Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (May 2009):
“A Hostile Takeover”
by Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea

Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1

Title: “A Hostile Takeover”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Tony S. Daniel
Art by: Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea

36 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.
Nightwing (Dick Grayson)	Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma	Batman family; Super Friends...  The Network; The Outsiders; The Teen Titans		4,498
Alfred Pennyworth	Anglican	[butler]		3,048
Robin (Damian Wayne)	tabula rasa	Batman family; The League of Assassins [son of Batman and Talia al Ghul]		28
Commissioner Gordon	Protestant	GCPD; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City		2,797
Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli)	Catholic	Batman family; Birds of Prey...  Checkmate; The Justice League; The Outsiders [Position in Checkmate: Queen]		520
Catwoman (Selina Kyle)	Catholic	Batman family; Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Network		911
Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley)	fundamentalist Environmentalist	Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains...  The Injustice Gang; The Suicide Squad		414
The Red Hood (Jason Todd)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Batman family; The Teen Titans		276
Robin (Tim Drake)	Jewish Catholic?	Batman family; The Teen Titans...  Young Justice		695
The Riddler (Edward Nygma)		Secret Society of Super Villains; The Legion of Doom		302
Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane)	Freudian	Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang...  The Legion of Doom		267
Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)		Secret Society of Super Villains		202
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)		Batman family; Birds of Prey...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Network; The Suicide Squad		921
Black Mask (Roman Sionis)	cult leader	Secret Society of Super Villains		131
Zsasz (Victor Zsasz)	manifestly non-religious	[serial killer]		53
The Knight (Cyril Sheldrake)		Club of Heroes; The Dome...  Ultramarine Corps		20
Squire (Beryl Hutchinson)		Ultramarine Corps		18
recent finishing school graduate		[bimbette Damian Wayne gave Batmobile ride to]		1
Jane Doe		[mental patient]		10
The Great White Shark (Warren White)	demonolatry	[1st app: Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003)]		21
The Network		[defended Gotham after Batman (supposedly) died]		7
Black Canary (Dinah Lance) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Birds of Prey; The Justice League...  The Network		1,406
Wildcat (Ted Grant) (cover & 1-panel cameo)		All-Star Squadron; The Justice Society of America		423
Batwoman (Kathy Kane) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Jewish; LGBT	The Network		123
Harvey Bullock (2-panel cameo)		Checkmate; Gotham Major Crimes Unit		259
Lady Blackhawk (Zinda Blake) (2-panel cameo)		Birds of Prey; Blackhawks		116
Humpty Dumpty (Humphry Dumpler) (2-panel cameo)		[model inmate in Arkham Asylum]		6
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) (1-panel cameo)	religiously untrained	Asian; Batman family...  Justice League Elite; The Network; The Outsiders; Titans East		222
Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) (1-panel cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains		134
Clayface (Basil Karlo) (1-panel cameo)		Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains [based loosely on Boris Karloff]		60
Lynx (Ling) (1-panel cameo)	resurrected	Asian		22
unnamed mayor of Gotham City (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[mayor]		4
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (mentioned)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
The Joker (mentioned)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  The Joker League of Anarchy (leader)		1,679
Two-Face (Harvey Dent) (mentioned)	obsessed with dualism and number 2; Taoist	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang		240
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) (mentioned)		Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains...  The Suicide Squad		403

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