New Comics #2 (Jan. 1936):
“The Manning Baby Kidnapping”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

New Comics #2

Title: “The Manning Baby Kidnapping”

Feature: Federal Men (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1936

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

Number of Pages: 4

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.
Steve Carson (lead character)		FBI		68
Federal Men (Federal Bureau of Investigation)		[government agency]		250
police (details)  The police force of an unidentified city is featured prominently in this story. Steve Carson goes undercover as a rookie on the force.		[generic listing]		28
Walsh		[dirty cop; takes FBI agent Steve Carson hostage]		1
Kate Lane		[was working with kidnapper; died at end of story]		1
The Manning Baby		[kidnapped in Steve Carson's first-published case]		1
unnamed police scientist (1-panel cameo, pg. 1, panel 4)		[helped Steve Carson solve Manning baby kidnapping]		1
unnamed bodyguard (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 4)  Police scientist (to Steve Carson): "Great work, Steve! The bullet which struck the Manning Baby's body-guard when the kid was kidnapped, and which we believe to have been fired from a regulation police revolver, matches the one you sent on!"		[bodyguard]		1

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