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Perry White is the Editor-in-Chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. White maintains very high journalistic standards. He is an archetypal image of the tough, irascible but fair-minded boss. He was created specifically for The Adventures of Superman radio series, beginning with the 1939 audition records (and with radio actor Julian Noa playing the role from then until the end of the series in 1951).
According to comic-book continuity, White was an award-winning journalist who served a term as Mayor of Metropolis (an event which first happened on radio). He worked as an assistant editor on the Metropolis Daily Star under George Taylor before becoming editor of the Planet.
Personality[]
White is a tough, cigar-smoking boss with strict ideas about how his employees should operate.
George Taylor[]
In the golden age comics, the character was known as George Taylor, the editor of the Daily Star.
However, in the Adventures of Superman radio show, the name was changed to Perry White.
In modern-age comics continuity, George Taylor is a separate person, the editor of the Daily Star, which is a competing Metropolitan newspaper.
In other media[]
Superman serial
Adventures of Superman
Super Friends
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman TV special
Superman: The Movie
Superman (Ruby-Spears)
Lois & Clark
Superman: The Animated Series
Hollywoodland
Superman: Doomsday
Superman Returns
Smallville
All-Star Superman
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Superman vs. The Elite
Superman: Unbound
Man of Steel
My Adventures with Superman