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Daily Bugle

Universe
Marvel Universe

Location
New York, New York

Builder/Designer
Unknown

Owner
Currently J. Jonah Jameson; formerly William Walter Goodman, Norman Osborn, Thomas Fireheart

First Appearance
Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963)

Founded in 1897, the Daily Bugle was purchased a few decades after its inception by businessman William Walter Goodman, who prized selfless human achievement above all else and who lent his name to the building the newspaper called home. In 1939, when the android Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner began alternately terrorizing and protecting the city, Bugle photographer Phil Sheldon immortalized many of their exploits. Following Captain America's debut in late 1940, Bugle reporter Jeff Mace became one of his earliest imitators as the costumed Patriot, although he was just as often active against evil as a correspondent alongside Mary Morgan and freelancer Jack Casey, while C. Thomas Sites and others chronicled the battlefield missions of the Howling Commandos.

J. Jonah Jameson, publisher

Joe Robertson, editor-in-chief

In later decades, the Bugle's destiny became inexorably linked with that of J. Jonah Jameson, known for uncovering secret details of the Invaders' wartime missions. Jameson, inspired by the past Bugle editor Walter "Old Man" Jameson (often mistakenly assumed to be Jonah's father) mimicking his signature flat-top and moustache. He rose through the Bugle's ranks as copy boy, reporter, editor and editor-in-chief, championing civil rights and opposition to organized crime. Some twenty years ago, having already emptied his inheritance to buy the Bugle corporation years before, he purchased the entire Goodman Building housing the newspaper to which he had dedicated his life.

Betty Brant, reporter

Peter Parker, former photographer

Ben Urich, former reporter

In recent years, Jameson's obsession with Spider-Man has shaped the Bugle's perspective on superheroes, centered on suspicion toward masked vigilantes and superhuman feats upstaging straightforward human heroism. The Bugle's offices have been the sites of Spider-Man's battles with Doctor Octopus, the Fly, the Scorpion, the Vulture (Adrian Toomes) and many others. The Bugle building has been twice destroyed during such battles, once by Graviton and once by the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn), but it has been rebuilt each time to remain as active as ever. Despite lukewarm attempts to cover superhuman activity more objectively in its short-lived Pulse feature, the Bugle formally supported the recent passage of the Superhuman Registration Act, but the exposure of longtime Bugle photographer Peter Parker as Spider-Man has undermined the paper’s credibility.

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Daily Bugle Staff

Abner Abernathy (reporter), Marvel Team-Up #115 (1982)
Tom Amos (reporter), Marvel Vision #21 (1997)

Nick Bandouveris (reporter, deceased), Uncanny X-Men #339 (1996)
Lance Bannon (photographer, deceased), Amazing Spider-Man #208 (1980)
Ron Barney (reporter), Marvel Vision #14 (1997)
Joe Bazooka (reporter), Marvel Vision #10 (1997)
Noel Beckford (reporter), Amazing Spider-Man/Devil Dinosaur '98 Annual (1998)
Abe Benerstein (film critic), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #20 (2003)
Mike Bering (reporter), Marvel Vision #14 (1997)
William "Billy" Walters (former reporter), Spectacular Spider-Man #235 (1996)
Miriam Birchwood (columnist), Marvel: Heroes and Legends (1996)
Phil Bostwich (reporter), Marvel Vision #29 (1998)
Betty Brant (administrative assistant, reporter), Amazing Spider-Man #4 (1962)
Eleonore Brant (administrative assistant), Untold Tales of Spider-Man #12 (1996)
Kenny Brown (reporter), Annex #1 (1994)
Blaine Browne (reporter), Spectacular Spider-Man #120 (1986)
Jill Brythe (reporter), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #11 (2002)
Marge Butler (receptionist) Spider-Man Unlimited#13 (1996)

Harrison Cahill (chairman of the board of directors), Amazing Spider-Man #198 (1979)
Meredith Campbell (former intern), Green Goblin #7 (1996)
Ken Clarke (reporter), UK Spider-Man Annual (1982)
George Clum (theater critic), Amazing Spider-Man #207 (1980)
Jacob Conover (Rose) (columnist/reporter, fired), Daredevil #131 (1976)
Cole Cooper (photographer), Web of Spider-Man #113 (1994)
Kathryn "Kate" Cushing (city editor, fired), Web of Spider-Man #5 (1985)

Vickie Danner (Washington, DC, liaison), Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project #3 (1994)
Dan Davis (reporter), Captain America '99 Annual (1999)
Albert Dickinson (reporter), Deadline #1 (2002)
Nick Dillman (reporter), Daredevil #71 (1970)
Herman Donaldson (fact checker), Amazing Spider-Man #192 (1979)
Kim Drunter (financial reporter) Amazing Spider-Man #349 (1991)
Rich DuFour (reporter), Daredevil #242 (1987)
Sam Dunne (national editor), Captain America '99 Annual (1999)
Anthea Dupres (reporter), Clan Destine #7 (1995)

Edwin E. Edwards (photographer), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #11 (2002)
Ethan Edwards (Virtue/Tiller/Moral-Man) (former reporter), Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #13 (2005)
Ken Ellis (reporter), Web of Spider-Man #118 (1994)
Samuel Exmore (apprentice editor), Peter Parker: Spider-Man #11 (1999)

Tony Falcone (copy writer), Amazing Spider-Man #254 (1984)
Katherine "Kat" Farrell (reporter), Deadline #1 (2002)
Ian Fate (former reporter), Defenders #104 (1982)
Debby Ferraro, Spider-Man #33 (1993)
Nicholas Finch (reporter), Daredevil #230 (1986)
Thomas Fireheart (Puma) (former owner), Amazing Spider-Man #256 (1984)
Jack "Flash Gun" Casey (1940s reporter/photographer), Human Torch Comics #4 (1941)
Frederick Foswell (Big Man) (reporter, deceased), Amazing Spider-Man #10 (1964)
Phil Fox (reporter, deceased), Hero for Hire #4 (1972)
Sid Franken (reporter), Captain America '99 Annual (1999)

Tim Gluohy (reporter), Marvel Vision #15 (1997)
Simon J. Goodman (1940s editor-in-chief), Marvels #1 (1994)
William Walter Goodman (former owner), Web of Spider-Man #52 (1989)
Melvin Gooner (reporter), Spider-Man #8 (1991)
Amber Grant (photographer), Omega the Unknown #1 (1976)
Glory Grant (administrative assistant), Amazing Spider-Man 140 (1975)
Derek Gratham (former intern), Green Goblin #7 (1996)
Randy Green (Mystique) (reporter), Ms. Marvel #16 (1978)

Jeffrey Haight (photographer), Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure #1 (2003)
Toni Harris (apprentice editor), Peter Parker: Spider-Man #1 (1999)
Matt Hickville (reporter), Marvel Vision #21 (1997)
Edward Holt (purchasing officer), Punisher War Journal #15 (1990)

Matt Idelson (reporter), Marvel Vision #8 (1996)
Max Igoe (sports writer), Peter Parker: Spider-Man/Elektra '98 (1998)
Isabel "Izzy" Bunsen (science editor), Spectacular Spider-Man #124 (1987)

Walter "Old Man" Jameson (former editor-in-chief), Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #110 (1973)
Frank Janson (rewrite man), Daredevil #230 (1986)
Hal Jerkins (typesetter), Amazing Spider-Man #178 (1978)
Bud Johnson (page designer), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #20 (2003)
J. Jonah Jameson (publisher), Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963)
Charles Jones (member of the board of directors), Amazing Spider-Man #198 (1979)
Jessica Jones (reporter, consultant), Alias #1 (2001)

Dick Katrobousis (editor), UK Spider-Man Annual (1982)
Nick Katzenberg (photographer, deceased), Web of Spider-Man #50 (1989)
Steve Keene (accountant), UK Spider-Man Annual (1982)
Terri Kidder (reporter, deceased), Pulse #2 (2004)

Simon LaGrange (reporter, fired), Daredevil #242 (1987)
Ned Leeds (Hobgoblin) (reporter, deceased), Amazing Spider-Man #18 (1964)
Richard Lessman (reporter), Amazing Spider-Man #191 (1979)
Yusef Lichtenstein (editor), Daredevil #230 (1986)
Maggie Lorca (reporter), Spider-Man #29 (1992)
Judy Lumley (society and fashion reporter), Peter Parker: Spider-Man #3 (1999)
Eileen Lutomski (proofreader), Spider-Man's Tangled Web (2003)
Laurie Lynton (columnist, deceased), Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #15 (2005)

Jeff Mace (Patriot/Captain America) (1940s reporter), Human Torch Comics #3 (1941)
Ann MacIntosh (columnist, classifieds editor), Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 (1984)
Midge Marder (editor), X-Man #21 (1996)
Ralfie Markarian (reporter), X-Man #26 (1997)
Michael Marts (reporter), Marvel Vision #6 (1996)
Maggie McCulloch (chief librarian), Marvel Team-Up #83 (1979)
J.J. McTeer (reporter, deceased), Punisher: Year One #1 (1994)
Joy Mercado (reporter), Moon Knight #33 (1983)
Irene Merryweather (reporter, fired), Cable #48 (1997)
Dawn Michaels (investigative reporter),Hulk #10 (1978)
Harvey Michaelson (reporter) Amazing Spider-Man #196 (1979)
Ksitigarbha "Miss Kay" Cohn (reporter), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #11 (2002)
Mary Morgan (Miss Patriot) (1940s reporter), Human Torch Comics #3 (1941)
Daniel Morton (photographer), Daredevil #230 (1986)

Danny Nasimoff (night editor), Amazing Spider-Man #243 (1983)

Bill Oakley (reporter), Daredevil #242 (1987)
Glorianna O'Breen (photographer, deceased), Daredevil #205 (1984)
Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) (former owner), Amazing Spider-Man #14 (1963)

Peter Parker (Spider-Man) (former photographer), Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
Jan Parsec (reporter), Marvel Vision #25 (1998)
Jess Patton (reporter, deceased), Spider-Man's Tangled Web #1 (2001)
Victor Paunchilito (reporter, columnist), Amazing Spider-Man #223 (1981)
Victor Pei (assistant photo editor), Spider-Man #33 (1993)
Suzie Pelkey (receptionist), Daredevil #242 (1987)
Robert Pitney (typesetter), Omega the Unknown #5 (1976)

Gus Qualen (photographer), Amazing Spider-Man #230 (1982)

David Rabinowitz (reporter), Amazing Spider-Man #187 (1978)
Carl Reed (reporter), Spider-Man#13 (1991)
Tony Reeves (reporter), Spider-Man Unlimited #3 (1994)
Patrick Reynolds (reporter), UK Spider-Man Annual (1982)
Joe "Robbie" Robertson (editor-in-chief), Amazing Spider-Man #51 (1967)
Fabio Rossi (advertising salesman), Web of Spider-Man #40 (1988)
Armando Ruiz (janitor, deceased), Spectacular Spider-Man #137 (1988)
Christine Ryan (reporter, resigned), Generation M #2 (2006)

Chuck Self (reporter, deceased),
Phil Sheldon (photographer, retired), Marvels #1 (1994)
Joe Sidesaddle (reporter), Marvel Vision #27 (1998)
Gabriel Simms (security guard, deceased), Punisher War Journal #15 (1990)
C. Thomas Sites (1940s reporter), Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #110 (1973)
Charley Snow (reporter), Marvel Team-Up #79 (1979)
Jeff Stern (reporter), UK Spider-Man Annual (1982)
Paul Swanson (reporter, fired), Deadline #1 (2002)