Superman (vol. 1) #7 (Nov.-Dec. 1940):
“Metropolis’s Most Savage Racketeers”
by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring

Superman (vol. 1) #7

Title: “Metropolis’s Most Savage Racketeers”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov.-Dec. 1940

Publisher:
Written by: Jerry Siegel
Art by: Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring

11 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 (Clark Kent)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Lois Lane	Catholic	Raleigh College [Superman's girlfriend, then wife]		3,859
Mike Moran	manifestly non-religious	[racketeer]		1
Nick Norton	manifestly non-religious	[racketeer]		1
Billings	manifestly non-religious	[racketeer]		1
George Lash	indeterminate	[arrogant but effective district attorney]		1
Police Chief Watson	indeterminate	[police]		2
Sergeant Casey (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[police]		37
Perry White (3-panel cameo)	Baptist; Elvis worship (ordained)	[Superman's (Clark Kent's) boss; Daily Planet editor]		1,574
Mrs. Lash (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[murdered wife of district attorney]		1
Mother Nature (Gaea) (mentioned)	Gaian	Kami	, etc.	33

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