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Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (Sep. 2009):
“The Beginning”
by James Robinson, Mauro Cascioli

Justice League: Cry for Justice #1

Title: “The Beginning”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 2009

Publisher: DC
Written by: James Robinson
Art by: Mauro Cascioli


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.
Green Lantern Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic / Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps; Super Friends...  DC 2,529
Green Arrow Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) hero
CBR Scale: M agnostic; Liberal Marxist
Green Arrows of the World; Justice League Elite...  DC 2,507
The Atom The Atom (Ray Palmer) hero scientist
CBR Scale: U Jewish (lapsed)
Super Friends; The Justice League DC 1,086
The Atom The Atom (Ryan Choi) hero
  Asian DC 48
Congo Bill Congorilla hero
  Forgotten Heroes; The Justice League DC Vertigo 269
Starman Starman (Mikaal Tomas) hero
CBR Scale: R Talokian ancestor worship; LGBT
Talokian DC 48
Killer Moth Killer Moth (Cameron van Cleer) villain
  [1st app: Batman (vol. 1) #63 (Feb.-Mar. 1951)] DC 54
Supergirl Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
(cover & 3-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Kryptonian religion
Kryptonians; The Legion of Super-Heroes...  DC 1,041
The Joker The Joker
(only on cover)
villain
CBR Scale: M anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy
Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  DC 1,679
Lex Luthor Lex Luthor
(only on cover)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist
Injustice League; Secret Six...  DC 1,508
Gorilla Grodd Gorilla Grodd
(only on cover)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang...  DC 199
Sinestro Sinestro (Thaal Sinestro)
(only on cover)
villain
  Green Lantern Corps; Injustice League...  DC 189
Congorilla's gorilla troop Congorilla's gorilla troop
(9-panel cameo)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: I N.A.
gorilla
[Congo Bill lived with them until they were all slaughtered]
DC 1
Superman Superman (Clark Kent)
(8-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
Kryptonians; Super Friends...  DC 13,409
Flash Flash (Wally West)
(7-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant; Speed Force
Justice League Elite; The Justice League...  DC 915
Black Canary Black Canary (Dinah Lance)
(6-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Birds of Prey; The Justice League...  DC 1,406
Red Tornado Red Tornado (John Smith)
(6-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S religious android
The Justice League; The Justice Society of America...  DC 367
unnamed mortician unnamed mortician
(6-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [prepared body of Starman (Mikaal Tomas) friend Tony] DC 1
Freedom Beast Freedom Beast (Dominic Mndawe)
(5-panel cameo)
hero
  Global Guardians DC 24
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman (Diana)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
Amazon; Super Friends...  DC 4,659
Red Arrow Red Arrow (Roy Harper Jr.)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Navajo traditional religion
CBI; Checkmate... 
[was freelance operative for Checkmate]
DC 668
Plastic Man Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters...  Quality 636
Tony Tony
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT
[boyfriend of Starman (Mikaal Tomas); killed by villains] DC 2
Hawkgirl Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders)
(3-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U Egyptian classical religion
The Justice League; The Justice Society of America
[film school student]
DC 345
Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe)
(3-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Anglican (raised); African primal-indigenous religion
Birds of Prey; black...  DC 254
Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)
black; The Justice League...  DC 353
Hawkman Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol)
(2-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion
All-Star Squadron; Super Friends...  DC 1,270
Batman Batman (Bruce Wayne)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist
Batman family; Quinntets...  DC 11,112
Martian Manhunter Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Martian religion
Justice Experience; Martian...  DC 2,228
Huntress Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Batman family; Birds of Prey... 
[Position in Checkmate: Queen]
DC 520
Zatanna Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S eclectic Pentecostal Dianic
Wiccan
Homo magi; Sentinels of Magic...  DC 435
Firestorm Firestorm (Jason Rusch)
(1-panel cameo)
hero
  black DC 40
Starman Starman (Ted Knight)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I atheist
All-Star Squadron; The Justice Society of America DC 219
Starman Starman (Jack Knight)
(mentioned)
hero
  The Justice Society of America DC 89
Prometheus
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: S Shamballa Buddhist (convert)
Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 24
Libra
(mentioned)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang DC 16
Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt
(mentioned)
supporting character scientist
  [inventor of the Time Pool; friend of the Atom] DC 23
Mike Dante Mike Dante
(mentioned)
supporting character scientist
 indeterminate  [research assistant] DC 1
Bobo Benetti Bobo Benetti
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S repentant
[reformed criminal] DC 5