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Action Comics (vol. 1) #5 (Oct. 1938):
“Superman and the Dam”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Action Comics (vol. 1) #5

Title: “Superman and the Dam”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1938

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


7 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
City Hospital supporting character group
   [hospital] DC 1
George Taylor George Taylor
(5-panel cameo)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: S religious/ethical
 [Clark Kent's first boss] DC 65
unnamed cab driver
(2-panel cameo)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [gave Lois Lane his cab] DC 1
unnamed nurse
(1-panel cameo)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [nurse] DC 1
Mrs. Mahoney
(mentioned)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [mother of septuplets in Lois Lane's lie] DC 1

Webpage for Action Comics #5 (Oct. 1938) created 15 January 2009. Last modified 28 October 2013.

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