Clark Kent quits Daily Planet gig in newest Superman issue
It鈥檚 a rough time for journalism: Even Clark Kent is throwing in the towel.
Superman鈥檚 human alter ego Clark Kent will quit his job at the Daily Planet in this week's latest edition of "Superman." Kent quits after becoming angry over what he sees as the industry鈥檚 declining standards.
In Wednesday鈥檚 edition, which will be 鈥淪uperman鈥� issue No. 13, writer Scott Lobdell said personal issues will cause Kent to vent his frustrations by quitting his job in front of the Planet staff. A 2011 reboot of the Superman story broke up the marriage of Superman and flame Lois Lane, and Lobdell said that Kent鈥檚 feelings for Lane 鈥� despite his fling with Wonder Woman 鈥� are part of what brings about Kent鈥檚 resignation.
鈥淭his is really what happens when a 27-year-old guy is behind a desk and he has to take instruction from a larger conglomerate with concerns that aren't really his own,鈥� Lobdell told . 鈥淪uperman is arguably the most powerful person on the planet, but how long can he sit at his desk with someone breathing down his neck and treating him like the least important person in the world?鈥�
Kent objects to recent coverage by the Daily Planet, including a story Lane did on a sex scandal which he sees as lowering the standards of the paper.
Lobdell said Kent won鈥檛 be applying at other newspapers in town.
鈥淗e is more likely to start the next Huffington Post or the next Drudge Report than he is to go find someone else to get assignments or draw a paycheck from,鈥� the writer said.
Writers have tried to move Kent into new media before. In a 1971 plotline, after Galaxy Broadcasting System president Morgan Edge bought the Daily Planet, Edge combined the newspaper鈥檚 building with the studios for the TV station WGBS and made Kent the anchor for the channel鈥檚 nightly news. At another point, Superman nemesis Lex Luthor bought the Planet, fired almost everyone and created LexCom, a news website.
A new film adaptation of the Superman story titled 鈥淢an of Steel鈥� and starring 鈥淭he Tudors鈥� actor Henry Cavill as the hero will be released this summer.
