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Action Comics (vol. 1) #12 (May 1939):
“Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Action Comics (vol. 1) #12

Title: “Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1939

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


10 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
unnamed mayor supporting character based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Unitarian
[mayor of Metropolis] DC 1
unnamed drunk driver villain
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #12 (May 1939)] DC 1
Mr. Bates
(4-panel cameo)
villain
 indeterminate  [made dangerously inferior cars; Superman destroyed factory] DC 1
unnamed used-car salesman
(4-panel cameo)
villain
 indeterminate  [business owner; salesperson] DC 1
unnamed car passenger
(3-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S believes in ghosts
[rode car that hit Superman; told driver to slow down] DC 1
Chief Burke
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [liked Superman but duty-bound to arrest him] DC 4
unnamed hit-skip driver
(2-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S believes in ghosts
[ran Superman over] DC 1
George Taylor George Taylor
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
[Clark Kent's first boss] DC 65
Charlie Martin
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [Clark Kent's friend, killed by a reckless driver] DC 1