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

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1

Title: “The Panic of the Composite Creature”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Matt Wayne
Art by: 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); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) (lead character)	Kryptonian religion	Birds of Prey; Infinity, Inc....  Kryptonians; The Justice League; The Justice Society of America; The Sovereign Seven; The Suicide Squad		576
Lex Luthor	Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist	Injustice League; Secret Six...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang; The Legion of Doom		1,508
The Composite Creature		[formed by Lex Luthor from dozens of Londoners]		1
Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (cover & 3-panel cameo, pg. 2, panels 1-3)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; human...  Super Friends; The Justice League		2,384
Wonder Woman (Diana) (only on cover)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Amazon; Super Friends...  The Justice League		4,659
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (only on cover)	agnostic; Liberal Marxist	Green Arrows of the World; Justice League Elite...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Outsiders		2,507
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 Doom Patrol...  The Justice League; The Outsiders; U.S. Army		392
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (only on cover)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	black; The Justice League...  The Network; The Outsiders		353
Hawkman (Carter Hall / Katar Hol) (only on cover)	Egyptian classical religion; Thanagarian religion	All-Star Squadron; Super Friends...  Thanagarian; The Justice League; The Justice Society of America		1,270
Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) (only on cover)	Catholic	Batman family; Birds of Prey...  Checkmate; The Justice League; The Outsiders [Position in Checkmate: Queen]		520
Red Tornado (John Smith) (only on cover)	religious android	The Justice League; The Justice Society of America...  The Leymen; Young Justice		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)	All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters...  Justice League of Anarchy; 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	History's Heroes; Rough Bunch		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]		3,048
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	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
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

Webpage for Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1 (Mar. 2009) created 30 November 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

All characters, images, comics and source material © by their respective copyright holders. This page (including original commentary, organization, lists, markup, page layout, etc.) © 2025 by ComicBookReligion.com. All rights reserved. Website built by Database-Genius.com, Database-Design.org. Login...