Religion and Characters in
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
by Jeph Loeb, Stan Berkowitz, Sam Liu

56 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) (lead character)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Justice League; Super Friends  Daily Planet		12,271
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (lead character)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)	Justice League; Batman family  Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; Super Friends; Outsiders; Quinntets		10,183
Lex Luthor (lead character)	Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist	Legion of Doom; LexCorp  Injustice Gang; Secret Society of Super Villains; Injustice League; Secret Six [Foe of: Superman (arch-enemy)]		1,508
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	Justice League; Outsiders		353
Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro)	Bushido / Buddhist	Outsiders; Birds of Prey		223
Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol)	Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion	Justice Society of America; All-Star Squadron  Justice League; Super Friends		1,270
Power Girl (Kara Zor-L)	Kryptonian religion	Infinity Inc.; Sovereign Seven  Justice Society of America; Justice League; Suicide Squad; Birds of Prey		576
Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)	Greco-Roman classical religion / Protestant	Marvel Family; Shazam's Squadron of Justice  Justice League		756
Starfire (Koriand'r)	Tamaranian religion (X'Hal)	Teen Titans; Outsiders		841
Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries)	Catholic (lapsed)	Cold Warriors; Injustice League  Secret Society of Super Villains		175
Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold)	atheist	Injustice League; Injustice Society  Secret Society of Super Villains; Infinity Inc.; Injustice Gang of the World; Suicide Squad		102
Gorilla Grodd		Legion of Doom; Secret Society of Super Villains  Injustice League		199
Killer Frost (Dr. Louise Lincoln)		Suicide Squad; Cold Warriors  Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains		110
Captain Atom (Nathaniel Christopher Adam)	Catholic	U.S. Air Force; Justice League  L.A.W.; Extreme Justice [major in U.S. Air Force]		259
S.T.A.R. Labs		S.T.A.R. Labs		98
Captain Cold (Leonard Snart)		Flash's Rogues Gallery; Legion of Doom  Secret Society of Super Villains; Suicide Squad; Cold Warriors		188
Amanda Waller	Methodist	Suicide Squad; Shadow Fighters  Task Force X; The Agency; Checkmate		211
Metallo (John Corben)	manifestly non-religious	Injustice League; Underground Society		125
Lady Shiva (Sandra Woosan)		Brotherhood of the Fist; League of Assassins  Birds of Prey		96
Major Force (Clifford Zmeck)		Freedom's Ring; Injustice League  S.H.A.D.E.; The Quorum		46
Nightshade (Eve Eden)	Catholic	Suicide Squad; L.A.W.  InterC.E.P.T.; Central Bureau of Intelligence; Shadowpact		156
Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)	manifestly non-religious	Injustice Unlimited; Injustice League  Injustice Society; Secret Society of Super Villains		43
Mongul II	alien	[ 1st app: (unnamed) Showcase '95 #8 (Sep. 1995); (as Mongul) Superman Vol. 2 #151 (Dec. 1999) ]		28
Silver Banshee (Siobhan McDougal)	Celtic pagan	[Ireland. underwent ritual her clan used for men]		38
Toyman (Hiro Okamura)		[Japan]		9
unnamed general	indeterminate	U.S. Army [high-ranking general serving under Pres. Lex Luthor]		1
Lois Lane (cameo)	Catholic	[Superman's girlfriend, then wife]		3,859
Alfred Pennyworth (cameo)	Anglican	[butler]		1,949
Bane (cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains; Suicide Squad		148
Deadshot (Floyd Lawton) (cameo)		Suicide Squad; Checkmate  Secret Six; Killer Elite [was a freelance operative for Checkmate]		213
Parasite (Rudy Jones) (cameo)		[ 1st app: (current version) [12483]; (with Torval Freeman) Action Comics #715 (Nov. 1995) ]		126
Eclipso (Bruce Gordon) (cameo)	Angel of Vengeance	Shadow Fighters [incarnation of the Wrath of God]		67
Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer) (cameo)		Suicide Squad; Outsiders  Flash's Rogues Gallery; Secret Society of Super Villains		79
Copperhead (cameo)	demonolatry (temporary)	Secret Society of Super Villains; Suicide Squad [sold his soul to demon Neron]		52
Catman (Tom Blake) (cameo)		Secret Six; The Misfits		50
Despero (cameo)	hatred of the Justice League; alien (Kalanor) with mystic powers	Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains  Time Stealers		108
Cheetah (Dr. Barbara Minerva) (cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains		150
Black Manta (cameo)		Legion of Doom; O.G.R.E.  Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains		95
Giganta (Dr. Doris Zuel) (cameo)		Legion of Doom; Villainy Inc.  Secret Society of Super Villains; Injustice League		83
Black Spider (Eric Needham) (cameo)	vengeance; resurrected	[as drug addict, accidentally killed his own father]		23
Brimstone (cameo)	religious	[artificial creation Darkseid sent to Earth as distraction]		14
Girder (Tony Woodward) (cameo)		[steelworker; criminal]		19
King Shark (Nanaue) (cameo)	Polynesian shark demigod	Secret Society of Super Villains; Secret Six [child of a shark god and a Hawaiian woman]		27
Jon Stewart (cameo)	Jewish	[host of popular "Daily Show" news satire program]	, etc.	2,227
Larry King (cameo)	Jewish agnostic	[long-time CNN TV news interviewer]	CNN , etc.	855
Kestrel (cameo)	agent of Chaos	Lords of Chaos; Injustice Society of the World [Foe of: Hawk and Dove (arch-enemy). created by spell of M'Shulla and Gorrum (Lords of Chaos)]		35
Riot (Frederick von Frankenstein) (cameo)		[scientist]		17
unidentified villain (cameo)		[attacks with short spears; tried to collect Superman bounty]		1
God (mentioned)	God	[ 1st app: (Timely/Marvel) [9354]; (DC: as "The Voice", e.g. "The Presence", DC) [9342] ]	, etc.	313
The Joker (mentioned)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice Gang; Injustice League		1,679
Flash (Wally West) (mentioned)  Superman: "Where's the Flash when you need him?"	Protestant; Speed Force	Teen Titans; Justice League  Justice League Elite		915
Richard Nixon (mentioned)  Captain Atom: "...but Nixon helped turn our worst enemy into our best trading partner..."	Quaker	X Presidents (ally)		504
King Solomon (mentioned)	Jewish prophet	[Israel. son of David]		17
Magpie (Margaret Pye) (mentioned)		[thief]		13
Lyndon B. Johnson (mentioned)  Captain Atom: "...and Johnson gave us the Voting Rights Act."	Disciples of Christ	[U.S. President]		211
William F. Buckley, Jr. (mentioned)  Batman: "And Grundy sounded like William F. Buckley."	Catholic	[intellectual Conservative leader]		51

The animated film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is based on the same-titled graphic novel written by Jeph Loeb, pencilled by Ed McGuinness and inked by Dexter Vines. The "graphic novel" is actually the trade paperback collection of issues 1 through 6 of the Superman/Batman monthly comic book series. The story arc was originally called "The World's Finest." The cover dates of the original comics were October 2003 through March 2004. The film adaptation is not simply an explicitly direct "filmed version" of the comics, but it stays fairly close to the source material.

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