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Superman (vol. 1) #1 (Summer 1939):
“Clark Kent Gets a Job”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Superman (vol. 1) #1

Title: “Clark Kent Gets a Job”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Summer 1939

Publisher: DC
Written by: Jerry Siegel
Art by: Joe Shuster


8 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
Superman Superman (Clark Kent) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
 Kryptonians; Super Friends...  DC 13,409
Bea Carroll Bea Carroll villain
CBR Scale: M manifestly non-religious
 [first-ever Superman villain] DC 2
Sims
(6-panel cameo)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [falsely accused of murder; saved by Superman] DC 1
George Taylor George Taylor
(3-panel cameo)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
 [Clark Kent's first boss] DC 65
unnamed receptionist
(1-panel cameo)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [let Clark Kent see editor, who initially turned him down] DC 1
unnamed governor unnamed governor
(mentioned)		 supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I religious
 [governor] DC 1
Evelyn Curry Evelyn Curry
(mentioned)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
 [first character ever saved by Superman] DC 1
Jack Kennedy
(mentioned)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [solving Kennedy's murder was Superman's first case] DC 1

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Prelude to "Superman, Champion of the Oppressed"”. Webpage for Superman #1 (Summer 1939) created 15 January 2009. Last modified 28 October 2013.

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