Batman (vol. 1) #291 (Sep. 1977):
“Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?”
by David Vern (as David V. Reed), John Calnan, Tex Blaisdell

Batman (vol. 1) #291

Title: “Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: David Vern (as David V. Reed)
Art by: John Calnan, Tex Blaisdell

22 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 (Bruce Wayne)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Catwoman (Selina Kyle)	Catholic	Batman family; Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Network		911
Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane) (cover & 5-panel cameo)	Freudian	Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang...  The Legion of Doom		267
The Joker (cover & 3-panel cameo)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  The Joker League of Anarchy (leader)		1,679
Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley) (cover & 3-panel cameo)	fundamentalist Environmentalist	Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains...  The Injustice Gang; The Suicide Squad		414
The Riddler (Edward Nygma) (cover & 3-panel cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains; The Legion of Doom		302
Lex Luthor (cover & 2-panel cameo)	Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist	Injustice League; Secret Six...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang; The Legion of Doom		1,508
Ra's al Ghul (6-panel cameo)	fundamentalist Environmentalist; alchemist	Secret Society of Super Villains; The League of Assassins (leader)		151
Catwoman's jaguar (6-panel cameo)	N.A.	jaguar		1
Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries) (5-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Cold Warriors; Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains		175
Cody (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[henchman]		1
The Spook (Val Kaliban) (5-panel cameo)		[one of world's greatest escape-artists]		20
Signalman (Phil Cobb) (3-panel cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains		35
The Cavalier (Mortimer Drake) (3-panel cameo)	LGBT	[1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #81 (Nov. 1943)]		15
Killer Moth (Cameron van Cleer) (2-panel cameo)		[1st app: Batman (vol. 1) #63 (Feb.-Mar. 1951)]		54
Mad Hatter (imposter) (2-panel cameo)		[1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #230 (Apr. 1956)]		9
Captain Stingaree (Karl Courtney) (1-panel cameo)	LGBT	Secret Society of Super Villains		8
Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Deever and Dumson Tweed) (1-panel cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains; The Wonderland Gang		25
The Claw (Colonel Jake van Cleeve) (1-panel cameo)		["trial" to determine who killed Batman was at his estate]		1
Two-Face (Harvey Dent) (someone disguised or dressed as)	obsessed with dualism and number 2; Taoist	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang		240
Martha Wayne (mentioned)	Catholic	[mother of Batman]		59
Dr. Thomas Wayne (mentioned)	Episcopalian	[Batman's father]		75

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