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Superman (vol. 1) #8 (Jan.-Feb. 1941):
“The Fifth Column”
by Jerry Siegel, Wayne Boring, Don Komisarow

Superman (vol. 1) #8

Title: “The Fifth Column”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan.-Feb. 1941

Publisher: DC
Written by: Jerry Siegel
Art by: Wayne Boring, Don Komisarow


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.
Superman Superman (Clark Kent) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
 Kryptonians; Super Friends...  DC 13,409
Jeff Carlton villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi
 [intelligence agent; spy] DC 1
Eric Reibel villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 [subversive] DC 1
Nazi subversive army villain group
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 [soldier] DC 1
Frank Martin
(5-panel cameo)		 supporting character
  indeterminate  [intelligence agent] DC 1
General Sagdorf
(4-panel cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 [general] DC 1
Lois Lane Lois Lane
(3-panel cameo)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
 Raleigh College
[Superman's girlfriend, then wife]		 DC 3,859
Perry White Perry White
(3-panel cameo)		 supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Baptist; Elvis worship (ordained)
 [Superman's (Clark Kent's) boss; Daily Planet editor] DC 1,574

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