First Appearance Of
Action Comics #23 (1940). Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The first explicit appearance of the Daily Planet as Clark Kent's newspaper.

1st Use of 'Daily Planet'

First Appearance of Daily Planet

Action Comics #23

April 1940 · DC · Golden Age

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's 1940 newspaper. The Daily Planet is the Metropolis newspaper where Clark Kent works as a reporter alongside Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. The newspaper was originally called the Daily Star in early Superman issues.

Key Issue

Created by Jerry Siegel · Joe Shuster

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DC Comics Place Metropolis newspaper, Clark Kent's day job.

The Daily Planet first appears under that name in Action Comics #23 (April 1940), Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Earlier Superman issues used 'Daily Star' as the newspaper's name; the rename to Daily Planet became canonical from Action Comics #23 forward. The newspaper has been a recurring Superman setting across nearly every continuity since 1940 and has appeared in nearly every Superman live-action and animated adaptation.

First Appearance

  1. Action Comics #23 cover
    First Use of 'Daily Planet' April 1940

    Action Comics #23

    By Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

    Siegel and Shuster. The first explicit use of 'Daily Planet' as the newspaper's name. Earlier Superman issues (Action Comics #1 onward) had Clark Kent working at a newspaper called the Daily Star; the rename to Daily Planet became canonical from this issue forward.

What the Daily Planet is

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster introduced the canonical Daily Planet name in Action Comics #23 (April 1940). Earlier Superman issues used ‘Daily Star’ for Clark Kent’s newspaper; the rename became canonical from Action Comics #23 forward. The Daily Planet has been a recurring Superman setting across nearly every continuity, with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, and the broader Daily Planet staff serving as Superman’s primary supporting cast.

Collector context

Action Comics #23 trades in the high four to low five figures at CGC 9.0 and above. The book is recognized as a Lex Luthor first appearance (in addition to the Daily Planet rename) and as a Golden Age Superman key.

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What is the Daily Planet's first appearance?

Action Comics #23 (April 1940), Siegel and Shuster, for the first explicit use of the 'Daily Planet' name. Earlier Superman issues (Action Comics #1 onward) used 'Daily Star.'

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