History ComicBook / SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019

In the sprawling distant year of 2019 after the fallout of ''Event Leviathan'', writer Creator/MattFraction and artist Steve Lieber brings us an epic twelve-issue maxi-series about Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Non-Biological Brother But-Like-Really-Good-Friend Brother ComicBook/JimmyOlsen that... doesn't really have much to do with the events or the fallout of ''Event Leviathan''!

* DeconReconSwitch: Take Jimmy's Silver Age shenanigans, apply lasting consequences to them, and what you have is the realization that Jimmy Olsen is a property-damaging ''nightmare''. His tendencies to cause trouble whether intentional or not has resulted in collateral damages that could rival supervillain rampages and embarrassments for those who either employ him or are related to him. In fact, his personality, especially when juxtaposed against his siblings, is portrayed in the series as a lack of realistic ambition and drive that's been present since childhood, leading to him going on crazy adventures that, when taking continuity into account, just makes things FromBadToWorse. However, for all his faults, Jimmy is still ultimately a good person who wants to do what's right, and isn't so far into his role as a WeirdnessMagnet BunnyEarsLawyer to not recognize when he messes up. Not to mention that a Bunny-Ears Lawyer is still ''competent'' at his job and Jimmy is still a photojournalist to be reckoned with if he finds out you've been doing something worthy of incriminating photos. True to form, everything in the series that's his fault is resolved by himself by the end and more. There's a very good reason why he's Superman's pal, after all.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Besides the Olsen siblings who look like each other at varying ages, [[spoiler:the series retcons Lex Luthor's red hair as a clue to his relation to them.]]

** Fraction also takes the piss out of ''Event Leviathan'' by having "Timmy" [[SpitefulSpoiler yell out to an audience lined up outside a theater]] that the traitor is [[spoiler:Manhunter]].

--->'''Jix''': You've...been to Gorilla City more than once?
--->'''Jimmy''': It's a city full of gorillas, I visit all the time!

* CanonDiscontinuity: When the series was being published, it was directly made out to be a spin-off of ''Event Leviathan'' and specifically ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis''. While the prologue alludes to its events, the trade collection excises all references to Bendis's run and ''Event Leviathan'' to completely make the series standalone.

--->'''Jimmy''': [[Film/TheGodfatherPartII You broke my heart.]]

-->'''Hun'ya''': Indeed, Jimmicle Olsen of Earth. Fair is fair, and no takebacks is indeed fair. Did you perhaps call "no backsies"? Were any fingers crossed? Or was it by chance OppositeDay?

* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: Batman, irritated that Superman brought a civilian (even if he's an ActionSurvivor and IntrepidReporter), says that only two finds of people exist: soldiers and enemies. He strikes Jimmy's camera out of his hands and asks if he's an enemy, because he definitely doesn't look like a soldier. He swings away without giving anyone a chance to react, leaving Supes embarrassed that his attempt to introduce two of his friends went that poorly.

* CanonDiscontinuity: When the series was being published, it was directly made out to be a spin off of ''Event Leviathan'' and specifically ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis''. While the prologue alludes to its events, the trade collection excises all references to Bendis's run and ''Event Leviathan'' to completely make the series standalone.

* TheComicallySerious: The series ramps Batman's tendencies for this UpToEleven, giving us a rather iconic image of him stoically declaring that he is hilarious as he wears a novelty "arrow-through-the-head" prop.