Yes, this is fascinating, Chris, but confusing too. Are you actually telling us that Clark is really dead? Does that mean that in your story, Clark really *isn't* Superman? (Kind of an intriguing idea...) Or maybe he was shot with a kryptonite bullet, somewhat like in Stopquitdont's story, Unexplained Events?
I totally agree with Incognito, though, that it is very nice to read a Perry White story now and again! Lane Smith, whose passing I deeply regret, turned Perry into a wonderfully lovable character. Just the title of your story, "Because He Can Yodel", is enough to turn this story into a minor LC classic. But... Hmmm. Because he can yodel... So, Perry did become editor of the Daily Planet because he can yodel? Not because he is smart? He isn't smart? So he is wrong about Clark being dead?
Ann