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The Planet rotates for it’s 80th year ZACK BENZ
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usk breaks over the city of Metropolis and the warm beams of morning sunlight encapsulates the city’s golden beacon of truth, justice and hope in a warm glimmer of light. This beacon crowns the rooftop over the headquarters of Metropolis’ greatest newspaper, inspiring all that gaze up at the familiar ringed globe. Truth, justice and the American way. These ideals are not only adopted by
Earth’s mightiest hero, Superman, they’re also fostered by the internationally recognized news organization, the Daily Planet. The Daily Planet is best recognized as the galactic paper of record which chronicles the Man of Steel’s fantastic adventures. In it’s fictional context, the Planet was founded during the golden age of print journalism. Over time it evolved from solely print news to a multimedia
organization made to include television, radio, social media and the constant maintenance of a strong online presence. The Daily Planet has produced groundbreaking headlines and news for generations. This famed publication has chronicled the adventures of Superman within the pages of DC Comics since the beginning. When Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first created Superman and all related
characters in 1938, they made the conscious decision of making the Man of Steel’s alter ego a journalist. Their reasoning behind this was simple; back in 1938 there wasn’t a more noble profession than journalism. Superman co-creators Shuster and Siegel originally employed Clark Kent and Lois Lane at the Daily Star but decisively felt obligated to change the broadsheet newspaper’s masthead soon after.
