The Daily Planet
The Daily Planet building under attack from Titano, from Showcase Presents Superman Volume 2 (2006). Art by Curt Swan and George Klein. Note: the cover is a recolored version of the cover from Superman #138, July 1960.
Type	Fictional daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Bruce Wayne
Publisher	Perry White
Editor	Perry White
Founded	1932
Headquarters	Metropolis, U.S.A.
Website: Daily Planet Website

The Daily Planet is a fictional broadsheet newspaper that appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. The Daily Planet is based in Metropolis and employs Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen; its chief editor is Perry White. Within the Superman comics, the Daily Planet is depicted as a famous nationally published newspaper of the same caliber as the New York Times. Daily Planet can refer to: Daily Planet is a fictional newspaper of Metropolis that employs Clark Kent in the Superman comics. ... Image File history File links Titanoplanet. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Curtis D. Swan (born February 17, 1920 in Willmar, Minnesota; died June 16, 1996)[1] was an American comic book artist, best known for his work on the Superman comics spanning three decades. ... George Johnn Klein, O.C., M.B.E., B.A.Sc. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Perry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics, and is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. ... Perry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics, and is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metropolis Skyline, as seen in Smallville. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Metropolis Skyline, as seen in Smallville. ... For other uses, see Clark Kent (disambiguation). ... For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... James Bartholomew Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character, a photojournalist who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ... Perry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics, and is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. ... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

In the comics, the newspaper is located in the heart of Metropolis, at the corner of Fifth Street and Concord Lane. The Planet began publication in 1775; George Washington wrote a guest editorial for the first daily edition. The Daily Planet building's most distinguishing and famous feature is the enormous globe that sits on top of the building. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ... World globe A Baroque era celestial globe A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of a spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star or moon, in particular Earth, or, alternatively, a spherical representation of the sky with the stars (but without the Sun, Moon, or planets, because their...

History

Gold, Silver and Bronze Ages

When Superman first appeared in comics (in 1938's Action Comics #1), his alter ego Clark Kent worked for a newspaper named the Daily Star, under editor George Taylor. Superman co-creator Joe Shuster named the Daily Star after the Toronto Daily Star newspaper in Toronto, Ontario, which had been the newspaper that Shuster's parents received and for which Shuster had worked as a newsboy. (Called the Evening Star prior to 1899, the Toronto Daily Star is now known as the Toronto Star.)^[1] When the Superman newspaper comic strip appeared, the fictional newspaper's name was permanently changed to the Daily Planet to avoid a name conflict with real newspapers which had Star in their name. Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Alter Ego has multiple meanings: Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 computer. ... For other uses, see Clark Kent (disambiguation). ... Joseph Joe Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-born comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1 (March 1938). ... The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

When DC made use of its multiverse means of continuity tracking between the early 1960s and mid-1980s, it was declared that the Daily Star was the workplace of the Golden Age or "Earth-Two" versions of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, while the Daily Planet was unique to their Silver Age 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 didn't achieve at his newspaper. A depiction of several alternate Earths within the Multiverse and the different variations of the Flash inhabiting each Earth. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ... Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... Not to be confused with Kal-El, the mainstream Superman. ...

In both the Silver Age and Bronze Age continuities, Clark's first contact with the Daily Planet came when reporter (and future editor) Perry White came to Smallville to write a story about Superboy, and wound up getting an interview where the Boy of Steel first revealed his extraterrestrial origins (the story wound up winning Perry a Pulitzer prize). During Clark Kent's years in college, Perry White was promoted to editor-in-chief upon the retirement of the Daily Planet's previous editor, the Earth-One version of George Taylor. This article is about Supermans adoptive home town. ... Superboy is the name of several fictional characters in the DC Universe, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. ... Green people redirects here. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

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). Some time after Clark was hired, Jimmy Olsen joined the paper's staff. Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

In 1971, the Daily Planet was purchased by Morgan Edge, president of the Galaxy Broadcasting System. Edge proceeded to integrate Metropolis television 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 Lana Lang joined Clark as a co-anchor. Intergang is a fictional organised crime organisation in Superman comics. ... Lana Lang is a supporting character in DC Comics Superman series. ...

After the 1985-1986 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, many of these elements, including Morgan Edge buying the Daily Planet, were retroactively changed or eliminated from Superman canon. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12-part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ...

Modern Age

In the modern comics' canon, years before Clark or Lois began working for the paper, Lex Luthor 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 has 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 Planet's publisher. Lex Luthor is a fictional supervillain and enemy of Superman in the DC Comics Universe. ... In the Superman stories published by DC Comics, Franklin Stern was the publisher of the Daily Planet newspaper, taking over from the TransNational Enterprises consortium which itself succeeded the villainous Lex Luthor. ...

The Planet saw its share of rough times during White's tenure, including: worker strikes; the Daily Planet building being destroyed during the "Fall of Metropolis" storyline; the Planet building sustaining heavy damages after the villain Doomsday's rampage; and possibly its darkest hour as Franklin Stern decided to put the paper up for sale. Lex Luthor, 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 save for four people: Simone D'Neige, Dirk Armstrong (a fictional counterpart of conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh), Jimmy Olsen, and Lois Lane. As a final insult, Luthor saw to it that the Planet globe was unceremoniously dumped in the Metropolis landfill. In the Planet's place emerged "LexCom," a news-oriented Internet web site that primarily catered to Luthor's views of "quality journalism." Look up doomsday in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Limbaugh. ... James Bartholomew Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character, a photojournalist who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ... For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... Look up landfill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Eventually, after Lois Lane made a deal with Luthor, Luthor sold the Daily Planet to Perry White for the minuscule sum of one dollar. The paper was quickly reinstated, rehiring all of its old staff. Some time later, ownership of the Planet fell into the hands of Bruce Wayne, where it has remained ever since. This article is about the type of currency. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

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. Brainiac is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain and frequent opponent of Superman. ...

In the current comics and media spinoffs, the Daily Planet is presented as a thoroughly modern news operation, including operating an Internet web site much like most large newspapers. The Planet's 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 typewriter. Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ...

The Planet's major competitors in Metropolis include the tabloid newspaper the Daily Star, WGBS-TV (which briefly employed Jimmy Olsen), and Lex Luthor's various media operations. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Superman: Birthright

In the Superman: Birthright limited series, the Daily Planet's publisher is Quentin Galloway, an abrasive overbearing loudmouth who bullies Jimmy Olsen, and later Clark Kent, before being told off by Lois Lane, whom Galloway cannot fire because of her star status.^[2]

In other media

The Daily Planet as seen in Superman Returns (2006).

The Marine Building in Vancouver, which stands in as the Daily Planet building in Smallville.

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• During most of the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman, the Daily Planet exterior was Los Angeles City Hall.

• In 1978's Superman and its sequels, the Daily Planet exterior was the New York Daily News Building. The globe, which used to be on the top of the building, was apparently replaced with one in the front lobby to make room for a helipad on the roof.

• Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman introduced the idea of a smaller globe above the building's entrance (the rooftop was never shown).
  At the end of the first season the paper was bought and closed down by Luthor (as would later happen in the comics). Its relaunch was funded by Metropolis businessman Franklin Stern.

• In the 2000s live-action television series Smallville, the Daily Planet building is located across the street from the LuthorCorp building. The editor-in-chief of the Planet in this series is Pauline Kahn. One of the main characters of Smallville, Chloe Sullivan, works in the basement of the Planet. In episode 10 of the 6th season a street sign is shown as Chloe (Allison Mack) runs out of the Daily Planet from Linda Lake (Tori Spelling) and shows that the Planet is located at 355 Burrard St.

• The 2006 Superman Returns movie has redesigned the Daily Planet as a completely computer generated image of a fictional building in a fully fictional city.

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Cultural references

• The band The Dukes of Stratosphear, an alter ego for XTC, makes reference to the newspaper in a song called "Brainiac's Daughter" on their 1987 album Psonic Psunspot: "Brainiac's daughter talks like a Daily Planet reporter."

• The band Love has a song called "The Daily Planet" on their 1967 album Forever Changes. The phrase "Daily Planet" is never actually mentioned in the song, and none of the lyrics make reference to Superman.

• The real-life newspaper in Metropolis, Illinois is named after the Daily Planet. However, as it is a weekly newspaper, it is named the Metropolis Planet.

• The Asheville Daily Planet , an alternative weekly newspaper, debuted in Asheville, North Carolina in December 2004. The first article of the first issue made references to the Superman mythos. "I thought [it] would be kind of a smashing name, because everybody reads Superman comics," Publisher John North has said.

• The Berkeley Daily Planet is a free, twice-weekly newspaper published in Berkeley, California.

• DelhiPlanet is a Delhi,India based e-zine that is inspired from the Daily Planet. On November 8th,2007 the website launched it's Comic Strip which shows Superman's visit to India on Diwali and ends with his gift to the country which happens to be DelhiPlanet itself.

• The Brazilian humor group Casseta & Planeta created a satiric newspaper in 1984 called Planeta Diário (Daily Planet in Portuguese) in a nod to Clark Kent's newspaper. The newspaper sold 100,000 copies per edition.

• The cable television network Discovery Channel features a show called Daily Planet. Hosted by Jay Ingram and Natasha Stillwell, the Discovery Channel Web site describes it as "a one-hour long science magazine show that brings you the world like you've never seen it before."

• American sportscaster Chris Berman of ESPN, who is well known for his pun-ny nicknames for various baseball players, dubbed St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Ken Dayley (1984-90) "Ken Dayley Planet".

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References

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External links

• DAILY PLANET A Brazilian site devoted to the Superman Universe
• "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
• Supermanica: Daily Planet Supermanica entry on the Pre-Crisis Daily Planet
• DelhiPlanet The Indian Daily Planet that aims to replicate the one in the comics