List of Superman Supporting Characters - Metropolis

Metropolis

• Lois Lane: Superman's primary love interest, who is traditionally portrayed as being indifferent to Clark, but in love with Superman. Lois is a reporter at The Daily Planet. Through the years Lois has been portrayed at different times as Clark's indifferent co-worker, fierce competitor, friend, love interest or wife. Actresses portraying Lois have included Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill, Lesley Ann Warren, Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher, Dana Delany, Erica Durance, Kate Bosworth, and Amy Adams.
• Perry White: Editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. Is noted for his trademark cigars and gruff, but caring demeanor with his staff.
• Jimmy Olsen: Daily Planet photographer who often works with Lois and Clark, and has become a good friend to both. Jimmy is also known to have associated with Superman, earning him the nickname "Superman's Pal." In several stories (mostly pre-Crisis), Jimmy has (usually briefly) acquired superhuman powers and taken on several different identities in order to assist Superman, the most notable and recurring being Elastic Lad.
• Cat Grant: gossip columnist for The Daily Planet, introduced in post-Crisis comics as a potential love interest for Clark. A divorcée and single mother, she became the focus of a tragic storyline that saw her son Adam murdered by the Toyman. Later, she works for WGBS-TV, before becoming press secretary for President Lex Luthor. Eventually, Cat returns to the Daily Planet as the editor of the Entertainment and Arts section.
• Ron Troupe: political editorialist for The Daily Planet, introduced in post-Crisis comics. Ron is an accomplished journalist, known for his liberal political views. He eventually marries and has a child with Lois' sister Lucy Lane, making him Lois and Clark's brother-in-law, as well as co-worker and friend.
• Steve Lombard: blowhard sports reporter for WGBS-TV who was a recurring character and occasional romantic nemesis for Clark Kent during the mid-1970s era. Post-Crisis, Steve is the Sports Editor of the Daily Planet.
• Dirk Armstrong: A right-wing Conservative who worked at the Daily Planet to write an opinion column, his political leanings and opinion often conflicted with Clark Kent including painting Superman as a menace and Lex Luthor a victim of the media and political system. Armstrong would go on to work for LexCom.
• Inspector Henderson: One of Metropolis' top police officers introduced on Adventures of Superman television series, he was adapted into the comics in the 1980s and appeared on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Currently, Henderson is the Commissioner of Police.
• Captain Maggie Sawyer: Introduced in the post-Crisis comics, Sawyer was a member of Metropolis' Special Crimes Unit (SCU). An out lesbian, she was perhaps one of the first gay characters introduced in mainstream comics. She has been in a long-term relationship with a reporter named Toby Raines for several years.
• Dan Turpin works in the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit and has occasionally fought toe-to-toe with metahuman villains. He's often been depicted working under Maggie Sawyer.
• Professor Emil Hamilton: Post-Crisis, Professor Hamilton fills the role that Professor Potter did pre-Crisis, as a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist who lends his assistance as needed to Superman.
• Bibbo Bibbowski was a fan of Superman that was inspired by the hero to become an active force for good in Metropolis after their meeting. Bibbo would often try to come to the aid of his city and Superman but generally acted more as comic relief.
• Morgan Edge, media tycoon and owner of the WGBS television station, where Clark and Lana Lang worked during the 1970s era of the Superman comic books. Later became a villain.
• Colin Thornton is the publisher of Newstime magazine and was the one time boss of Clark Kent when the reporter worked as his editor. Thornton was in actuality the civilian identity of the demon Lord Satanus.
• The staff of Project Cadmus would occasionally become involved in Superman's activities especially when Darkseid established the Evil Factory and later when the Project generated an imperfect clone of Superman in Superboy. Some notable members include Director Westfield, Dubbilex, Gene-Gnome, Guardian, Heat Wave, and the Newsboy Legion (the original grown up as scientists and clones they produced of themselves).
• Chloe Sullivan: Reporter for Metropolis-based website Metropolitan, love interest of Jimmy Olsen, and cousin of Lois Lane. She runs a column called "A Week With..." in which she follows a famous person for a week. She first appeared in the 2000s television series Smallville and was then integrated into DC Comics canon in September 2010.
• Sam Lane: Father to Lucy and Lois Lane, Sam Lane was an Army General that served as Lex Luthor's Secretary of Defense during his presidency. Believed to have given his life during the Imperiex conflict, Lane turned up later heading up Project 7734 leading to the destruction of New Krypton. When his hand in New Krypton's genocide came to light, he took his own life.
• Science Police: An upgraded version of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit led by the Guardian for a time.
• Frank Berkowitz: Longtime mayor of Metropolis who took office shortly before Superman's appearance and served for four terms until his assassination under orders of Lex Luthor.
• CAELOSS (Citizens Army for the Economic Liberation Of Suicide Slum): A group of activists that employ electronic communication and super science cybernetics that oppose Lex Luthor's control of Metropolis. During the conflict with Brainiac-13, they helped defend Metropolis.