Religion and Characters in
Joker: Last Laugh #3 (Dec. 2001):
“Lunatic Fringe”
by Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Walter McDaniel

41 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	Justice League; Super Friends  Daily Planet		12,271
Batman (Bruce Wayne)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)	Justice League; Batman family  Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; Super Friends; Outsiders; Quinntets		10,183
Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz)	Martian religion	Justice League; Justice Experience  Outsiders; Sentinels of Magic		2,228
Nightwing (Dick Grayson)	Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma	Teen Titans; Batman family  Super Friends; Outsiders		4,498
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	Justice League; Outsiders		353
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)	religiously untrained	Batman family; Justice League Elite  Titans East; Outsiders		222
The Joker	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice Gang; Injustice League		1,679
Lex Luthor	Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist	Legion of Doom; LexCorp  Injustice Gang; Secret Society of Super Villains; Injustice League; Secret Six [Foe of: Superman (arch-enemy)]		1,508
Power Girl (Kara Zor-L)	Kryptonian religion	Infinity Inc.; Sovereign Seven  Justice Society of America; Justice League; Suicide Squad; Birds of Prey		576
Flash (Wally West)	Protestant; Speed Force	Teen Titans; Justice League  Justice League Elite		915
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Green Lantern Corps; Justice League  Teen Titans; Sinestro Corps; Challengers From Beyond		629
Robin (Tim Drake)	Jewish Catholic?	Batman family; Young Justice  Teen Titans		695
Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian)	Christian (denomination unknown)	All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters  Justice League; Justice League of Anarchy		636
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)		Batman family; Seven Soldiers of Victory  Suicide Squad; Justice League; Birds of Prey		921
Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold)	atheist	Injustice League; Injustice Society  Secret Society of Super Villains; Infinity Inc.; Injustice Gang of the World; Suicide Squad		102
Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom)		Secret Society of Super Villains		134
Killer Frost (Dr. Louise Lincoln)		Suicide Squad; Cold Warriors  Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains		110
Dervish (Nema)		Outsiders; Strike Force Kobra  Jihad		8
Hope (Hope Taya)		[Lex Luthor's former bodyguard]		41
Mercy (Mercy Graves)		[Lex Luthor's former bodyguard]		84
Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Quinzel)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Society of Super Villains; Secret Six  Justice League of Anarchy		206
The Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue)	fundamentalist Environmentalist	Injustice Gang; New Guardians  Secret Society of Super Villains		118
Amanda Waller	Methodist	Suicide Squad; Shadow Fighters  Task Force X; The Agency; Checkmate		211
Psimon (Dr. Simon Jones)		Fearsome Five (leader); Injustice League  Secret Society of Super Villains		30
The Question (Renee Montoya)	Catholic; LGBT	Gotham Major Crimes Unit		265
Spoiler (Stephanie Brown)		Batman family		164
Metallo (John Corben)	manifestly non-religious	Injustice League; Underground Society		125
Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden)		Secret Society of Super Villains		71
New Wave (Becky Jones)		Masters of Disaster (leader)		16
Gunny	indeterminate	U.S. Marines [worked with Kirk Langstrom (Man-Bat)]		2
Dominators	Dominator religion	[bounty hunter]		39
Carnivora	alien	[was part of invasion force that crashed en route to Earth]		5
Effigy (Martin Van Wyck)		[granted power by the Controllers]		11
Phobia (Angela Hawkins III)		Brotherhood of Evil [England]		35
Rancor (Todd Francis Oszechorski)	white supremacist; neo-Nazi			9
Warp (Emil LaSalle)		Brotherhood of Evil; Secret Society of Super Villains		28
Wonder Woman (Diana) (mentioned)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Justice League; Super Friends		4,282
Commissioner Gordon (mentioned)	Protestant	GCPD; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City		2,681
Monty Hall (mentioned)	Jewish	[Canada]		92
Dr. Laura Schlessinger (mentioned)	Jewish (former atheist; temporarily in Orthodox Judaism)	[counselor; radio host]		22
Sarah Essen (mentioned)		GCPD [married Commissioner Jim Gordon]		126

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