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

35 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	Teen Titans; Batman family  Super Friends; Outsiders		4,498
Alfred Pennyworth	Anglican	[butler]		1,949
Robin (Damian Wayne)	tabula rasa	League of Assassins; Batman family [son of Batman and Talia al Ghul]		28
Commissioner Gordon	Protestant	GCPD; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City		2,681
Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli)	Catholic	Batman family; Birds of Prey  Checkmate; Justice League; Outsiders [Position in Checkmate: Queen]		520
Catwoman (Selina Kyle)	Catholic	Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains  Batman family		911
Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley)	fundamentalist Environmentalist	Injustice League; Injustice Gang  Secret Society of Super Villains; Suicide Squad		414
The Red Hood (Jason Todd)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Batman family; Teen Titans		276
Robin (Tim Drake)	Jewish Catholic?	Batman family; Young Justice  Teen Titans		695
The Riddler (Edward Nygma)		Legion of Doom; Secret Society of Super Villains		302
Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane)	Freudian	Legion of Doom; Injustice Gang  Secret Society of Super Villains		267
Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)		Secret Society of Super Villains		202
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)		Batman family; Seven Soldiers of Victory  Suicide Squad; Justice League; Birds of Prey		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			21
Black Canary (Dinah Lance) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Justice League; Birds of Prey		1,406
Wildcat (Ted Grant) (cover & 1-panel cameo)		Justice Society of America; All-Star Squadron		423
Batwoman (Kathy Kane) (cover & 1-panel cameo)	Jewish; LGBT	[ 1st app: (Earth-2) [12311]; (modern, cameo) 52 #7 (July 2006); (modern, full) 52 #11 (July 2006) ]		123
Harvey Bullock (2-panel cameo)		Gotham Major Crimes Unit; Checkmate		259
Lady Blackhawk (Zinda Blake) (2-panel cameo)		Blackhawks; Birds of Prey		116
Humpty Dumpty (Humphry Dumpler) (2-panel cameo)		[model inmate in Arkham Asylum]		6
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) (1-panel cameo)	religiously untrained	Batman family; Justice League Elite  Titans East; Outsiders		222
Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) (1-panel cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains		134
Clayface (Basil Karlo) (1-panel cameo)		Secret Society of Super Villains; Injustice League  Mudpack [based loosely on Boris Karloff]		60
Lynx (Ling) (1-panel cameo)	resurrected	[gang member; mercenary]		22
unnamed mayor of Gotham City (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[mayor]		4
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (mentioned)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)	Justice League; Batman family  Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; Super Friends; Outsiders; Quinntets		10,183
The Joker (mentioned)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice Gang; Injustice League		1,679
Two-Face (Harvey Dent) (mentioned)	obsessed with dualism and number 2; Taoist	Injustice League; Injustice Gang		240
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) (mentioned)		Injustice League; Suicide Squad  Secret Society of Super Villains		403

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