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Action Comics (vol. 1) #18 (Nov. 1939):
“Superman’s Super-Campaign”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Action Comics (vol. 1) #18

Title: “Superman’s Super-Campaign”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 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
Senator Hastings supporting character
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
 [Superman thwarted blackmail scheme against him] DC 1
Trixie villain
  indeterminate  [posed as woman in distress to drug, blackmail U.S. Senator] DC 1
Gene Powers villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
 [crooked tabloid reporter; blackmailed U.S. Senator] DC 1
Hamilton villain
CBR Scale: I non-religious
 [conspired in blackmail scheme against U.S. Senator] DC 1
Lois Lane Lois Lane
(5-panel cameo)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
 Raleigh College
[Superman's girlfriend, then wife]		 DC 3,859
Benny
(5-panel cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
 [conspired in blackmail scheme against U.S. Senator] DC 1
George Taylor George Taylor
(1-panel cameo)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
 [Clark Kent's first boss] DC 65

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