Religion and Characters in
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #27 (Jan. 2009):
“Be Careful What You Wish For...”
by Dwayne McDuffie, Drew Geraci, Rob Hunter, Norm Rapmund

39 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		12,271
Batman (Bruce Wayne)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)	Justice League; Batman family  Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; Super Friends; Outsiders; Quinntets		10,183
Wonder Woman (Diana)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Justice League; Super Friends		4,282
Black Canary (Dinah Lance)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Justice League; Birds of Prey		1,406
Red Arrow (Roy Harper Jr.)	Navajo traditional religion	Teen Titans; Seven Soldiers of Victory  Central Bureau of Intelligence; Outsiders; Justice League; Checkmate [was freelance operative for Checkmate]		668
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders)	Egyptian classical religion	Justice Society of America; Justice League [film school student]		345
Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe)	Anglican (raised); African primal-indigenous religion	Ultramarine Corps; Suicide Squad  Justice League; Checkmate; Birds of Prey		254
Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)	Buddhist	Justice League; Outsiders  Doom Patrol [Japan]		134
Animal Man (Buddy Baker)	Animal Rights; Church of Maxine (leader)	Forgotten Heroes; Justice League		187
Icon (Augustus Freeman)	alien	Shadow Cabinet		73
Hardware (Curtis Metcalf)		Shadow Cabinet		97
Payback (Kevin Franklin)		Shadow Cabinet; Heroes [man-mountain]		30
Donner (Gerri Brauer)		Shadow Cabinet; Heroes		35
Starlight (Stella Maxwell)		Shadow Cabinet; Heroes		23
Twilight		Shadow Cabinet		10
Blitzen (Valerie Kameya)		Shadow Cabinet; Heroes [Japan]		36
Iron Butterfly (Kahina Eskandari)		Shadow Cabinet		28
Iota (Isadora Wellington-Smythe)		Shadow Cabinet; Heroes		27
Gloria Mundi		Shadow Cabinet [Dakotaverse]		5
Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara)	eclectic Pentecostal Dianic Wiccan	Justice League; Seven Soldiers of Victory  Sentinels of Magic		435
Flash (Wally West) (cover & 3-panel cameo)	Protestant; Speed Force	Teen Titans; Justice League  Justice League Elite		915
Green Lantern (John Stewart) (cover & 3-panel cameo)	Protestant	Justice League; Green Lantern Corps  Darkstars		560
Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol) (5-panel cameo)	Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion	Justice Society of America; Justice League  Super Friends; All-Star Squadron		1,270
Firestorm (Jason Rusch) (5-panel cameo)		[student]		40
unnamed physicist (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[physicist]		1
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (4-panel cameo)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	Justice League; Outsiders		353
Yasu Hoshi (someone disguised as)		[Japan. son of Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)]		2
Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) (toy)	vegan	Doom Patrol; Teen Titans		733
Santa Claus (toy)	Christian			1,199
Static (Virgil Hawkins) (mentioned)		Heroes; Teen Titans		148
Doctor Light (Arthur Light) (mentioned)		Injustice League; Injustice Gang  Suicide Squad; Fearsome Five (founder); Secret Society of Super Villains		127
Steel (John Henry Irons) (mentioned)	Protestant	Justice League; Suicide Squad  Infinity Inc.		321
Dharma (Harry Chawney) (mentioned)	prophet	Shadow Cabinet (leader)		32
Maxwell Lord (mentioned)		Illuminati; Justice League  Extremists; Super Buddies; Checkmate		163
OMACs (mentioned)		[1st app: The OMAC Project #1 (June 2005)]		60
Usain Bolt (mentioned)	Catholic	[Jamaica. Olympic sprinter]		22
Bruce Lee (mentioned)	Chinese traditional religion; non-religious	[Hong Kong]		153
LeBron James (mentioned)	Catholic	[athlete]		67
Imako Hoshi (mentioned)		[Japan. daughter of Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)]		2

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