Business or Organization

Daily Planet
Nick Name
Metropolis Leading Newspaper
Owner

Bruce Wayne

Formerly owned by Lex Luthor

Primary Service or Goal
Public Information Resource
Legal Status
Legal business licensed in the United States.
Headquarters

Metropolis

Alliances
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Notable Employees

Clark Kent - Reporter

Jimmy Olsen - Photographer

Lois Lane-Kent - Reporter

Perry White - Editor-In-Chief

Accessories
Resources common to a major metropolitan newspaper.
Common Competitors
Daily Star
Regularly Appearing

Action Comics

Adventures of Superman

Superman Vol. 1 & 2

Superman: The Man of Steel

First Appearance

As Daily Star

Action Comics #1 (June, 1938)

As Daily Planet

Action Comics #23 (April, 1940)

Creator
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
Origin
One of Metropolis oldest and most respected newspapers.  Clark Kent chose the profession of journalism as a means to become aware of emergencies that needed his abilities as Earth's protector Superman.

Note: The first newspaper that Clark Kent and Lois Lane worked for in Action Comics #1 was called the Daily Star, they later worked for the Daily Planet.