Daily Planet
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Daily Planet
Official Name
The Daily Planet
Location Details
Universe
Galaxy
Star System
Planet
Country
City
Locale
Whenever a story happens, the planet gets it first and has it webbed and in print while the New York Times is still fishing for sources.
- -- Clark Kent
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History
The Daily Planet is a daily newspaper of Metropolis. Superman works there in his civilian identity as Clark Kent, along with fellow reporter Lois Lane, photographer Jimmy Olsen and editor Perry White.
Residents
Staff members
- Alice - intern
- Bill Stoker (Pre-Crisis)
- Bob Harley - investigative reporter
- Bostwick - reporter
- Brad Hunter (Pre-Crisis)
- Bratten
- Briscoe - staff member
- Bruce Wayne - owner
- Cat Grant - gossip columnist
- Chloe Sullivan - (Smallville continuity)
- Clark Kent - investigative reporter
- Connie
- Ed Byrnes - former managing editor; later night time editor
- Freddy Jones (Pre-Crisis)
- Grant Gabriel (Smallville continuity)
- Jack - cameraman
- James McCullough - former city editor
- Janice Denton - Features editor
- Jimmy Olsen - photo-journalist
- John Corben - reporter (Pre-Crisis only)
- Joyce - staff member
- Justin - intern
- Lex Luthor - former owner
- Lois Lane - investigative reporter
- Marilyn - secretary
- Meg
- Pauline Kahn - Editor (Smallville continuity)
- Pete Cromwell (Pre-Crisis)
- Perry White - managing editor
- Ron Troupe - reporter
- Schuman
- Tom Weaver (Pre-Crisis)
- Vern
- Whit - staff member
Notes
The Daily Planet was also the name of a column appearing in DC Comics to advertise upcoming projects.
Trivia
- One of the Daily Planet's major stockholders is Bridwell Communications. Bridwell is named after DC editor, E. Nelson Bridwell.
- In the 31st century, there's a newsfeed called "Daily Planets".
See Also
- Appearances of Daily Planet
- Location Gallery: Daily Planet
- Catalogued images related to Daily Planet
Links and References
- Daily Planet Who's Who entry
- Daily Planet at Wikipedia
- Daily Planet at Supermanica
- Daily Planet at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Daily Planet at Smallville Wiki
