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Joker: Last Laugh #5 (Dec. 2001):
“Mad, Mad World”
by Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Ron Randall

Joker: Last Laugh #5

Title: “Mad, Mad World”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 2001

Publisher: DC
Written by: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty
Art by: Ron Randall


48 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 Batman (Bruce Wayne) hero
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist
Batman family; Quinntets...  DC 11,112
Martian Manhunter Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) hero
CBR Scale: M Martian religion
Justice Experience; Martian...  DC 2,228
Nightwing Nightwing (Dick Grayson) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma
Batman family; Super Friends...  DC 4,498
Black Canary Black Canary (Dinah Lance) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Birds of Prey; The Justice League...  DC 1,406
The Joker The Joker villain
CBR Scale: M anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy
Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  DC 1,679
Huntress Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Batman family; Birds of Prey... 
[Position in Checkmate: Queen]
DC 520
Poison Ivy Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley) villain
CBR Scale: M fundamentalist
Environmentalist
Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains...  DC 414
Robin Robin (Tim Drake) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic?
Batman family; The Teen Titans...  DC 695
Plastic Man Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters...  Quality 636
Killer Croc Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains DC 202
Oracle Oracle (Barbara Gordon) hero
  Batman family; Birds of Prey...  DC 921
Man-Bat Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) villain scientist
  Secret Society of Super Villains DC 134
Azrael Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic (Order of St. Dumas)
Batman family
[temporarily filled in as Batman]
DC 210
Harley Quinn Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Quinzel) villain
CBR Scale: S Jewish Catholic
Justice League of Anarchy; Secret Six...  DC 206
Mammoth Mammoth (Baran Flinders) villain
  Fearsome Five; H.I.V.E....  DC 48
Ventriloquist and Scarface Ventriloquist and Scarface (Arnold Wesker) villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains DC 145
Zsasz Zsasz (Victor Zsasz) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[serial killer] DC 53
Mister Miracle Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman) hero
  black; Seven Soldiers of Victory...  DC 51
Multi-Man Multi-Man (Duncan Pramble) villain hero
  Color Queens; Injustice League...  DC 34
Apeface Apeface villain
  [simian villain; associate of Joker] DC 9
Black Mass Black Mass (Geoffrey Thibodeux) villain scientist
  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Cadre DC 20
Gunny supporting character
 indeterminate  United States Marine Corps
[worked with Kirk Langstrom (Man-Bat)]
DC 2
Santa Klaus villain
  [1st app: Batman (vol. 1) #596 (Dec. 2001)] DC 3
Julie Caesar villain
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
[1st app: Robin (vol. 4) #19 (Aug. 1995)] DC 6
Frag Frag villain
  [1st app: Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001)] DC 6
Dina Bell Dina Bell supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
U.S. Marshals DC 9
The Cavalier The Cavalier (Mortimer Drake) villain
CBR Scale: I LGBT
[1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #81 (Nov. 1943)] DC 15
Joe Gardner Joe Gardner villain
  [evil alien clone of Guy Gardner (a hero)] DC 26
King Shark King Shark (Nanaue) villain deity
CBR Scale: M Polynesian shark demigod
Secret Six; Secret Society of Super Villains
[child of a shark god and a Hawaiian woman]
DC 27
Mister Mind Mister Mind villain scientist
CBR Scale: I alien
[worm-like alien] Fawcett DC 15
Rancor Rancor (Todd Francis Oszechorski) villain
CBR Scale: M white supremacist; neo-Nazi
[1st app: Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001)] DC 9
Warp Warp (Emil LaSalle) villain
  Brotherhood of Evil; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 28
Psimon Psimon (Dr. Simon Jones)
(photo/picture/video)
villain scientist
  Fearsome Five (leader); Injustice League...  DC 30
Mad Hatter (imposter) Mad Hatter (imposter)
(photo/picture/video)
villain
  [1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #230 (Apr. 1956)] DC 9
Professor Hugo Strange Professor Hugo Strange
(photo/picture/video)
villain scientist
  [scientist; would-be conqueror] DC 46
Phobia Phobia (Angela Hawkins III)
(photo/picture/video)
villain
  Brotherhood of Evil DC 35
Superman Superman (Clark Kent)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
Kryptonians; Super Friends...  DC 13,409
Lois Lane Lois Lane
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Raleigh College
[Superman's girlfriend, then wife]
DC 3,859
Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Gordon
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Protestant
GCPD; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City DC 2,797
Lex Luthor Lex Luthor
(mentioned)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist
Injustice League; Secret Six...  DC 1,508
Neron
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: D Devil
[1st app: Underworld Unleashed #1 (Nov. 1995)] DC 67
The Crocodile Hunter The Crocodile Hunter (Steve Irwin)
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I religious (believes in God)
[TV host; zoologist] DC 149
Saint Dumas
(mentioned)
supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic monk: Sacred Order of
Saint Dumas (founder)
[soldier] DC 13
Jiminy Cricket Jiminy Cricket
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
cricket Walt Disney Pictures 194
Dr. H. Clyde
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [lied and told Joker he had an inoperable brain tumor] DC 2
Monty Hall Monty Hall
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[actor; singer...] DC 92
Sarah Essen Sarah Essen
(mentioned)
supporting character
  GCPD
[married Commissioner Jim Gordon]
DC 126
Charon
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
[ferryman] DC 15