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Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50 (May 1996):
“50th Issue Villain Special!”
by Alan Grant, Bret Blevins, Norm Breyfogle, Vince Giarrano, etc.

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50

Title: “50th Issue Villain Special!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1996

Publisher: DC
Written by: Alan Grant
Art by: Bret Blevins, Norm Breyfogle, Vince Giarrano, Barry Kitson, Dave Taylor, Ray McCarthy, Rob Leigh


16 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)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist
Batman family; Quinntets...  DC 11,112
Robin Robin (Tim Drake) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic?
Batman family; The Teen Titans...  DC 695
Clayface Clayface (Basil Karlo) villain based on a real person
  Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains
[based loosely on Boris Karloff]
DC 60
Ventriloquist and Scarface Ventriloquist and Scarface (Arnold Wesker) villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains DC 145
Zsasz Zsasz (Victor Zsasz) villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[serial killer] DC 53
Joe Public hero
  New Bloods DC 6
Anarky Anarky (Lonnie Machin) villain hero
CBR Scale: D Anarchist; Neo-Tech (offshoot of Objectivism)
[1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #608 (Nov. 1989)] DC 40
Amygdala Amygdala (Aaron Helzinger) supporting character villain
  [warden in Lockhaven Prison] DC 25
Pagan (Marian Mercer) hero
CBR Scale: M vengeance
[vigilante] DC 2
Fear Fear (Cornelius Stirk) villain
  [serial killer] DC 20
Corrosive Man (Deke Mitchell) villain
CBR Scale: M vengeance
[convict] DC 8
Kadaver (Mortimer Kadaver) villain
CBR Scale: M sadist
[obsessed with inflicting pain and death] DC 7
Narcosis villain scientist
  [invented "dream gas"] DC 5
The Ratcatcher The Ratcatcher (Otis Flannegan) villain
  [rat catcher] DC 25
The Tally Man villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religous
[assassin] DC 9
Frederick Rhino villain
  [bodyguard; henchman] DC 22