Religion and Characters in
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1 (Mar. 2009):
“The Panic of the Composite Creature”
by Matt Wayne, Andy Suriano, Dan Davis

29 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) (lead character)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)	The Outsiders (leader); Quinntets...  Super Friends; Batman family; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Justice League		10,693
Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) (lead character)	Kryptonian religion	The Suicide Squad; The Sovereign Seven...  Birds of Prey; Infinity, Inc.; The Justice Society of America; The Justice League		576
Lex Luthor	Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist	Secret Six; Injustice League...  The Injustice Gang; The Legion of Doom; Secret Society of Super Villains [Foe of: Superman (arch-enemy)]		1,508
The Composite Creature		[formed by Lex Luthor from dozens of Londoners]		1
Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (cover & 3-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1-3)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	human; Super Friends...  The Justice League; Atlantean		2,384
Wonder Woman (Diana) (only on cover)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Super Friends; The Justice League...  Amazon		4,501
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (only on cover)	agnostic; Liberal Marxist	Green Arrows of the World; Seven Soldiers of Victory...  Justice League Elite; The Justice League; The Outsiders		2,266
The Atom (Ray Palmer) (only on cover)	Jewish (lapsed)	Super Friends; The Justice League		1,086
Metamorpho (Rex Mason) (only on cover)	secular	Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League...  The Doom Patrol; The Outsiders; U.S. Army		392
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (only on cover)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	black; The Network...  The Justice League; The Outsiders		353
Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol) (only on cover)	Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion	Super Friends; All-Star Squadron...  The Justice Society of America; The Justice League		1,270
Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) (only on cover)	Catholic	Batman family; Birds of Prey...  The Justice League; The Outsiders; Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Queen]		520
Red Tornado (John Smith) (only on cover)	religious android	The Leymen; Young Justice...  The Justice Society of America; The Justice League		367
Wildcat (Ted Grant) (only on cover)		All-Star Squadron; The Justice Society of America		423
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) (only on cover)	Catholic	Hispanic; The Teen Titans		141
Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) (only on cover)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Justice League of Anarchy; Freedom Fighters...  All-Star Squadron; The Justice League		636
Demon (Jason Blood / Etrigan) (only on cover)	religious	The Justice League		342
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner) (only on cover)	Catholic (lapsed)	Green Lantern Corps; The Justice League		534
Jonah Hex (only on cover)	white raised by Native Americans (Apache); also Navajo, Kiowa	Rough Bunch; History's Heroes		172
Bat-Mite (only on cover)		Batman family		43
Kamandi (only on cover)		[lives in post-apocalyptic future]		73
OMAC (Buddy Blank) (only on cover)		[soldier]		22
Carapax (Conrad Carapax) (4-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	religious	[archaeologist]		11
Nellybelle (2-panel cameo, pg. 1-2)	N.A.	whale [whale Aquaman called on to defeat Carapax]		1
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)  Thanked Batman and Power Girl in person for keeping the Crown Jewels safe.	Church of England/Church of Scotland	[queen]		363
Alfred Pennyworth (voice only, pg. 2-3)	Anglican	[butler]		1,949
Superman (Clark Kent) (mentioned, pg. 11, 16, 20)  Lex Luthor (to Power Girl): "Simpleton. You're standing in the rays of my red sun lamp! I'd been developing it to use on that other Kryptonian busybody, Superman!" Also, Batman and Power Girl easily guessed (correctly) that Lex Luthor used "Superman" as the password for his encrypted computer system.	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	The Justice League; Super Friends		12,558
Atlanteans (mentioned, pg. 2, panel 2)  Batman (to Aquaman): "Make sure you wipe his computer memory. Then Carapax can be safely broken down and stored in your royal Atlantean vault."	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	[hidden race]		165
Tony Blair (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 2)  Alfred Pennyworth (to Batman): "I wouldn't have disturbed you, sir, but the Prime Minister did say it was rather urgent."	Anglican; Catholic (convert)	[U.K. Prime Minister]		229

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