Perry White | |
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![]() Perry White, as seen on the cover of The World of Metropolis #1 (August 1988). Art by John Byrne, Dick Giordano, and Tom Ziuko. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | The Adventures of Superman "Clark Kent, Reporter (February 14, 1940)" |
First comic appearance | Superman #7 (November 1940) |
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Team affiliations | Daily Planet Galaxy Communications |
Supporting character of | Superman Lois Lane Jimmy Olsen |
Perry White is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet.[1] The character maintains very high ethical and journalistic standards and is an archetypal image of the tough, irascible, but fair-minded boss.[2]
In film, the character has been portrayed by Pierre Watkin in the Superman serial, Jackie Cooper in 1978's Superman movie and its sequels, Frank Langella in Superman Returns, Laurence Fishburne in the DC Extended Universe, and Wendell Pierce in the upcoming DC Universe (DCU) film Superman (2025). In television, John Hamilton and Lane Smith in played the character in Adventures of Superman and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, respectively, and Paul Jarrett in the series Superman & Lois.
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