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Religion and Characters in
DC Special Series #6 (1977):
“Death Times Five”
by Gerry Conway, Arvell M. Jones, Bob McLeod

DC Special Series #6

Title: “Death Times Five”

Medium: comic book

Publication date: 1977

Publisher: DC

Written by: Gerry Conway

Art by: Arvell M. Jones, Bob McLeod


19 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 Superman (Clark Kent) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian
religion
Justice League; Super Friends DC 12,271
Batman Batman (Bruce Wayne) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian / Catholic
(lapsed)
Batman family; Super Friends  DC 10,183
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman (Diana) hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
Justice League; Super Friends DC 4,282
Green Lantern Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic / Green
Lantern
Green Lantern Corps; Justice League 
[test pilot]
DC 2,529
The Flash The Flash (Barry Allen) hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Justice League; Super Friends DC 1,826
Poison Ivy Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley) villain
CBR Scale: M fundamentalist
Environmentalist
Injustice League; Injustice Gang  DC 414
Gorilla Grodd Gorilla Grodd villain
  Legion of Doom; Injustice League  DC 199
Sinestro Sinestro (Thaal Sinestro) villain
  Green Lantern Corps; Legion of Doom  DC 189
Captain Comet Captain Comet (Adam Blake) hero
  L.E.G.I.O.N.; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 143
Star Sapphire Star Sapphire (Deborah Darnell) villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Star Sapphires; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 12
Bizarro Bizarro (Kent Clark) villain
CBR Scale: U Anti-Methodist
Legion of Doom; Injustice League  DC 191
Angle Man Angle Man (Angelo Bend) villain
CBR Scale: I "non-religious"
  DC 48
Iris West Allen Iris West Allen supporting character
  [girlfriend, then wife of second Flash, Barry Allen] DC 194
Guardians of the Universe Guardians of the Universe supporting character
CBR Scale: M Guardians of the Universe
[Menaced by: Manhunters] DC 183
Funky Flashman Funky Flashman supporting character villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
Secret Society of Super Villains
[briefly Mister Miracle's manager; parody of Stan Lee]
DC 19
Jor-El Jor-El
(statue)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Kryptonian religion
[father of Kal-El (Superman)] DC 251
Lara Lara
(statue)
supporting character scientist
CBR Scale: S Kryptonian religion
[biological mother of Kal-El (Superman)] DC 166
The Creeper The Creeper (Jack Ryder)
(illusion)
hero
CBR Scale: U anarchist
Justice League of Anarchy; Justice League  DC 184
Trickster Trickster (James Jesse)
(illusion)
villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
Flash's Rogues Gallery; Justice League of Anarchy  DC 129