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Superman (vol. 1) #3 (Winter 1939):
“Superman and the Jewel Smugglers”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Superman (vol. 1) #3

Title: “Superman and the Jewel Smugglers”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Winter 1939

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


9 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
Lois Lane Lois Lane supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Raleigh College
[Superman's girlfriend, then wife]
DC 3,859
Lew Frawley villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[smuggler] DC 1
Mrs. Frawley
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [wife of smuggler Lew Frawley] DC 1
George Taylor George Taylor
(3-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
[Clark Kent's first boss] DC 65
Jimmy Olsen Jimmy Olsen
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character hero
CBR Scale: I Lutheran
The Legion of Super-Heroes
[Superman's pal]
DC 1,896
Barney
(name seen in illustration (or on screen))
villain
 indeterminate  [smuggler] DC 1
Joe
(business/store name)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [restaurateur] DC 1
Larry Trent
(mentioned)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [ex-heavyweight champion of the world] DC 2