Religion: indeterminate
Name: Mr. Nelson
Classification:
villain
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Superman (vol. 1) #9 (Mar.-Apr. 1941): "Jackson's Murder Ring"
Creators: Jerry Siegel, Paul Cassidy
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Mr. Lassiter, Mr. Jackson
Ally: Mr. Lassiter
Employer: Nelson and Lassiter (law firm)
Defended or Helped by: Superman, Lois Lane
Occupation: attorney
Gender: male
Note: his law partner tried to frame him for murder
Mr. Nelson, an attorney at the Nelson and Lassiter law firm, represented Morton Carling, an heir to $20 million. In a bid to get at Carling's money, Nelson's law partner Mr. Lassiter hired assassins to murder Carling and Nelson. It was Lassiter's plan to blame the murder of Carling on Nelson. Fortunately, Superman and Lois Lane investigated Carling's murder and eventually uncovered Lassiter's plot just in time to save Nelson's life.
Superman (vol. 1) #9 (Mar.-Apr. 1941): "Jackson's Murder Ring"
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- https://www.comics.org/issue/1295/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=53035