The ''Daily Planet'' is a fictional newspaper appearing in

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s published by

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, commonly in association with

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. The newspaper was first mentioned in ''Action Comics'' #9 (November 13, 1939) – Underworld Politics, War on Crime. The ''Daily Planet'' building's distinguishing feature is the enormous

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that sits on top of the building. Based in the fictional city of

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, the paper employs

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Lois Lane Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1 (June 1938). Lois is an award-winning ...

Jimmy Olsen Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Olsen is most often portrayed as a young photojournalist working for the ''Daily Planet''. He is close friends with Lois Lane and Superman, Clark Kent ...

, and

Perry White Perry White is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the '' Daily Planet''. The character maintains very high ethical and journalistic standards and i ...

as its editor-in-chief. The building's original features were inspired by the

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where Superman's co-creator,

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, was a newsboy when the ''

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'' was still called the ''Daily Star''. Shuster has claimed that Metropolis was visually inspired by

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."Superman Co-Creator has Humble Canadian Roots," CTV (Jan. 28, 2006).
Retrieved July 25, 2007. Over the years, however, Metropolis has come to serve as an analogue to

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.Fleisher, Michael and Lincoln, Janet E. ''The Great Superman Book'' (Grand Central Publishing, 1978), pp. 223–225.

Fictional history

Golden and Silver Age

When Superman first appeared in comics (specifically 1938's ''Action Comics'' #1), his

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worked for a newspaper named the '' Daily Star'', under editor George Taylor.

named the ''Daily Star'' after the ''

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'' newspaper in

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, which had been the newspaper that Shuster's parents received and for which Shuster had worked as a newsboy. It was not until later that the fictional paper became the ''Daily Planet.'' (The real-world newspaper was called the ''Evening Star'' prior to 1899; the ''Toronto Daily Star'' is now known as the ''Toronto Star''.) While choosing a name for the fictitious newspaper, consideration was given to combining the names of ''

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'' (another Toronto newspaper) and the ''Daily Star'' to become ''The Daily Globe''. But when the

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appeared, the newspaper's name was permanently made the ''Daily Planet'' to avoid a name conflict with real newspapers. In ''Superman'' #5 (Summer 1940), the publisher of the ''Daily Planet'' is shown to be Burt Mason, a man who is determined to print the truth even when corrupt politician Alex Evell threatens him. In ''Superman'' #6 (September–October 1940), Mason gives free printing equipment to ''The Gateston Gazette'' after its editor, Jim Tirrell, is killed and its equipment is destroyed by racketeers that Tirrell insisted on reporting. When DC made use of its

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means of continuity tracking between the early 1960s and mid-1980s, it was declared that the ''Daily Star'' was the newspaper's name in the

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or "Earth-Two" versions of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, while the ''Daily Planet'' was used in the

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or "Earth-One" versions. The Clark Kent of Earth-Two eventually became the editor-in-chief of the ''Daily Star'', something his Earth-One counterpart did not achieve.

In the Silver and Bronze Age universes, Clark's first contact with the ''Daily Planet'' came when reporter (and future editor) Perry White came to

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to write a story about

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, and wound up getting an interview where the Boy of Steel first revealed his extraterrestrial origins. The story resulted in Perry earning a

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. During Clark Kent's years in college, Perry White was promoted to editor-in-chief upon the retirement of the ''Daily Planets previous editor, the Earth-One version of George Taylor.''Superman: The Secret Years'' #4 (May 1985) After graduating from Metropolis University with a degree in journalism, Clark Kent went to work at the ''Planet'', and quickly met Lois Lane (who had been working there for some time already). After Clark was hired, Jimmy Olsen joined the paper's staff. In 1971, the ''Daily Planet'' was purchased by

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, president of the Galaxy Broadcasting System. Edge proceeded to integrate Metropolis

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station WGBS-TV's studios into the ''Daily Planet'' building, and named Clark Kent as the anchor for the WGBS evening news. Eventually, Clark's former schoolmate from Smallville

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joined Clark as a co-anchor. After the 1985–1986 miniseries ''

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'', many of these elements, including Morgan Edge buying the ''Daily Planet'', were retroactively changed or eliminated from the Superman canon.

Post-Crisis

In the post-Crisis comics' canon, years before Clark or Lois began working for the paper,

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owned the ''Daily Planet.'' When Luthor, deciding to sell the paper, began taking bids for the ''Planet'', Perry White convinced an international conglomerate, TransNational Enterprises, to buy the paper. They agreed to this venture with only one stipulation: that Perry White would become editor-in-chief. White had served as the ''Planet'' editor-in-chief ever since, barring the few times he was absent. During those times people such as Sam Foswell and Clark Kent have looked after the paper. Franklin Stern, an old friend of White's, became the ''Daily Planets publisher. The ''Planet'' saw its share of rough times during White's tenure. For example, it had many violent worker strikes. The building itself, along with most of the city, was destroyed during the "Fall of Metropolis" storyline; it is only much later that it was restored by the efforts of various superheroes. The ''Planet'' building sustained heavy damages after the villain

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's rampage. Later, Franklin Stern decided to put the paper up for sale.

, disliking the heavy criticism of himself and his company that the ''Planet'' became noted for, purchased the ''Daily Planet'' and subsequently closed the paper down. Luthor fired every employee of the newspaper except for four people: Simone D'Neige, Dirk Armstrong,

, and

. As a final insult, Luthor saw to it that the ''Planet'' globe was unceremoniously dumped in the Metropolis

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. In the ''Planets place emerged "LexCom," a news-oriented

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website that primarily catered to Luthor's views of "quality journalism." After Lois Lane made a deal with Luthor where, in exchange for him returning the ''Planet'' to Perry, she would kill one story of his choosing with no questions asked, Luthor sold the ''Daily Planet'' to Perry White for the token sum of one dollar. The paper was quickly reinstated, rehiring all of its old staff. Sometime later, ownership of the ''Planet'' fell into the hands of

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, where it has remained ever since. In the '' Batman: Hush'' storyline, it is named a

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of Wayne Entertainment. During the "Y2K" storyline (involving the city of Metropolis being infused with futuristic technology thanks to a descendant of the villain Brainiac), the ''Daily Planet'' building was "upgraded" along with the rest of Metropolis, and a holographic globe replaced the physical one. Eventually due to temporal instabilities caused by the B13 Virus, Metropolis and the Daily Planet building, globe and all, were restored to their former states. In the current comics and media spinoffs, the ''Daily Planet'' is presented as a thoroughly modern news operation, including operating an Internet website much like most large newspapers. The ''Planets reporters also have access to the best modern equipment to aid their work, though Perry White has often been shown as still favoring his manual

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. In 2008, it was said that Clark (at least in this era/continuity) uses a typewriter at his desk due to his powers causing minor interference in regular desktop computers. During this era, the ''Planet'''s major competitors in Metropolis include the tabloid newspaper the ''Daily Star'', WGBS-TV (which also employed

and

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for a time), and

's various media operations. A contemporary publication is ''Newstime'' Magazine, where Clark Kent worked as the editor for a time. The publisher of ''Newstime'' is Colin Thornton, who is secretly the demon Satanus, an enemy of Superman's.

''Superman: Birthright''

In the '' Superman: Birthright'' limited series, the ''Daily Planets publisher was Quentin Galloway, an abrasive overbearing loudmouth who bullied Jimmy Olsen, and later Clark Kent, before being told off by Lois Lane, whom Galloway could not fire because of her star status. This was meant to be a new origin for Superman but one that applied to the Post-Crisis continuity, so later ''Planet'' history concerning Luthor temporarily owning it and other events still applied.

Post-Infinite Crisis

During the story ''

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'', parts of the Post-Crisis history were altered. These changes were explained gradually over the next several years. The 2009 mini-series '' Superman: Secret Origin'' clarified the earlier history of the ''Planet'' in the new continuity. The story established that while Lex Luthor, in the revised history, owns every media in Metropolis and uses it to enforce his public image as a wealthy benefactor, the ''Planet'' had always stood free, refusing him ownership and even condemning his actions in editorials signed by Perry White himself. As a result, when Clark Kent is first inducted into the ''Planet'', the newspaper was almost bankrupt, dilapidated and unable to afford new reporters. This changed after Superman begins his career. Thanks to Superman granting exclusive interviews and photographs to Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen when he debuts, the paper's circulation increased 700%. General Sam Lane (Lois' father) attempted to capture Superman, seeing him as an alien threat. When he failed to do so, he forcibly shut down the ''Planet'' as part of an attempt to force Perry White and Lois to turn over any information they had on Superman that they haven't released to the public. Eventually, Superman turned the public to his favor and Sam Lane was seen in a bad light after his soldier John Corben AKA

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ruthlessly endangered civilians. These events lead to the people of Metropolis no longer looking at Lex Luthor as a savior and ''The Daily Planet'' becomes the city's top-selling paper, as well as a major player in media. In ''

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'' #2, the villain

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triggers an explosion in The ''Daily Planet'' building, greatly damaging the offices, leaving many injured and at least one person dead. Lois Lane is hospitalized. Despite the chaos of ''Final Crisis'' and more than half of humanity being enslaved by evil, the newspaper continues to spread news and inform the public via a printing press in Superman's

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. In ''Final Crisis'' #7, it is shown functioning once again.

The New 52

With the reboot of DC's line of comics in 2011, the ''Daily Planet'' was shown in the ''Superman'' comics as being bought by Morgan Edge and merged with the Galaxy Broadcasting System, similar to the Silver/Bronze Age continuity. In ''Action Comics'', it is revealed that in the new history/universe, Clark Kent begins his journalism career in Metropolis roughly six years before Galaxy Broadcasting merges with the ''Daily Planet''. Along with being a writer for ''The Daily Star'', partly because editor George Taylor was a friend of his adopted parents, Clark is an active blogger who speaks against political corruption and reports on the troubles of everyday citizens who are not often the focus of news media. While working at the ''Star'', Clark meets ''Planet'' photographer Jimmy Olsen and the two become friends despite working at rival publications. Clark is also a great fan of Lois Lane's work at the ''Daily Planet'', eventually meeting her through Jimmy. Months after Superman makes his public debut, Clark leaves ''The Daily Star'' on good terms and accepts a position at ''The Daily Planet''. After the merger with Galaxy Broadcasting, Lois was promoted to run the TV division, with Clark acting as an on-the-scene reporter for the TV division. Clark is later assigned the "Superman beat." But after rising tension between himself and Lois, as well as with Galaxy Broadcasting head Morgan Edge, Clark concludes that the ''Daily Planet'' is now more concerned with ratings and internet page views than actual journalism. He quits and goes off to begin an independent, internet news site with fellow journalist Cat Grant. Though Lois and Jimmy consider this to be a bad and risky decision, they continue to act as Clark's friends and confidants, offering aid when they can. At the conclusion of the New 52, following the New 52 Superman's death, Lex Luthor buys the ''Daily Planet''.

30th and 31st Centuries

In virtually every incarnation of the era inhabited by the

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, the ''Daily Planet'' is depicted as a fixture in Metropolis, and one of Earth's major media sources. Frequently, the

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's wife Iris West Allen (a native of the era) is depicted as a member of its staff or editorial board.

Fictional employees

''Daily Planet's'' staff at various times included: *

- Editor-in-Chief *

- Reporter *

- Photographer and Cub Reporter *

- Business Columnist and editor *

- Gossip Columnist and editor *

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- Political Columnist and editor *

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- Sports Columnist and editor

In other media

Television

Live-action

* The ''Daily Planet'' appears in '' Adventures of Superman'', with exterior shots represented by

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and the E. Clem Wilson Building. * The ''Daily Planet'', renamed the ''Daily Bugle'' (not to be confused with the

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property of the same name), appears in '' The Adventures of Superpup''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in the first season of '' Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. This version of the building has a small globe near the entrance and a helipad in place of the large rooftop globe. At the end of the season, the ''Daily Planet'' is bought out and closed down before Metropolis businessman Franklin Stern funds a relaunch. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

''. This version of the building is located across from LuthorCorp's corporate headquarters at 355 Burrard St., the address of the

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where filming of the series took place. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

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''.

Animation

* The ''Daily Planet'' appears in '' Superman: The Animated Series''. This version is stated to have offices in

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. * A Metropolis High School newspaper based on the ''Daily Planet'' called the ''Daily Planetoid'' appears in ''

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'' (2019). * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

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''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in the fifth season of ''

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''.

Film

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* The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

'' (1978), ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace''. For all of its appearances, the exterior was represented by the ''

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'' building. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

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'' as a computer generated image of a fictional building inserted into the New York City skyline. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in '' Superman: Doomsday''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in '' Superman Unbound''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in films set in the

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(DCEU), with exterior shots being represented by the

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while interior shots were filmed inside

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. * The ''Daily Planet'' makes a background appearance in '' Justice League: War''. * A parallel universe variant of the ''Daily Planet'' called PLANETNWZ.COM appears in '' Justice League: Gods and Monsters''. * The ''Daily Planet''s globe appears in '' Space Jam: A New Legacy''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

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''. * The ''Daily Planet'' will appear in ''

'' (2025).

Video games

* The ''Daily Planet'' appears in '' Superman: Shadow of Apokolips''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears as a stage in ''

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''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

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''. This version was located in downtown Metropolis before it was bottled by Brainiac. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in the distance of '' Batman Arkham Knight''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in ''

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''. * The ''Daily Planet'' appears in '' Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League''.

Miscellaneous

* The ''

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'' appeared in promotional pages for regular DC publications from 1976 to 1981. Notable features of the page were "The Answer Man", where DC writer/editor

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would answer questions sent in by readers, and a comic strip by cartoonist

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poking fun at DC characters. * A 16-page "Special Invasion Edition" of the ''Daily Planet'' was published by DC in November 1988 as a tie-in to the '' Invasion!''

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event."The DC Canon: ''Invasion!''", Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
* The ''Daily Planet'' received a self-titled song in

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' self-titled debut album.

References

External links

"Superman at the ''Star''": An interview with Superman co-creator Joe Shuster from the ''Toronto Star'', April 26, 1992, about Shuster's memories of Toronto and the ''Evening Star'' newspaper.

The Superman Homepage's entry for the ''Daily Planet''
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