Following up on yesterday’s Super Soldier design, I could not leave out his sidekick Jimmy Barnes; an Amalgam of Jimmy Olson and Bucky Barnes. These two are completely different characters while also being inherently similar, they’re both from that golden Age of comics, both helpers to the big heroes of their time and they both ended up becoming heroes in their own right (though Jimmy always will be Superman’s Pal). 

When I started this piece I wanted it to pair very well next to my Super Soldier piece from yesterday but as I kept going I realized how much I loved this design and pair-up so I went overboard and created this classic feeling comic book cover heavily inspired by Issue 109 of Captain America’s original run. The front text alludes to the origin I imagined for this character.

Barely 18 when the second world war starts, Jimmy Barnes heads off to Europe to become a War-time photographer, capturing the brutal nature of war like no one else can. He quickly makes a name for himself as his pictures grace the front page of American newspapers everywhere. During one mission he meets Super Soldier, a young soldier with incredible powers who has singlehandedly caused the destruction of entire nazi platoons. The two are sent off on the same mission, where Jimmy captures the most breathtaking pictures of the American Super Soldier and only makes his legend grow. Their friendship grows as the two do more and more missions together and eventually, Jimmy even helps out The Super Soldier on the battlefield, turning into a bonafide super-sidekick.

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