James Olsen (Earth-38)

James Olsen
Biographical Information
Aliases	Nicknames Jimmy Olsen Codenames Guardian
Status	Alive
Citizenship	American
Died	December 10, 2019 (reverted) Calvintown, United States
Home Universe	Earth-38
Current Universe	Earth-Prime
Physical Information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Associations
Home	Calvintown; United States Metropolis; New York (formerly) Lena Luthor's Penthouse; National City (formerly) Vi's House; Calvintown (formerly)
Occupation	Vigilante (deputized) Publisher of The Calvintown Gazette Photojournalist at the Daily Planet (formerly) Photographer (formerly) Art director at CatCo Worldwide Media (formerly) Super Friend (formerly) CEO of CatCo Worldwide Media (formerly) Leader of His Team (formerly)
Affiliation	National City Police Department The Calvintown Gazette Daily Planet (formerly) CatCo Worldwide Media (formerly) Super Friends (formerly) His Team (formerly)
Relatives	Marcus Olsen† (father) Unnamed† (mother) Kelly Olsen (sister) Vivian† (aunt) Alex Danvers (sister-in-law) Esme (adoptive niece)
Appearances
Portrayed by	Mehcad Brooks Marlon Kazadi (young)
First Appearance	Pilot (Supergirl)
Last Appearance	Kara (Supergirl)

“	My whole life, I've been a sidekick. I have hidden behind my camera while my best friends wear capes, and they're heroes and they save people. And I want to do something good for the world.	”
— James Olsen to Winn Schott[src]

James "Jimmy" Olsen is the publisher of The Calvintown Gazette and the former vigilante known as Guardian.

Biography

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Powers and Abilities

Powers

Former Powers

• Harun-El Mutation
  • Superhuman hearing
  • Superhuman vision
  • Accelerated healing factor
  • Superhuman strength
  • Superhuman durability
  • Heat vision
  • Flight

Abilities

• Photography
• Leadership
• Hand-to-Hand Combat
  • Peak Physical Condition

Weaknesses

Former Weaknesses

• PTSD

Equipment

Former Equipment

• Camera
• Signal Watch
• Guardian Suit
• Transmatter Portal Watch

Appearances

Appearances
	Pilot (Supergirl)	Appears
	Stronger Together	Appears
	Fight or Flight	Appears
	Livewire	Appears
	How Does She Do It?	Appears
	Red Faced	Appears
	Human for a Day	Appears
	Hostile Takeover	Appears
	Blood Bonds	Appears
	Childish Things	Appears
	Strange Visitor from Another Planet	Appears
	Bizarro (Supergirl)	Appears
	For the Girl Who Has Everything	Appears
	Truth, Justice and the American Way	Appears
	Solitude (Supergirl)	Appears
	Falling (Supergirl)	Appears
	Manhunter	Appears
	Worlds Finest	Appears
	Myriad	Appears
	Better Angels	Appears
	The Adventures of Supergirl	Appears
	The Last Children of Krypton	Appears
	Welcome to Earth	Appears
	Survivors	Mentioned
	Crossfire (Supergirl)	Appears
	Changing	Appears
	The Darkest Place	Appears
	Medusa	Appears
	Supergirl Lives	Appears
	We Can Be Heroes	Appears
	The Martian Chronicles	Mentioned
	Luthors	Appears
	Exodus (Supergirl)	Appears
	Star-Crossed	Appears
	Distant Sun	Appears
	Ace Reporter	Appears
	City of Lost Children	Appears
	Resist	Appears
	Nevertheless, She Persisted	Appears
	Girl of Steel	Appears
	Triggers	Appears
	Far from the Tree	Appears
	The Faithful	Appears
	Damage	Appears
	Wake Up	Appears
	Reign	Appears
	Legion of Super-Heroes	Appears
	For Good	Appears
	Schott Through the Heart	Appears
	In Search of Lost Time	Appears
	Of Two Minds	Appears
	Trinity	Appears
	Shelter from the Storm	Appears
	The Fanatical	Appears
	Dark Side of the Moon	Appears
	Not Kansas	Appears
	Make It Reign	Appears
	Battles Lost and Won	Appears
	American Alien	Appears
	Fallout (Supergirl)	Appears
	Man of Steel (Supergirl)	Flashback
	Ahimsa	Appears
	Parasite Lost	Appears
	Call to Action	Appears
	Rather the Fallen Angel	Appears
	Bunker Hill	Appears
	Suspicious Minds	Appears
	Blood Memory	Appears
	Menagerie	Appears
	What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?	Appears
	Stand and Deliver	Appears
	Supergirl: The Secret Files of Kara Danvers	Appears
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Appears
	The House of L	Appears
	All About Eve (Supergirl)	Appears
	Crime and Punishment	Appears
	American Dreamer	Appears
	Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?	Appears
	Red Dawn	Appears
	The Quest for Peace	Appears
	Event Horizon	Appears
	Stranger Beside Me	Appears
	Blurred Lines	Appears
	In Plain Sight	Appears
	Back from the Future: Part One	Mentioned
	It's a Super Life	Myxflyx Timeline
	The Missing Link	Mentioned
	Dream Weaver	Mentioned
	Blind Spots	Phone Call
	Kara (Supergirl)	Appears

Notes

• Only Clark Kent and his mother are allowed to call him Jimmy.
• After his departure from National City, James left his shield for his sister, which she used during the Crisis.

Gallery

• 
  Civilian
• 
  Guardian

Promotional Images

• 
  "Who is the Fastest Person Alive?"
• 
  "United We Stand"

References

Other versions of James Olsen