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Jerry White | |
Continuity: | DC Universe |
Notability: | Recurring character |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Metropolis |
Relatives: | Lex Luthor (father) Perry White (stepfather) Alice White (mother) |
Status: | Alive |
First: | Adventures of Superman #428 |
Jerry White is a fictional character featured in comic book titles published by DC Comics. He is a recurring supporting character featured in the Superman family of titles beginning with his introduction in Adventures of Superman #428 in 1987.
Biography[]
Jerry White is the biological son of Lex Luthor and Alice Spencer-White. He grew up believing that he was the son of his mother's husband, Perry White, but learned the truth about the matter of his parentage when he was an adult.
Jerry was later kidnapped by a mobster named Jay Falk, who used him as leverage against Perry White. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Jerry White was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway.
- Another version of this character is T.J. White who is featured on the 1988 live-action series The Adventures of Superboy.
- In the 1983 movie Superman III, there is a character named Ricky who is the son of Lana Lang and an unseen character named Donald White. Whether there is an intentional connection between Jerry and Ricky is unclear.
- Jerry White was introduced in the same issue that introduced José Delgado and Bibbo Bibbowski.