Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen?
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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen?

Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Steve Lieber Publisher: DC Comics Trade Paperback: October 28, 2020 Issues: 12, Issue Reviews: 423
8.9Critic Rating
8.2User Rating

Jimmy Olsen must die! Wait, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Jimmy Olsen lives! Superman’s best friend and Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen tours the bizarre underbelly of the DC Universe in this new series featuring death, destruction, giant turtles, and more, combining Silver Age energy with a distinctly modern sensibility! It’s a centuries-spanning whirlwind of weird that starts in Metropolis and ends in Gotham City. Award-winning writer Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, Hawkeye) makes his DC debut with Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, an irreverent, hijinks-filled journey across the weirdest and wildest corners of the DCU, illustrate more

  • 9.5
    Loafy Trophy Feb 7, 2022

    Well buddy, Fraction and Lieber sure have..... created......some content. In all honesty, I absolutely love this book. It's both a love letter to, and a hilarious satire of, the Silver Age and DC Comics all wrapped in one.

    Fraction manages to jam so many fun, hilarious little bits into the pages that it's almost overwhelming at times. But he never loses the pulse of the main narrative and the way he's able to weave so many subplots together by the end is masterful. The sheer amount of wordplay alone in the Silver Age intros was mind-boggling and worth the price of admission.

    This version of both Lex Luthor and Batman are also among my favorites of all time. Luthor is a careful, conniving son of a bitch, more interested in seeing his enemies defeated rather than obliterated. And this Batman is wonderful, getting into prank wars with Jimmy/Timmy Olsen, while scolding his butler for paying obscene amounts to Wayne employees to laugh at Bruce's jokes.

    Among all the hilarious bits, the book never forgets it's beating heart either. That comics should be fun and that there's no better representation of that than Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. Fraction and Lieber's Jimmy is smart, funny, and always willing to help his Pals and these themes permeate every page of the book.

    And I'd be remiss not to mention Lieber's peerless, perfectly comedic art. Little jokes are snuck into panels all over the place, and every fight Dex-Starr was involved in had me rolling on the floor with laughter due to the sheer absurdity of it all. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

  • 7.0
    MaxOfSteel616 May 2, 2022

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