The Religious Affiliation of
The Joker
 

Religion: anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy

Name: The Joker

Other Names: Jack Napier; Red Hood; Jack; Joseph "Joe" Kerr; Clem Rusty; Mr. Rekoj; A. Rekoj; John Dough; Mr. Average

Classification:  villain  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Batman (vol. 1) #1 (Spring 1940): "The Joker"

Creators: Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 1,679

   Comic Book Appearances: 1,560

   TV, Film Appearances: 115

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 4

Teams/Affiliations: Injustice League; The Injustice Gang; The Joker League of Anarchy (leader)

Enemy of: Batman

Race: white

Gender: male

This character is in the following 129 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Action Comics (vol. 1) #769 (Sep. 2000): "Supermanamrepus"
The Adventures of Superman (vol. 1) #582 (Sep. 2000): "Crazy About You" (behind the scenes)
Anarky (vol. 2) #8 (Dec. 1999): "The Sins of the Father"
Arkham Asylum (Oct. 1989): "A Serious House on Serious Earth"
Azrael: Agent of the Bat #47 (Dec. 1998): "Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown"
Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows (Apr. 2004): "Cast Shadows"
Batman / Captain America (Dec. 1996)
Batman

Batman (vol. 1) #1 (Spring 1940): "The Joker"
Batman (vol. 1) #1 (Spring 1940): "The Joker Returns"
Batman (vol. 1) #2 (Summer 1940): "Joker Meets Catwoman"
Batman (vol. 1) #4 (Winter 1941): "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus"
Batman (vol. 1) #16 (Apr.-May 1943): "The Joker Reforms"
Batman (vol. 1) #63 (Feb.-Mar. 1951): "The Joker's Crime Costumes!"
Batman (vol. 1) #170 (Mar. 1965): "Genius of the Getaway Gimmicks!" (1-panel cameo)
Batman (vol. 1) #291 (Sep. 1977): "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?" (cover & 3-panel cameo)
Batman (vol. 1) #292 (Oct. 1977): "The Testimony of the Riddler!" (2-panel cameo)
Batman (vol. 1) #293 (Nov. 1977): "The Testimony of Luthor!" (voice only)
Batman (vol. 1) #294 (Dec. 1977): "Testimony of the Joker!"

Batman and the Outsiders

Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 2) #7 (July 2008): "The Snare" (art)
Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 2) #11 (Nov. 2008): "Outsiders No More: Part 1" (mentioned)
Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 2) #13 (Jan. 2009): "The Network" (art)

Batman Confidential #29 (July 2009): "Good Cop..."
Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire (June 1994): "Lake of Fire"
Batman: Battle for the Cowl

Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (May 2009): "A Hostile Takeover" (mentioned)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (July 2009): "Last Man Standing" (mentioned)

Batman: Battle for the Cowl: The Underground #1 (June 2009) (mentioned)
Batman: Harley Quinn (Oct. 1999): "Harley Quinn"
Batman: Secrets #1 (May 2006): "Secrets Will Rule"
Batman: Streets of Gotham

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 (Aug. 2009): "Ignition" (mentioned)
Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 (Aug. 2009): "Strange Bedfellows" (mentioned)

Batman: The Animated Series - Season 1, Episode 22 (11 Sep. 1992): "Joker's Favor"
Batman: The Dark Knight

Batman: The Dark Knight #1 (Mar. 1986): "The Dark Knight Returns"
Batman: The Dark Knight #2 (Apr. 1986): "The Dark Knight Triumphant"
Batman: The Dark Knight #3 (May 1986): "Hunt the Dark Knight"
Batman: The Dark Knight #4 (June 1986): "The Dark Knight Falls" (corpse)

Batman: The Widening Gyre #1 (Oct. 2009): "Turning and Turning"
Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 0 (2 Oct. 2002): "Unaired Pilot" (cameo)
Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 1 (9 Oct. 2002): "Pilot" (cameo)
Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 2 (16 Oct. 2002): "Slick" (mentioned and in standard introductory segment)
Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 3 (23 Oct. 2002): "Prey for the Hunter" (in standard series introductory segment)
Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 4 (30 Oct. 2002): "Three Birds and a Baby" (mentioned and in standard introductory segment)

Black Orchid (vol. 1) #2 (Dec. 1988): "Going Down..."
Catwoman

Catwoman (vol. 3) #73 (Jan. 2008): "Crime Pays: Part 2" (mentioned)
Catwoman (vol. 3) #75 (Mar. 2008): "Waking Up On the Wrong Side of the Universe, Part One"
Catwoman (vol. 3) #76 (Apr. 2008): "Waking Up On the Wrong Side of the Universe, Part Two" (mentioned)
Catwoman (vol. 3) #77 (May 2008): "Waking Up On the Wrong Side of the Universe, Part Three" (cover & 1-panel cameo)
Catwoman (vol. 3) #78 (June 2008): "The Long Road Home, Part 1" (mentioned in text & seen in picture)
Catwoman (vol. 3) #81 (Sep. 2008): "Final Jeopardy, Part 2" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Catwoman (vol. 3) #82 (Oct. 2008): "Final Jeopardy, Part 3" (mentioned)

Deathstroke #58 (Apr. 1996): "Bad Blood"
Detective Comics

Detective Comics (vol. 1) #45 (Nov. 1940): "The Case of the Laughing Death!"
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #64 (June 1942): "The Joker Walks the Last Mile"
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #91 (Sep. 1944): "The Case of the Practical Joker"
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #332 (Oct. 1964): "The Joker's Last Laugh!"
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #340 (June 1965): "The Outsider Strikes Again!" (mentioned)
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers"

Dr. Fate (vol. 1) #1 (July 1987): "Cycles" (cameo)
Genesis #1 (Oct. 1997): "Resonance" (cameo)
Gotham Girls

Gotham Girls - Season 1, Episode 3 (24 Aug. 2000): "Trick or Trick? Part One" (toy)
Gotham Girls - Season 1, Episode 4 (31 Aug. 2000): "Trick or Trick? Part Two" (toy)
Gotham Girls - Season 1, Episode 11 (14 Dec. 2000): "Lady-X" (photo/picture/video)

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn #1 (Dec. 2000): "An Harley Quinn Romance"
Harley Quinn #2 (Jan. 2001): "A Heart Broken in Two" (cameo)
Harley Quinn #5 (Apr. 2001): "Larger Than Life"
Harley Quinn #8 (July 2001): "Be Cruel 2 Your School"
Harley Quinn #9 (Aug. 2001): "Shop 'Til You're Dropped!" (cameo)
Harley Quinn #10 (Sep. 2001): "Brilliant Mistake" (cameo)
Harley Quinn #11 (Oct. 2001): "The Girl is Bats!" (cameo)
Harley Quinn #13 (Dec. 2001): "Night and Day"
Harley Quinn #25 (Dec. 2002): "Once More, with Feeling!"
Harley Quinn #26 (Jan. 2003): "Vengeance Unlimited: Part One"
Harley Quinn #28 (Mar. 2003): "Vengeance Unlimited: Part Three"
Harley Quinn #32 (July 2003): "The Year of the Rat"
Harley Quinn #38 (Jan. 2004): "Cuckoo for Incarceration"

JLA

JLA #1 (Jan. 1997): "Them!" (mentioned)
JLA #8 (Aug. 1997): "Imaginary Stories" (hallucination)
JLA #10 (Late Sep. 1997): "Rock of Ages, Prologue: Genesis and Revelations"
JLA #11 (Oct. 1997): "Rock of Ages, Part Two: Hostile Takeover"
JLA #12 (Nov. 1997): "Rock of Ages, Part Three: Wonderworld"
JLA #14 (Jan. 1998): "Rock of Ages, Part Five: Twilight of the Gods"

The Joker

The Joker #1 (May 1975): "The Joker's Double Jeopardy!" (lead character)
The Joker #2 (July 1975): "The Sad Saga of Willy the Weeper!" (lead character)
The Joker #3 (Sep.-Oct. 1975): "The Last Ha Ha" (lead character)
The Joker #4 (Nov.-Dec. 1975): "A Gold Star for the Joker" (lead character)
The Joker #5 (Jan.-Feb. 1976): "The Joker Goes "Wilde"!" (lead character)
The Joker #6 (Mar.-Apr. 1976): "Sherlock Stalks the Joker!" (lead character)
The Joker #7 (May-June 1976): "Luthor -- You're Driving Me Sane!" (lead character)
The Joker #8 (July-Aug. 1976): "The Scarecrow's Fearsome Face-Off!" (lead character)
The Joker #9 (Sep.-Oct. 1976): "The Cat and the Clown" (lead character)

Joker: Last Laugh

Joker: Last Laugh #1 (Dec. 2001): "Stir Crazy"
Joker: Last Laugh #2 (Dec. 2001): "Siege Mentality"
Joker: Last Laugh #3 (Dec. 2001): "Lunatic Fringe"
Joker: Last Laugh #4 (Dec. 2001): "Everyone Knows This is Nowhere"
Joker: Last Laugh #5 (Dec. 2001): "Mad, Mad World"
Joker: Last Laugh #6 (Jan. 2002): "You Only Laugh Twice"

Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files

Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001): "A Clown at Midnight" (lead character)
Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001): "Touched"
Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001): "The Joker's Hard Sell" (lead character)
Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001): "Joker Fun Facts" (lead character)
Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (Dec. 2001): "Joker's Personal Effects" (lead character)

Joker's Asylum II: Harley Quinn #1 (Aug. 2010): "The Most Important Day of the Year"
Justice League of America

Justice League of America (vol. 2) #13 (Nov. 2007): "Unlimited: Chapter 2" (cover & 1-panel cameo)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #14 (Dec. 2007): "Unlimited: Chapter 3: Two Against Nature"
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #15 (Jan. 2008): "Unlimited: Chapter 4: Unleashed"
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #16 (Feb. 2008): "A Brief Tangent" (mentioned)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #17 (Mar. 2008): "Sanctuary: Part One" (mentioned)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #19 (May 2008): "Sanctuary: Part Three" (mentioned)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #21 (July 2008): "The Gathering Crisis" (mentioned)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #25 (Nov. 2008): "The Second Coming, Chapter Four: The Best Lack All Conviction" (1-panel cameo)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #26 (Dec. 2008): "The Second Coming, Chapter Five: Spiritus Mundi" (mentioned)
Justice League of America Wedding Special #1 (Nov. 2007): "Unlimited: Chapter 1: Injustice League"

Justice League: Cry for Justice

Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (Sep. 2009): "The Beginning" (only on cover)
Justice League: Cry for Justice #2 (Oct. 2009): "The Gathering" (mentioned)

Justice Society of America

Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #5 (June 2007): "The Lightning Saga, Chapter Two: Dreams and Fire" (mentioned)
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #10 (Dec. 2007): "What a Wonderful World" (cameo)
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #13 (Apr. 2008): "Supermen" (mentioned)

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (19 June 2012)
LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite (2013)
Nightwing (vol. 2) #52 (Feb. 2001): "Modern Romance" (1-panel cameo)
Outsiders

Outsiders (vol. 3) #1 (Aug. 2003): "Role Call, Part 1 of 3: Opening Offers" (cameo)
Outsiders (vol. 3) #2 (Sep. 2003): "Role Call, Part 2 of 3: Lawyers, Guns and Monkeys"
Outsiders (vol. 3) #3 (Oct. 2003): "Role Call, Part 3 of 3: Joke's on You"
Outsiders (vol. 3) #43 (Feb. 2007): "Mad Scientists, Finale: The Man Behind the Curtain" (cameo)

Showcase '94 #1 (Jan. 1994): "The Great Pretender" (lead character)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) (mentioned)
Supermax (2005) (cameo)
Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005 (Oct. 2005): "Who's Your Daddy?" (mentioned)
Teen Titans: Year One #5 (July 2008): "Young Heroes in Love" (art)
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #175 (Dec. 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, Part Two: Girl Frenzy"

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Joker.html
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000180/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=94
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=jokerga
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=jokerga
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=jokersa
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=jokersa
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=joker
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=joker
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=267
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/724/