Salon.com > clark kent http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Superman to quit Daily Planet, maybe start “the next Drudge Report” http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/superman_to_quit_daily_planet_maybe_start_the_next_drudge_report/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/superman_to_quit_daily_planet_maybe_start_the_next_drudge_report/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13049533 In issue No. 13 of the current Superman comic book series, out tomorrow, Clark Kent will dramatically quit his day job as a reporter at the Daily Planet in front of the entire staff. The change in Kent's character reflects writer Scott Lobdell's goal of making Superman more relevant in the 21st century (part of a grander push from DC's "New 52" relaunch of several comics). A DC representative said, “This is not the first time in DC Comics history that Clark Kent has left the Planet, and this time the resignation reflects present-day issues – the balance of journalism vs. entertainment, the role of new media, the rise of the citizen journalist, etc.”

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