2010 Comic Book News Archives

September 22, 2010: Nick Spencer Talks Jimmy & Chloe in "Action Comics"

Action Comics #893 Newsarama.com caught up with writer Nick Spencer to ask him about his Jimmy Olsen back-up story being published within the pages of "Action Comics". Here's what he had to say about introducing Chloe Sullivan to the comic book world.

    Q: Chloe Sullivan. Her fans are a pretty dedicated bunch; they even pitched in to buy ad time here in LA last spring to air a commercial they made about how great they think she is. How nervous are you about getting the character "right"?

    Spencer: Extremely. It's terrifying! But exciting at the same time. I'm very proud of the fact that we pulled this off - and all credit goes to everyone at DC for making it possible - I really consider it to be my first positive contribution to the DCU, getting a great character like Chloe in the door here. At the same time, obviously, there are a lot of changes due to continuity and what not, but I'm trying to stay as true to the spirit of the character as I can: she's the same strong-willed, funny, and fearless girl people know and love from the show. She's from Smallville, and calling back to the earlier seasons, she's a reporter. She and Jimmy have some history, too.

    The one thing I do keep cautioning her fans about is that, here, she's a supporting character in a 10 page co-feature that's got a lot going on, and it's going to take us some time to really get to her story and see why she is where she is when we start. But if they do stick around, I really believe they'll like where we're going - I'm already bugging my editors to let me do more with her down the road, too, so fingers crossed there. And no matter what, she's here now, in the DCU, and hopefully she'll have a long, bright future in comics!

Read the complete interview at Newsarama.com.

Be sure to also check out Jimmy Olsen story editor Will Moss' blog all about this new back-up story.

Check out the first part of Nick's Jimmy Olsen story within the pages of "Action Comics #893" which hits shelves on September 29th.



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