Perry White, as seen on the cover of The World of Metropolis #1 (August 1988). Art by John Byrne, Dick Giordano, and Tom Ziuko.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
The Adventures of Superman "Clark Kent, Reporter (February 14, 1940)"
First comic appearance
Superman #7 (November 1940)
Created by
George Putnam Ludlam (radio)
Jerry Siegel and Wayne Boring (comics)
In-story information
Team affiliations
Daily Planet Galaxy Communications
Supporting character of
Superman Lois Lane Jimmy Olsen
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.[1] The character maintains very high ethical and journalistic standards and is an archetypal image of the tough, irascible, but fair-minded boss.[2]
In film, the character has been portrayed by Pierre Watkin in the Superman serial, Jackie Cooper in 1978's Superman movie and its sequels, Frank Langella in Superman Returns, Laurence Fishburne in the DC Extended Universe, and Wendell Pierce in the upcoming DC Universe (DCU) film Superman (2025). In television, John Hamilton and Lane Smith in played the character in Adventures of Superman and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, respectively, and Paul Jarrett in the series Superman & Lois.
^Fleisher, Michael L. (2007). The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman. DC Comics. pp. 491–499. ISBN 978-1-4012-1389-3.
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. pp. 471–473. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
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