Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #26 (June 2009):
“Happy Birthday Stargirl”
by Geoff Johns, Dale Eaglesham, Nathan Massengill

Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #26

Title: “Happy Birthday Stargirl”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Geoff Johns
Art by: Dale Eaglesham, Nathan Massengill

55 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.
Stargirl (Courtney Whitmore) (lead character)		The Justice Society of America; The Suicide Squad...  Young Justice		272
The Flash (Jay Garrick)	Christian (denomination unknown)	The Justice Society of America		687
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)	Christian (denomination unknown)	All-Star Squadron; Checkmate...  Sentinels of Magic; The Justice Society of America [Position in Checkmate: White King]		768
Wildcat (Ted Grant)		All-Star Squadron; The Justice Society of America		423
Wildcat (Tommy Bronson)		The Justice Society of America		75
Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross)	Catholic	The Justice Society of America		459
Hourman (Rick Tyler)		Infinity, Inc.; The Justice Society of America		45
Damage (Grant Emerson)		Freedom Fighters; The Justice Society of America...  The Teen Titans; Young Justice		148
Ma Hunkel		The Justice Society of America		38
Cyclone (Maxine Hunkel)		The Justice Society of America		59
Jakeem Thunder (Jakeem Johnny Williams)	Catholic	black; The Justice Society of America...  Young Justice		83
Thunderbolt (Yz)	mystical entity	The Justice Society of America [fifth-dimensional imp]		160
Citizen Steel (Nathan Heywood)		The Justice Society of America		36
S.T.R.I.P.E. (Pat Dugan)		All-Star Squadron; Seven Soldiers of Victory...  The Justice Society of America		143
Starman (Thom Kallor)		Legion of Substitute Heroes; The Justice Society of America...  The Legion of Super-Heroes; Uncanny Amazers		343
Mary Kramer		[high school student]		16
Barbara Whitmore-Dugan		[Stripesy's wife; Stargirl's mother]		19
Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) (cover & 5-panel cameo)	Kryptonian religion	Birds of Prey; Infinity, Inc....  Kryptonians; The Justice League; The Justice Society of America; The Sovereign Seven; The Suicide Squad		576
Atom Smasher (Albert Rothstein) (cover & 5-panel cameo)	Jewish	Conglomerate; Infinity, Inc....  The Justice League		223
Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt) (cover & 5-panel cameo)	Atheist	black; Checkmate...  The Justice Society of America [Position in Checkmate: White King's Bishop; White King]		289
Liberty Belle (Jesse Chambers) (cover & 5-panel cameo)		Conglomerate; The Justice Society of America...  The Teen Titans		193
Judomaster (Sonia Sato) (cover & 4-panel cameo)		Asian; Birds of Prey...  The Justice Society of America		40
Lightning (Jennifer Pierce) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	black; The Justice Society of America		46
Superman (Earth-22/Kingdom Come) (Clark Kent) (only on cover)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol) (only on cover)	Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion	All-Star Squadron; Super Friends...  Thanagarian; The Justice League; The Justice Society of America		1,270
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders) (only on cover)	Egyptian classical religion	The Justice League; The Justice Society of America [film school student]		345
Hourman (Rex Tyler) (only on cover)		All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters...  The Justice League; The Justice Society of America		98
Hourman (Matthew Tyler) (only on cover)		The Justice League; The Justice Society of America...  Theocracy		43
Sandman (Sandy Hawkins) (only on cover)		All-Star Squadron; The Justice Society of America...  Young All-Stars		258
Magog (David Reid) (only on cover)	resurrected; religious	The Justice Society of America; United States Marine Corps		34
Mr. America (Jeff Graves) (only on cover)		FBI; The Justice Society of America		29
Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	The Justice Society of America ["Earth-2 Black Canary"; mother of modern Black Canary]		80
Doctor Fate (Hector Hall) (only on cover)		Infinity, Inc.; Sentinels of Magic...  The Justice Society of America		33
Starman (Jack Knight) (only on cover)		The Justice Society of America		89
Amazing Man (Markus Clay) (only on cover)		black; The Justice Society of America [grandson of original Amazing Man]		25
Obsidian (Todd Rice) (only on cover)	Catholic; LGBT	Infinity, Inc.; The Justice League...  The Justice Society of America		176
Mike Dugan (8-panel cameo)		[son of Pat Dugan (Stripesy)]		20
Patton (7-panel cameo)	N.A.	dog [Stargirl's and Pat Dugan's dog]		2
Frankie (4-panel cameo)	N.A.	monkey [Cyclone's pet winged monkey]		9
Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold) (3-panel cameo)	Atheist	Infinity, Inc. (founder); Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang; The Injustice Society; The Legion of Doom; The Suicide Squad		102
Lou Lou (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[sold lemonade near Stargirl's home]		1
Amanda Heywood (3-panel cameo)		[Citizen Steel's young relative]		2
Nicole Heywood (3-panel cameo)		[Citizen Steel's young cousin]		3
Jordan Heywood (3-panel cameo)		[Citizen Steel's young relative]		2
Keith Heywood (3-panel cameo)		[Citizen Steel's young relative]		2
Jack Heywood (3-panel cameo)		[Citizen Steel's young relative]		2
Charlie (2-panel cameo)	N.A.	owl; The Justice Society of America (ally) [Dr. Mid-Nite's trained owl]		4
Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton, Jr.) (1-panel cameo)		All-Star Squadron; Infinity, Inc....  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice Society of America		236
The Needle (1-panel cameo)		Five Fingers		3
Dr. Sheldon Fox (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[Stargirl's dentist]		1
Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) (mentioned & on cover)	Greco-Roman classical religion / Protestant	Marvel Family; Shazam's Squadron of Justice...  The Justice League		756
Wonder Woman (Diana) (mentioned)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Amazon; Super Friends...  The Justice League		4,659
Black Adam (Teth-Adam) (mentioned)	Egyptian classical religion	Arab; Secret Society of Super Villains...  The Injustice Society; The Justice Society of America; The Monster Society of Evil; The Suicide Squad		200
Vandal Savage (Vandar Adg) (mentioned)		The Legion of Doom (leader)		187
Mordru the Merciless (Wrynn) (mentioned)	sorcerer	Lords of Chaos		77

An alternative form of this story's title is: “"Black Adam Ruined My Birthday!" or "Surprise!"”. Webpage for Justice Society of America #26 (June 2009) created 4 October 2009. Last modified 28 October 2013.

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