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Daily Planet

Information

Headquarters

Daily Planet Building; Metropolis^[1]

Use

Newspaper media

Leader

Perry White^[2]

Status

Active

Home Universe

Earth-38

Current Universe

Earth-Prime

Appearances

First Appearance	Last Appearance
Pilot (Supergirl) (mentioned)	Savior Complex (mentioned)

The Daily Planet is a newspaper publisher based in Metropolis.

History[edit | hide | hide all]

Foundation[edit | hide]

The Daily Planet was founded at some point in Metropolis, New York. They eventually hired several staff members including editor-in-chief Perry White, journalist Lois Lane, gossip columnist Cat Grant, and photojournalist James Olsen.

Superman and Supergirl[edit | hide]

At some point in the early 2000s, Clark Kent became a journalist for the Daily Planet. During his first day on the job, he rushed out of a staff meeting to rescue Lois Lane from a news helicopter crash.^[3] At some point after this, James Olsen took the first photograph of Superman.^[4]

In May 2009, Cat Grant travelled to Midvale, after gaining approval from Perry White, to investigate rumors of a super-powered individual operating in the town.^[5]

Man of Tomorrow[edit | hide]

In 2020, Lex Luthor had a front-page article in the Daily Planet on the day he was scheduled to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.^[6]

Employees[edit | hide]

Current Employees[edit | hide]

Clark Kent (reporter)
Lois Lane (reporter)
Perry White (editor-in-chief)

Former Employees[edit | hide]

Cat Grant (gossip columnist; resigned)
James Olsen (photojournalist; resigned)

Appearances[edit | hide]

Appearances
	Pilot (Supergirl)	Mentioned
	Stronger Together	Mentioned
	Fight or Flight	Mentioned
	Strange Visitor from Another Planet	Mentioned
	Truth, Justice and the American Way	Mentioned
	Falling (Supergirl)	Mentioned
	Attack Edge!	Mentioned
	The Adventures of Supergirl	Appears
	The Last Children of Krypton	Mentioned
	Resist	Mentioned
	The Faithful	Mentioned
	Not Kansas	Mentioned
	American Alien	Newspaper
	Man of Steel (Supergirl)	Newspaper (Flashback)
	Elseworlds, Part 1	Mentioned
	The House of L	Appears
	American Dreamer	Dream
	Event Horizon	Newspaper
	Blurred Lines	Newspaper
	It's a Super Life	Newspaper
	Deus Lex Machina	Newspaper
	Prom Night!	Appears
	Prom Again!	Appears
	Welcome Back, Kara!	Mentioned
	Still I Rise	Newspaper
	Magical Thinking	Mentioned
	Flesh and Mud	Newspaper
	Savior Complex	Mentioned

Gallery[edit | hide]

Logo

References[edit | hide]

Other versions of Daily Planet

New Multiverse

Earth: 1
Original Multiverse

Earth: UE-43

[The_House_of_L-1] The House of L

[The_Adventures_of_Supergirl-2] The Adventures of Supergirl

[3] Savior Complex

[4] It's a Super Life

[5] Prom Night!

[6] Deus Lex Machina

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