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