World’s Best Comics #1 (Spring 1941):
“Superman Vs. the Rainmaker”
by Jerry Siegel, Paul Cassidy, Wayne Boring, Don Komisarow

World's Best Comics #1

Title: “Superman Vs. the Rainmaker”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Spring 1941

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

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
The Rainmaker		[scientist]		1
B. Drexel Rutherford	indeterminate	[business owner]		1
Mrs. Rutherford	indeterminate	[wife of utility company owner B. Drexel Rutherford]		1
unnamed fireman (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[firefighter]		1
boa constrictors (5-panel cameo)	N.A.	[animal species]	Laurentius Salvius	1
unnamed pilot (4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[pilot]		1
Perry White (2-panel cameo)	Baptist; Elvis worship (ordained)	[Superman's (Clark Kent's) boss; Daily Planet editor]		1,574
unnamed bus driver (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[bus driver]		1
unnamed thug (behind the scenes)	manifestly non-religious	[1st app: World's Best Comics #1 (Spring 1941)]		1

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