10 Notable Career Changes Of Famous Comic Book Characters

8. Clark Kent €“ Television News Reporter

When one thinks of Superman€™s alter-ego Clark Kent, two things usually come to mind: the glasses and his job as a reporter at the Daily Planet. While he€™s always kept the glasses since they€™re the only thing keeping people from figuring out who he really is, there was a brief time when Clark wasn€™t a newspaper reporter. In the 1971, Morgan Edge, president of Galaxy Broadcasting System, bought the Daily Planet and integrated the TV station WGBS into the Planet building. As a result, Clark was moved from the newspaper to the station and became the evening anchor for WGBS News. Clark anchored the news through the rest of the €˜70s and for most of the €˜80s, and the only reason he went back to the newspaper is because of the Crisis on Infinite Earths canon reboot eliminated Clark€™s time at the station. It may not seem like much of a switch going from a newspaper to TV, especially since he was technically still working for the same company. However, for me it€™s unusual to see Clark doing anything other than writing. The New 52 has reintroduced Galaxy Broadcasting System buying the Planet, except this time Clark quit after a little bit because he felt that the Planet now only cared about ratings and page views. Since then he started an independent news blog, and although it€™s still weird to see him outside of the Planet, at least he€™s still writing copy. Having Clark read the news just feels weird. Not only that, but think about what would happen if he stayed at the anchor desk too long. When writing for the Planet, the only people who saw him up close are his colleagues and the people he interviewed. As an anchor, his face is being broadcast for all of Metropolis to see. Something tells me that at some point some random news watcher might deduce that the guy on the screen looks a lot like that guy flying around the city in a red and blue costume.