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Daily Planet

Daily Planet

Metropolis' premiere newspaper. Run by Editor-in-Chief, Perry White.

Name:
Daily Planet
Aliases:
Start year:
1940
First issue:
Superman #4 Superman versus Luthor
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Overview

Lobby of the Daily Planet
Lobby of the Daily Planet

Founded around 1861, the Daily Planet began life as The Daily Star, a newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. Editor George Taylor grew the paper to be an international journalism powerhouse before relocating the paper's offices to Metropolis. That same year he left the Daily Planet and was replaced by Perry White, the Daily Planet's longest running editor to date.

By the time of its Centennial Celebration, the Daily Planet had branch offices in London and Paris. The Daily Planet staff were considered to be some of the finest reporters in the business.

In 1971, the Galaxy Broadcasting System bought The Daily Planet and folded the staff into it's TV News division, WGBS.

The City Room
The City Room

Among the changes were, replacing the iconic globe atop the Daily Planet building with a TV tower, Morgan Edge replacing Perry White as the News Director, and moving Clark Kent to roving reporter. For Kent's new job he was given a 'mobile TV studio' truck equipped with cameras with telephoto lenses, remote pick-up microphones and live radar.

Eventually Clark Kent becomes the nightly news anchor with Lana Lang as his co-host.

Issues

March 1940

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Superman (1939) #4 Superman versus Luthor March 1st, 1940

April 1940

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Action Comics (1938) #23 Dead Men Tell No Tales; … April 1st, 1940

November 1940

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Superman (1939) #7 World's Greatest Adventure-Str… November 1st, 1940

May 1941

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Superman (1939) #10 May 1st, 1941

July 1941

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Superman (1939) #11 July 1st, 1941

August 1941

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World's Finest Comics (1941) #3 Superman, Batman … August 1st, 1941

November 1941

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Superman (1939) #13 November 1st, 1941

December 1941

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World's Finest Comics (1941) #4 Superman, Batman … December 1st, 1941

February 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #45 Superman: "Superman's Ar… February 28th, 1942

April 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #47 Powerstone; The Green Co… April 30th, 1942

May 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #48 The Adventure of the Mer… May 31st, 1942

June 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #49 The Wizard of Chance June 30th, 1942

July 1942

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Superman (1939) #17 July 1st, 1942
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Action Comics (1938) #50 The Professional Basebal… July 31st, 1942

August 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #51 The Case of the Crimeles… August 31st, 1942

September 1942

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Superman (1939) #18 September 1st, 1942
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Action Comics (1938) #52 The Emperor of America; … September 30th, 1942

October 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #53 The Man Who Put Out the … October 31st, 1942

November 1942

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Superman (1939) #19 Case of the Funny Paper Crimes November 1st, 1942
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Action Comics (1938) #54 The Pirate of Pleasure I… November 30th, 1942

December 1942

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Action Comics (1938) #55 A Goof Named Tiny Rufe; … December 31st, 1942
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World's Finest Comics (1941) #8 Talent Unlimited December 31st, 1942

January 1943

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Action Comics (1938) #56 Design for Doom; Melody … January 31st, 1943
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Superman (1939) #20 January 31st, 1943

February 1943

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Action Comics (1938) #57 Crime's Comedy King!; Th… February 28th, 1943

March 1943

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Action Comics (1938) #58 The Face of Adonis!; The… March 31st, 1943
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Superman (1939) #21 March 31st, 1943

April 1943

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World's Finest Comics (1941) #9 One Second to Live April 1st, 1943

May 1943

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Action Comics (1938) #60 Lois Lane--Superwoman!; … May 31st, 1943
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Superman (1939) #22 Meet the Squiffles May 31st, 1943

Volumes

1938

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Action Comics (1938) 275 issue(s)

1939

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Superman (1939) 170 issue(s)

1940

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Batman (1940) 1 issue(s)

1941

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World's Finest Comics (1941) 70 issue(s)

1949

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Superboy (1949) 4 issue(s)

1954

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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) 88 issue(s)

1956

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Showcase (1956) 2 issue(s)

1958

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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958) 94 issue(s)

1960

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Justice League of America (1960) 4 issue(s)
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Superman Annual (1960) 1 issue(s)

1964

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80 Page Giant (1964) 5 issue(s)

1971

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The Forever People (1971) 1 issue(s)

1974

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The Superman Family (1974) 4 issue(s)

1982

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Supergirl (1982) 9 issue(s)

1984

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Super Powers (1984) 1 issue(s)

1985

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Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 2 issue(s)
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DC Challenge (1985) 8 issue(s)
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Superman: The Secret Years (1985) 1 issue(s)

1986

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The Man of Steel (1986) 2 issue(s)

1987

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Action Comics Annual (1987) 3 issue(s)
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Adventures of Superman (1987) 62 issue(s)
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Adventures of Superman Annual (1987) 2 issue(s)
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Suicide Squad (1987) 2 issue(s)
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Superman (1987) 61 issue(s)
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Superman Annual (1987) 4 issue(s)
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The Flash (1987) 2 issue(s)
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The World of Krypton (1987) 1 issue(s)
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Wonder Woman (1987) 5 issue(s)

1988

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Action Comics Weekly (1988) 8 issue(s)
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Animal Man (1988) 1 issue(s)