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

Joker: Last Laugh #3

Title: “Lunatic Fringe”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Dec 2001

Publisher: DC

Written by: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty

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