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Religion: manifestly non-religious 
Name: Gene Powers
Classification:
villain
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Action Comics (vol. 1) #18 (Nov. 1939): "Superman's Super-Campaign"
Creators: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Superman, Lois Lane, Senator Hastings
Ally: Trixie
Ally: Hamilton
Employer: Morning Herald
Occupation: reporter
Gender: male
Note: crooked tabloid reporter; blackmailed U.S. Senator
An interesting trivia note is that, as far as we can tell, Gene Powers was the first person ever to be shown being spied on by Superman (or Clark Kent) using his X-ray vision. This took place on page 5 of the Superman story in Action Comics #18 (Nov. 1939).
Action Comics (vol. 1) #18 (Nov. 1939): "Superman's Super-Campaign"
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- https://www.comics.org/issue/548/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=60129