13/2 (November-December 1941): [The Attack of the Archer] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #15 (March-April 1942): [There is Nothing Like a Frame] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #15/4 (March-April 1942): "The Evolution King" |
| Action Comics #49 (June 1942): "The Wizard of Chance" |
| World's Finest Comics #6 (summer 1942): "The Man of Steel versus the Man of Metal" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #17/2 (July-August 1942): "The Human Bomb" |
| Action Comics #57 (February 1943): "Crime's Comedy King" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #24/2 (September-October 1943): "The King of Crackpot Lane" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #25 (November-December 1943): "The Man Superman Refused to Help" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #25/3 (November-December 1943): "King of the Comic Books" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #25/4 (November-December 1943): "Hijack--Jackal of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #13 (spring 1944): "The Freedom of the Press" |
| Action Comics #71 (April 1944): "Valentine Villainy" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #28/3 (May-June 1944): [The Suicide] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #30 (September-October 1944): "Superman Alias Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #30/4 (September-October 1944): "The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk" |
| Action Comics #95 (April 1946): "The Laughing Stock of Metropolis" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #40/2 (May-June 1946): "There Is No Superman" |
| Action Comics #100 (September 1946): "The Sleuth Who Never Failed" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #48/2 (September-October 1947): "Autograph, Please" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #49 (November-December 1947): "Toyman and the Gadgets of Greed" |
| World's Finest Comics #36 (September-October 1948): "Lois Lane, Sleeping Beauty" |
| Action Comics #132 (May 1949): "The Secret of the Kents" |
| Action Comics #136 (September 1949): "Superman, Show-Off" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #60 (September-October 1949): "The Two Identities of Superman" |
| Action Comics #157 (June 1951): "The Superman Who Couldn't Fly" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #79/2 (November-December 1952): "The End of the Planet" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #83 (July-August 1953): "Destination X" |
| Action Comics #188 (January 1954): "The Spectral Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #86/2 (January 1954): "Jimmy Olsen, Editor" |
| World's Finest Comics #68 (January-February 1954): "The Menace from the Stars" |
| Action Comics #189 (February 1954): "Clark Kent's New Mother and Father" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #87/2 (February 1954): "Superman's Super-Boners" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #88/2 (March 1954): "The Dog Who Loved Superman" |
| Action Comics #192 (May 1954): "The Man Who Sped Up Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #89/3 (May 1954): "One Hour of Doom" |
| Action Comics #484 (June 1978): "Superman Takes a Wife" |
| Superman Family #198/2 (November-December 1979): "The Leaning Tower of Metropolis" |
| Superman Family #199/2 (January-February 1980): "Susie's Flying Saucer" |
| Superman Family #202/2 (July-August 1980): "The Man Who Discovered Kryptonite" |
| Superman Family #216/2 (March 1982): "Who's Superman?" |
| Superman Family #218/4 (May 1982): "Kryptonite-Mare" |
| Superman Family #219/2 (June 1982): "Paper Tiger" |
| Superman Family #221/4 (August 1982): "Arrows of Vengeance" |
| Superman Family #222/4 (September 1982): "The Day the World Changed" |
| Superman Family #186/2 (November-December 1977): "Save My Friend, Kill Your World" |
| All-Star Comics #71 (March-April 1978): "The Deadliest Game in Town" |
| America vs. the Justice Society #1 (January 1985): "I Accuse" |
| America vs. the Justice Society #3 (March 1985): "Hostile Witness" |