Superman Saves the News
In honor of Comic-Con 2010, happening right now in San Diego, we’ve decided to blog about the beloved intersection of journalists as superheroes and newsrooms as Ground Zero for crime fighters.
Perfect Market’s favorite journalistic caped crusader has got to be Superman, a.k.a., Clark Kent. Not only due to the time Kent spends in the newsroom with his intrepid colleague Lois Lane but, of course, because of Perry White, the irascible editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper Daily Planet.
In celebration of the craft of journalism and the heroic truth squads serialized in these classic comics, I’ve compiled some of the more news-centric Superman quotes and a few photos and comic book pages—all for your viewing pleasure.
Superman Quoteables:
Superman (1941), let’s begin with a news pun, by our nefarious villain:
[Lois Lane is captured by the Mad Scientist]
The Mad Scientist: So, you want a story? I'll give you the greatest story of destruction the world has ever known.
Superman Returns (2006), a few gems of wisdom from Perry White:
Perry White: Lois, Pulitzer Prizes are like Academy Awards, nobody remembers what you got one for,
just that you got one.
The next quotable is Perry White’s take on driving traffic and monetization (couldn’t resist) (also from Superman Returns):
Perry White: [Explaining to Lois Lane why she must write an article on the return of Superman, rather than a massive power outage] "Three things sell this newspaper: Tragedy, sex, and Superman. These people have had enough tragedy, and we all know you can't write worth a damn about sex"
From Superman (1978) Perrry White on “viral” newstories. Wonder if this is what the Gawker newsroom feels like?
Perry White: Now look. The Post: "It Flies." The News: "Look, Ma, No Wires." The Times: "Blue Bomb Buzzes Metropolis." The Planet. We're sitting on top of the story of the century here! I want the name of this flying whatchamacallit to go with the Daily Planet like bacon and eggs, franks and beans, death and taxes, politics and corruption.
— Lee Glandorf, Crime Fighter
Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeGlandorf
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