Editing Daily Planet (section)

===Golden and Silver Age===
[[File:TorontoStar3.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Old Toronto Star Building]], demolished in 1972, was Shuster's model for the ''Daily Planet'' building.]]
When Superman first appeared in comics (specifically 1938's [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]]), his [[alter ego]] [[Clark Kent]] worked for a newspaper named the ''[[Daily Star (DC Comics)|Daily Star]]'', under editor [[George Taylor (DC Comics)|George Taylor]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleisher |first1=Michael L. |title=The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman |date=2007 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-1389-3 |page=56}}</ref> [[Joe Shuster]] named the ''Daily Star'' after the ''[[Toronto Star|Toronto Daily Star]]'' newspaper in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], which had been the newspaper that Shuster's parents received and for which Shuster had worked as a newsboy. It was not until later years that the fictional paper became the ''Daily Planet.'' (The real-world newspaper was called the ''Evening Star'' prior to 1899; the ''Toronto Daily Star'' is now known as the ''Toronto Star''.)<ref name="ctv.ca"/>

While choosing a name for the fictitious newspaper, consideration was given to combining the names of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' (another Toronto newspaper) and the ''Daily Star'' to become ''The Daily Globe''. But when the [[Superman (comic strip)|comic strip]] appeared, the newspaper's name was permanently made the ''Daily Planet'' to avoid a name conflict with real newspapers. In ''Superman'' #5 (Summer 1940), the publisher of the ''Daily Planet'' is shown to be Burt Mason, a man who is determined to print the truth even when corrupt politician Alex Evell threatens him. In ''Superman'' #6 (September–October 1940), Mason gives free printing equipment to ''The Gateston Gazette'' after its editor, Jim Tirrell, is killed and its equipment is destroyed by racketeers that Tirrell insisted on reporting.

When DC made use of its [[multiverse (DC Comics)|multiverse]] means of continuity tracking between the early 1960s and mid-1980s, it was declared that the ''Daily Star'' was the newspaper's name in the [[Golden Age of Comics|Golden Age]] or "Earth-Two" versions of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, while the ''Daily Planet'' was used in the [[Silver Age of Comics|Silver Age]] or "Earth-One" versions. The [[Superman (Kal-L)|Clark Kent of Earth-Two]] eventually became the editor-in-chief of the ''Daily Star'', something his Earth-One counterpart did not achieve.<ref>''Superman Family'' #196 (July–August 1979)</ref>

[[File:Daily Planet.jpg|thumb|A ''Daily Planet'' headline (1941)]]
In the Silver and Bronze Age universes, Clark's first contact with the ''Daily Planet'' came when reporter (and future editor) Perry White came to [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]] to write a story about [[Superboy (Kal-El)|Superboy]], and wound up getting an interview where the Boy of Steel first revealed his [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] origins. The story resulted in Perry earning a [[Pulitzer Prize]].<ref>''The New Adventures of Superboy'' #12 (December 1980)</ref> During Clark Kent's years in college, Perry White was promoted to editor-in-chief upon the retirement of the ''Daily Planet'''s previous editor, the Earth-One version of George Taylor.<ref name="STSS4">''Superman: The Secret Years'' #4 (May 1985)</ref>

After graduating from Metropolis University with a degree in journalism, Clark Kent went to work at the ''Planet'', and quickly met Lois Lane (who had been working there for some time already).<ref name="STSS4" /><ref>''Superman'' #133 (November 1959)</ref> After Clark was hired, Jimmy Olsen joined the paper's staff.<ref>''Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen'' #36 (April 1959)</ref>

In 1971, the ''Daily Planet'' was purchased by [[Morgan Edge]], president of the Galaxy Broadcasting System. Edge proceeded to integrate Metropolis [[television]] station WGBS-TV's studios into the ''Daily Planet'' building, and named Clark Kent as the anchor for the WGBS evening news.<ref>''Superman'' #233 (January 1971)</ref> Eventually, Clark's former schoolmate from Smallville [[Lana Lang]] joined Clark as a co-anchor.<ref>''Superman'' #317 (November 1977)</ref>

After the 1985–1986 miniseries ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', many of these elements, including Morgan Edge buying the ''Daily Planet'', were [[Retroactive continuity|retroactively changed]] or eliminated from the Superman canon.