Justice League of America (vol. 2) #26 (Dec. 2008):
“The Second Coming, Chapter Five: Spiritus Mundi”
by Dwayne McDuffie, Ed Benes

Justice League of America (vol. 2) #26

Title: “The Second Coming, Chapter Five: Spiritus Mundi”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 2008

Publisher:
Written by: Dwayne McDuffie
Art by: Ed Benes

34 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
Wonder Woman (Diana)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Amazon; Super Friends...  The Justice League		4,659
Commissioner Gordon	Protestant	GCPD; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City		2,797
Red Arrow (Roy Harper Jr.)	Navajo traditional religion	CBI; Checkmate...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Outsiders; The Teen Titans [was freelance operative for Checkmate]		668
Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe)	Anglican (raised); African primal-indigenous religion	Birds of Prey; black...  Checkmate; The Justice League; The Suicide Squad; Ultramarine Corps		254
Impulse (Bart Allen)	Zen Speed Force	The Teen Titans; Young Justice		483
Green Lantern (David Kim)		Asian; Organitek...  Painful Inscriptions; The Shadow Cabinet; The Star Chamber; Xombies [Korean-American]		35
Anansi (Kwaku Anansi)	African primal-indigenous religion deity; Spider Clan deity (Incan)	[1st app: Thor (vol. 1) #398 (Dec. 1988)]	, etc.	23
Ocean Master (Orm Marius)	occult; half-Atlantean	Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang		69
The Brown Bomber	indeterminate	The Justice League [in reality/story spun by Anansi]		1
We Are Firestorm (cover & 4-panel cameo)	indeterminate	The Justice League [in reality/story spun by Anansi]		1
Superman (Clark Kent) (5-panel cameo)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders) (5-panel cameo)	Egyptian classical religion	The Justice League; The Justice Society of America [film school student]		345
Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara) (5-panel cameo)	eclectic Pentecostal Dianic Wiccan	Homo magi; Sentinels of Magic...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League		435
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (4-panel cameo)	Jewish Catholic / Green Lantern	Green Lantern Corps; Super Friends...  The Justice League; U.S. Air Force		2,529
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (4-panel cameo)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	black; The Justice League...  The Network; The Outsiders		353
Green Lantern (John Stewart) (4-panel cameo)	Protestant	black; Green Lantern Corps...  The Darkstars; The Justice League		560
Zatara (John Zatara) (4-panel cameo)	occult	All-Star Squadron		244
Bronze Tiger (Ben Turner) (4-panel cameo)		CBI; The Suicide Squad		140
Warhawk (Rex Stewart) (4-panel cameo)		The Justice League [son of Green Lantern John Stewart and Shayera Hol]		6
Flash (Wally West) (3-panel cameo)	Protestant; Speed Force	Justice League Elite; The Justice League...  The Teen Titans		915
Animal Man (Buddy Baker) (3-panel cameo)	Animal Rights; Church of Maxine (leader)	Forgotten Heroes; The Justice League		187
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) (2-panel cameo)	Catholic	Batman family; Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Network		911
Dharma (Harry Chawney) (1-panel cameo)	prophet	The Shadow Cabinet (leader)		32
God (mentioned)	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
The Joker (mentioned)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  The Joker League of Anarchy (leader)		1,679
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) (mentioned)	Catholic (lapsed)	Green Lantern Corps; Sinestro Corps...  The Challengers From Beyond; The Justice League; The Teen Titans		629
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) (mentioned)		Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains...  The Suicide Squad		403
Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries) (mentioned)	Catholic (lapsed)	Cold Warriors; Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains		175
Bane (mentioned)		Secret Society of Super Villains; The Legion of Doom...  The Suicide Squad		148
Ra's al Ghul (mentioned)	fundamentalist Environmentalist; alchemist	Secret Society of Super Villains; The League of Assassins (leader)		151
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner) (mentioned)	Catholic (lapsed)	Green Lantern Corps; The Justice League		534
Rupert Thorne (mentioned)		[crime boss]		57
William Butler Yeats (mentioned)	Anglican (Church of Ireland); Theosophist	[playwright; poet]	, etc.	6

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