Chief Parker
| Chief Parker | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Adventure Comics #225 (June 1956) |
| Created by |
Alvin Schwartz Curt Swan |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Douglas Paul Parker |
| Team affiliations | Smallville Police Department |
| Supporting character of |
Superboy (Kal-El) Superman |
Chief Douglas Parker is a supporting character in stories published by DC Comics featuring Superboy, the younger version of Superman.
Chief Douglas Parker first appeared in Adventure Comics #225 (June 1956) and was created by Alvin Schwartz and Curt Swan.
Douglas Parker first encountered the future Superboy as a rookie officer on the Smallville Police Department (although Parker remained unaware of this fact). Parker apprehended the Pumpkin Gang while being secretly assisted by Clark Kent, who was still a toddler at the time. The capture earned the officer a promotion to police captain. He would steadily advance in the ranks, eventually becoming Smalllville Police Chief.
Chief Parker was a staunch ally of the Boy of Steel. In fact, Superboy entrusted him with a signal device linked to a lamp in the Kent home. The lamp would flicker whenever Superboy was being summoned. Professor Lewis Lang (Lana's father) and the President of the United States were given similar devices.
As the chief law enforcement official in Superboy's hometown, Parker often encountered the Boy of Steel's allies and enemies. He helped restore Superboy's reputation after a rash of incidents engineered by the Kryptonian teenager Dev-Em. He and his wife Leah briefly welcomed teenager "Marie Elkins" into their home, unaware that she was actually Duo Damsel, a member of the futuristic Legion of Super-Heroes who was hiding from the sorcerer Mordru. Most notably, Parker was frequently forced to contend with Superboy's most persistent enemy, the teenage scientific genius Lex Luthor.
After the deaths of Jonathan and Martha Kent, an eighteen-year-old Superboy left Smallville for Metropolis and eventually changed his name to Superman. Parker retired from law enforcement, occasionally visiting the vacant Kent home to ensure that it did not fall into disrepair.
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