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Detective Comics (vol. 1) #854 (Aug. 2009):
“Elegy, Part One: Agitato”
by Greg Rucka, J.H. Williams III, Dave Stewart

Detective Comics (vol. 1) #854

Title: “Elegy, Part One: Agitato”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2009

Publisher: DC
Written by: Greg Rucka
Art by: J.H. Williams III, Dave Stewart


18 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.
Batwoman Batwoman (Kathy Kane) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish; LGBT
The Network DC 123
Colonel Kane supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[Batwoman's father] DC 2
Rush villain
CBR Scale: D Religion of Crime
[criminal] DC 1
Religion of Crime Religion of Crime villain group
CBR Scale: D Religion of Crime
[1st app: 52 #11 (19 July 2006)] DC 25
Alice (Beth Kane)
(cover & 5-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M Religion of Crime
[based her name, look on Alice in Wonderland] DC 6
Anna
(8-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: M LGBT
[briefly dated Kathy Kane (Batwoman)] DC 1
Nightwing Batman (Dick Grayson)
(7-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma
Batman family; Super Friends...  DC 4,498
Darkseid Darkseid (Uxas)
(photo/picture/video)
villain
CBR Scale: S promulgates Apokolipsian
Darkseid worship
[1st app: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #134 (Dec. 1970)] DC 406
The Devil The Devil (Satan)
(art)
villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Devil
[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance] DC Marvel, etc. 1,024
The White Rabbit The White Rabbit
(art)
supporting character
CBR Scale: I anthropomorphic animal
rabbit Macmillan 76
Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland
(name seen in illustration (or on screen))
lead character based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Anglican
[1st app: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)] Macmillan 161
Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll
(name seen in illustration (or on screen))
clergy/religious leader real/historical person
CBR Scale: M Anglican deacon
[wrote "Alice in Wonderland", "Jabberwocky", etc.] Macmillan 8
Jill
(business/store name)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [owns store next to cafe Batwoman ate in] DC 1
Lisa
(business/store name)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [owns studio next to cafe Batwoman ate in] DC 1
Betty Kane
(mentioned)
hero
  Batman family; The Teen Titans...  DC 13
Mallory
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT
[introduced Batwoman's short-term attorney girlfriend to her] DC 1
Mrs. Kane
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[Batwoman's stepmother] DC 1
Bruno Mannheim Bruno Mannheim
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: M Religion of Crime
Intergang (leader) DC 28