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Justice League of America (vol. 2) #25 (Nov. 2008):
“The Second Coming, Chapter Four: The Best Lack All Conviction”
by Dwayne McDuffie, Ed Benes, Ian Churchill, Shane Davis, etc.

Justice League of America (vol. 2) #25

Title: “The Second Coming, Chapter Four: The Best Lack All Conviction”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 2008

Publisher: DC
Written by: Dwayne McDuffie
Art by: Ed Benes, Ian Churchill, Shane Davis, Doug Mahnke, Ivan Reis, Darick Robertson, Christian Alamy


41 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
Kryptonians; Super Friends...  DC 13,409
Batman Batman (Bruce Wayne) hero
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist
Batman family; Quinntets...  DC 11,112
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman (Diana) hero
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
Amazon; Super Friends...  DC 4,659
Green Lantern Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic / Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps; Super Friends...  DC 2,529
Black Canary Black Canary (Dinah Lance) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Birds of Prey; The Justice League...  DC 1,406
Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) hero
CBR Scale: S Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)
black; The Justice League...  DC 353
Flash Flash (Wally West) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant; Speed Force
Justice League Elite; The Justice League...  DC 915
Red Arrow Red Arrow (Roy Harper Jr.) hero
CBR Scale: S Navajo traditional religion
CBI; Checkmate... 
[was freelance operative for Checkmate]
DC 668
Hawkgirl Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders) hero
CBR Scale: U Egyptian classical religion
The Justice League; The Justice Society of America
[film school student]
DC 345
Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe) hero
CBR Scale: M Anglican (raised); African primal-indigenous religion
Birds of Prey; black...  DC 254
Red Tornado Red Tornado (John Smith) hero
CBR Scale: S religious android
The Justice League; The Justice Society of America...  DC 367
Zatanna Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara) hero
CBR Scale: S eclectic Pentecostal Dianic
Wiccan
Homo magi; Sentinels of Magic...  DC 435
Firestorm Firestorm (Jason Rusch) hero
  black DC 40
Kathy Sutton Kathy Sutton supporting character
  [wife of Red Tornado] DC 34
Professor Ivo Professor Ivo villain
CBR Scale: M obsessed with avoiding death
[mad scientist, creator of Amazo] DC 39
Animal Man Animal Man (Buddy Baker) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Animal Rights; Church of Maxine (leader)
Forgotten Heroes; The Justice League DC 187
Anansi Anansi (Kwaku Anansi) deity
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion deity; Spider Clan
deity (Incan)
[1st app: Thor (vol. 1) #398 (Dec. 1988)] Marvel DC, etc. 23
Joe Chill Joe Chill villain
  [mugger who murdered parents of Bruce Wayne (Batman)] DC 116
Ellen Baker Ellen Baker supporting character
  [Animal Man's wife] DC 13
Green Lantern Green Lantern (John Stewart)
(cover & 4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
black; Green Lantern Corps...  DC 560
Martha Wayne Martha Wayne
(5-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Catholic
[mother of Batman] DC 59
Dr. Thomas Wayne Dr. Thomas Wayne
(5-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Episcopalian
[Batman's father] DC 75
Impulse Impulse (Bart Allen)
(4-panel cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Zen Speed Force
The Teen Titans; Young Justice DC 483
Xombi Green Lantern (David Kim)
(4-panel cameo)
hero scientist
  Asian; Organitek... 
[Korean-American]
DC Milestone Media 35
Ocean Master Ocean Master (Orm Marius)
(4-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S occult; half-Atlantean
Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang DC 69
The Yellow Aliens
(4-panel cameo)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: I alien
[alien race] DC 5
Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Gordon
(1-panel cameo)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Protestant
GCPD; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City DC 2,797
The Joker The Joker
(1-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: M anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy
Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  DC 1,679
Wonder Woman (WWII-era) Wonder Woman (WWII-era) (Queen Hippolyta)
(1-panel cameo)
hero deity
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
deity
All-Star Squadron; The Justice League...  DC 362
Lightning Lightning (Jennifer Pierce)
(voice only)
hero
CBR Scale: I Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)
black; The Justice Society of America DC 46
Aquaman Aquaman (Arthur Curry)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; human...  DC 2,384
Martian Manhunter Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: M Martian religion
Justice Experience; Martian...  DC 2,228
Thunder Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: I Northern Baptist (ABC/USA) (LGBT)
black; The Outsiders DC 78
Hawkman Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol)
(mentioned)
hero
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion
All-Star Squadron; Super Friends...  DC 1,270
Amazo Amazo
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains
[android]
DC 95
Doomsday Doomsday
(mentioned)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Suicide Squad DC 100
Nyambe Nyambe
(mentioned)
deity
CBR Scale: D African primal-indigenous
religion
[African Sky God; NOTE: appearances could represent Lusa] Marvel DC 5
Dr. Phil Dr. Phil (Phil McGraw)
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [psychologist; TV host...] DC 689
Hamed Ali
(mentioned)
villain
CBR Scale: U Muslim
[1st app: Showcase #66 (Jan.-Feb. 1967)] DC 4
Errol Flynn Errol Flynn
(mentioned)
real/historical person
  [actor] DC Marvel 72
Mia Saunders
(mentioned)
supporting character
  [daughter of Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)] DC 5