Detective Comics (vol. 1) #45 (Nov. 1940):
“The Case of the Laughing Death!”
by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos

Detective Comics (vol. 1) #45

Title: “The Case of the Laughing Death!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1940

Publisher:
Written by: Bill Finger
Art by: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos

10 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.
Batman (Bruce Wayne)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Robin (Dick Grayson)	Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma	Batman family; Super Friends...  The Network; The Outsiders; The Teen Titans		4,498
The Joker	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  The Joker League of Anarchy (leader)		1,679
Frankie	indeterminate	[criminal]		1
District Attorney Carter (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[killed by gas released from record sent by Joker]		1
Chinese delegation (4-panel cameo)	Buddhist	[sold Jade Buddha to raise war relief funds]		1
Schuyler (3-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[The Joker invaded ball at his mansion]		1
Terry Manners (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[band leader]		1
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (statue)	Buddhist (founder)	[1st app: The Gandharan Buddhist Texts (25 A.D.)]		29
Joshua Slade (mentioned)	indeterminate	[owns large private museum]		1

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