Jumbo Jones is a helicopter pilot working for the Daily Planet.
Future[]
He was flying Lois Lane from the Daily Planet, when the helicopter suddenly lost power, sending Lois and Jumbo falling from the sky. They were rescued by the Clark Kent from 2010. Believing him to be the Clark from 2017 (not wearing his Superman suit), Lois knocked Jones out to protect Clark's identity.
Notes[]
- The character's name was never established. It is possible that he is intended to be a canonical Daily Planet employee from the comics. Towards the end of the show, they seemingly began to phase out the Daily Planet employees (that were original to the show), for canonical supporting characters from the Superman comics.[1][2][3][4] Depictions of the future in Salvation, Homecoming and Finale, Part 2 have all the named Daily Planet employees be Ron Troupe, Perry White, and James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen.[5][6][7] The one exception being Jeff Hage, who appears in the 2013 sequence in Salvation[5] and the 2017 sequence in Homecoming,[6] but is absent from the 2018 sequence in Finale, Part 2 (despite appearing in the 2011 part of Finale, Part 1).[8][7] Jeff himself vanishes after the Season Eleven story Haunted.[9] In the remaining Season Eleven stories, all the named Daily Planet employees are Perry White, Cat Grant, Franklin Stern, and Steve Lombard.[10][11][12][13] Being a helicopter pilot, flying the Daily Planet Eye in the Sky helicopter, it is possible that he is Jumbo Jones.
Appearances[]
In the Comics[]
Jumbo Jones as he appears in the comics
Jumbo Jones first appeared in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1 (October, 1954). He was a helicopter pilot working for the Daily Planet, flying the press helicopter (known as the "Flying Press Room").