Religion and Characters in
Catwoman (vol. 3) #77 (May 2008):
“Waking Up On the Wrong Side of the Universe, Part Three”
by Will Pfeifer, David Lopez, Alvaro Lopez

48 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.
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) (lead character)	Catholic	Injustice League; Batman family  Secret Society of Super Villains		911
Superman (Clark Kent)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Justice League; Super Friends		12,271
Batman (Bruce Wayne)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed)	Batman family; Super Friends  Quinntets; The Outsiders; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City		10,183
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)	Jewish Catholic / Green Lantern	Green Lantern Corps; Justice League  Super Friends; U.S. Air Force [test pilot]		2,529
Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz)	Martian religion	Justice League; Justice Experience  Outsiders; Sentinels of Magic		2,228
Flash (Wally West)	Protestant; Speed Force	Teen Titans; Justice League  Justice League Elite		915
The Joker (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice Gang; Injustice League		1,679
Two-Face (Harvey Dent) (only on cover)	obsessed with dualism and number 2; Taoist	Injustice League; Injustice Gang		240
Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) (only on cover)		Secret Society of Super Villains		202
Gorilla Grodd (only on cover)		Legion of Doom; Injustice League  Secret Society of Super Villains		199
Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) (only on cover)		Secret Society of Super Villains		134
Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch) (only on cover)		Secret Six; Secret Society of Super Villains		126
Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Deever and Dumson Tweed) (only on cover)		Wonderland Gang; Secret Society of Super Villains		25
Lex Luthor (5-panel cameo, pg. 14)	Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist	Legion of Doom; LexCorp  Injustice Gang; Injustice League; Secret Six; Secret Society of Super Villains [Foe of: Superman (arch-enemy)]		1,508
Metamorpho (Rex Mason) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	secular	Justice League; Seven Soldiers of Victory  Doom Patrol; Outsiders; U.S. Army		392
The Flash (Jay Garrick) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Justice Society of America		687
Red Arrow (Roy Harper Jr.) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Navajo traditional religion	Seven Soldiers of Victory; Central Bureau of Intelligence  Checkmate; The Teen Titans; The Outsiders; The Justice League [was freelance operative for Checkmate]		668
Red Tornado (John Smith) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	religious android	Justice Society of America; Justice League  The Leymen; Young Justice		367
Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Justice Society of America; Sentinels of Magic  Checkmate; All-Star Squadron [Position in Checkmate: White King]		768
Mary Marvel (Mary Batson) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Latter-day Saint / Greco-Roman classical religion	Marvel Family; Super Buddies		309
Cyborg (Vic Stone) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Protestant	Teen Titans; Super Friends		670
Miss Martian (M'gann M'orzz) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Martian religion	Teen Titans		98
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Catholic	Teen Titans		141
Kid Devil (Eddie Bloomberg) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Catholic	Teen Titans; Young Justice		117
Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Freedom Fighters; Justice League  Justice League of Anarchy; All-Star Squadron		636
Blue Devil (Dan Cassidy) (2-panel cameo, pg. 16, 19)	Catholic	Justice League; Sentinels of Magic  Shadowpact		169
Wonder Woman (Diana) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Justice League; Super Friends		4,282
Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Justice League; Super Friends [Atlantis]		2,384
Nightwing (Dick Grayson) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma	Teen Titans; Batman family  Super Friends; Outsiders		4,498
Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Kryptonian religion	Outsiders; Teen Titans  Legion of Super-Heroes		1,041
Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Catholic	Batman family; Justice League  Outsiders; Checkmate; Birds of Prey [Position in Checkmate: Queen]		520
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Egyptian classical religion	Justice Society of America; Justice League [film school student]		345
Firestorm (Jason Rusch) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)		[student]		40
Atom Smasher (Albert Rothstein) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Jewish	Infinity Inc.; Conglomerate  Justice League		223
Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	Atheist	Justice Society of America; Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: White King's Bishop; White King]		289
Captain Marvel Jr. (Freddy Freeman) (1-panel cameo, pg. 19, panel 2)	religious	Marvel Family; Teen Titans  Outsiders; Young Justice		265
Starfire (Koriand'r) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Tamaranian religion (X'Hal)	Teen Titans; Outsiders		841
Robin (Tim Drake) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	Jewish Catholic?	Batman family; Teen Titans  Young Justice		695
Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries) (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)	Catholic (lapsed)	Injustice League; Cold Warriors  Secret Society of Super Villains		175
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)	atheist	Justice League; Conglomerate  Extreme Justice; Super Buddies		375
Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)		Flash's Rogues Gallery; Legion of Doom  Cold Warriors; The Suicide Squad; Secret Society of Super Villains		188
Clayface (Basil Karlo) (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)		Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains [based loosely on Boris Karloff]		60
Dove (Dawn Granger) (1-panel cameo, pg. 16, panel 3)		Teen Titans		83
Giganta (Dr. Doris Zuel) (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)		Legion of Doom; Villainy Inc.  Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains		83
Heat Wave (Mick Rory) (1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)	pyromaniac/obsessed with fire; Zhutanian Buddhism (convert)			70
The Ghost of Christmas Past (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 2)  Catwoman (to Martian Manhunter): "You again? What are you? My conscience? The Ghost of Christmas Past?"	angel/spirit	[sent to teach meaning of Christmas]		81
Helena Kyle (mentioned, pg. 15, 17)		[infant daughter Catwoman gave up for adoption]		17
Catwoman (Maggie Kyle) (mentioned)	Catholic	[Catwoman's younger sister]		20

Note that all of the numerous super-heroes seen in this issue (except for Martian Manhunter) are mental constructs seen only within Catwoman's mind. An alien device causes her to have a vivid sort of dream in which she creates her own version of Gotham. In the mental landscape thus created, Catwoman manages to defeat the combined might of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and the Flash (Wally West) in battle. Later, dozens of super-heroes confront her, but they are only seen in one or two panels, as she finally figures out that this is all just an illusion or dream.

Even Martian Manhunter's prominent appearance in this issue takes place within Catwoman's mind, but he is not a mental construct created by her mind in tandem with the machine. The actual Martian Manhunter used his telepathic abilities to project his consciousness into Catwoman's dreamscape and communicate with her.

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