James Olsen (New Earth-Thirteen)

Infected
Before becoming an undead, Jimmy was a photographer for the Daily Planet and worked with reporters Lois Lane-Kent and Clark Kent.

Jimmy's life began to change after Lois and Clark got married feeling that he was becoming a third wheel. Jimmy tried to hold in these emotions believing it would get better. Jimmy eventually ended up going to The STAR Labs Science Expo with Clark and Lois. Before the expo however Jimmy contacted his friend Superman and asked for his advice for his problem with Clark and Lois. Superman told him just to talk to them about it with them. After talking to Superman, Jimmy went to the expo to meet Clark and Lois. After the expo began the trio ended up getting an interview with Lucius Fox who talked about the Wayne Tech Battery, but before they could finish the interview a criminal known as Doctor Death attacked the expo in an attempt to steal some of the technology. As Jimmy, Lois, Clark, and Lucius tried to flee the building began to come down trapping Jimmy in the room, where Doctor Death was. Doctor Death tries to kill Jimmy, but instead destroys the Wayne Tech Battery causing the gas to envelope Jimmy as Doctor death flees. Jimmy ends up wondering around Metropolis in a daze, while feeling sick and weak in till he eventually collapses in a pile of trash. Jimmy attempts to call Superman for help, but his signal watch is broken. Jimmy soon dies in the pile of trash as he remembers what Superman told him; "Sometimes Change is Good".

A homeless man eventually tries to help Jimmy, but Jimmy reanimates and bites the homeless man turning him into another