Action Comics (vol. 1) #24 (May 1940):
“Carnahan’s Heir”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy

Action Comics (vol. 1) #24

Title: “Carnahan’s Heir”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1940

Publisher:
Written by: Jerry Siegel
Art by: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy

13 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 (Clark Kent)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Rufus Carnahan	religious/ethical	[industrialist]		1
Peter Carnahan	compulsive gambler; repentant	[headmaster]		1
Jake Brent	indeterminate	[The Purple Oar (notorious roadhouse)]		1
Jenkins	indeterminate	[butler]		1
Benny Farrel	manifestly non-religious	[gambler]		1
unnamed district attorney (7-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[attorney]		1
George Taylor (2-panel cameo)	religious/ethical	[Clark Kent's first boss]		65
unnamed governor (2-panel cameo)	religious	[governor]		1
Judge Denton (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[judge]		1
unnamed clergyman (1-panel cameo)	Protestant clergyman	[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #24 (May 1940)]		1
unnamed attorney (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[attorney]		1
unnamed police commissioner (mentioned)	indeterminate	[police]		2

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