This article is about the fictional comic book newspaper. For other uses, see Daily Planet (disambiguation).
Daily Planet
Publication information
First appearance
Action Comics #23 (April 1940)
In-story information
Type of business
Newspaper
Owner(s)
Morgan Edge Franklin Stern Lex Luthor Bruce Wayne
Employee(s)
Perry White (editor-in-chief) Clark Kent Lois Lane Jimmy Olsen Cat Grant Ron Troupe Steve Lombard Lana Lang
The Daily Planet is a fictional newspaper appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman.[1] 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 globe that sits on top of the building.[2]
Based in the fictional city of Metropolis, the paper employs Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White as its editor-in-chief. The building's original features were inspired by the Old Toronto Star Building where Superman's co-creator, Joe Shuster, was a newsboy when the Toronto Star was still called the Daily Star. Shuster has claimed that Metropolis was visually inspired by Toronto.[3] Over the years, however, Metropolis has come to serve as an analogue to New York City.[4]
^Greenberger, Robert; Pasko, Martin (2010). The Essential Superman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 67–70. ISBN 978-0-345-50108-0.
^Fleisher, Michael L. (2007). The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman. DC Comics. pp. 49–56. ISBN 978-1-4012-1389-3.
^"Superman Co-Creator has Humble Canadian Roots," CTV (Jan. 28, 2006).. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
^Fleisher, Michael and Lincoln, Janet E. The Great Superman Book (Grand Central Publishing, 1978), pp. 223–225.
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