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Religion and Characters in
Joker: Last Laugh #6 (Jan. 2002):
“You Only Laugh Twice”
by Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Rick Burchett, Dan Davis, Mark Lipka

Joker: Last Laugh #6

Title: “You Only Laugh Twice”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: Jan 2002

Publisher: DC

Written by: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty

Art by: Rick Burchett, Dan Davis, Mark Lipka


33 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: 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 Canary Black Canary (Dinah Lance) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Justice League; Birds of Prey DC 1,406
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
Huntress Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Batman family; Birds of Prey 
[Position in Checkmate: Queen]
DC 520
Robin Robin (Tim Drake) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic?
Batman family; Young Justice  DC 695
Oracle Oracle (Barbara Gordon) hero
  Batman family; Seven Soldiers of Victory  DC 921
Psimon Psimon (Dr. Simon Jones) villain scientist
  Fearsome Five (leader); Injustice League  DC 30
Mammoth Mammoth (Baran Flinders) villain
  Fearsome Five; Injustice League 
[Australia]
DC 48
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
Mister Miracle Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman) hero
  New Gods; Seven Soldiers of Victory DC 51
Multi-Man Multi-Man (Duncan Pramble) villain hero
  League of Challenger-Haters; Injustice League  DC 34
Apeface villain
  [simian villain; associate of Joker] DC 9
Doctor Polaris Doctor Polaris (Neal Emerson) villain
CBR Scale: M obsessed with magnets
Cadre; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 49
Black Mass Black Mass (Geoffrey Thibodeux) villain scientist
  Cadre; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 20
Johnson supporting character
 indeterminate  GCPD
[apparently last-minute replacement for Harvey Bullock]
DC 1
Dina Bell Dina Bell supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
U.S. Marshals DC 9
Michael Akins Michael Akins supporting character
  GCPD
[Gotham Chief of Police, then Commissioner (post-Gordon)]
DC 69
Vincent Del Arrazio supporting character
  GCPD
[keeps secret that he is related to Inzerillo mob family]
DC 21
Carnivora Carnivora villain
CBR Scale: I alien
[was part of invasion force that crashed en route to Earth] DC 5
Hellgrammite Hellgrammite (Roderick Rose) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S demonolatry
Intergang DC 22
King Shark King Shark (Nanaue) villain deity
CBR Scale: M Polynesian shark demigod
Secret Society of Super Villains; Secret Six
[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
  DC 9
Warp Warp (Emil LaSalle) villain
  Brotherhood of Evil; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 28
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley
(someone disguised as)
supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Assemblies of God
[singer] Marvel DC 444
God God
(mentioned)
deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D God
[] DC Timely, etc. 313
The Red Hood The Red Hood (Jason Todd)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Batman family; Teen Titans DC 276
Killer Croc Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)
(mentioned)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains DC 202
Warden Zimmer
(mentioned)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [warden] DC 2