There was a comic back in the day called “Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen” which makes sense that Jimmy would be a guy. However, a lot of people are changing the history of comic book characters because also back in the day the people writing them tended to make all the characters white males.
The latest rumor to be seen is that Jimmy Olsen in the new Superman movie, is really JENNY Olsen. Rebecca Buller will be playing a character called Jenny Olsen. And there’s no mention of Jimmy.
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