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Superman (vol. 1) #4 (Spring 1940):
“The Economic Enemy”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy

Superman (vol. 1) #4

Title: “The Economic Enemy”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Spring 1940

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


6 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
Barney Calhoun villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[led his own gang] DC 1
Louie
(7-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[gangster] DC 1
J. E. Curtis
(7-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[criminal mastermind; economist] DC 1
George Taylor George Taylor
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
[Clark Kent's first boss] DC 65
Paul Dorgan
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character scientist
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
[sociologist] DC 1