Justice League of America (vol. 2) #22 (Aug. 2008):
“The Second Coming, Chapter One: The Widening Gyre”
by Dwayne McDuffie, Ed Benes

Justice League of America (vol. 2) #22

Title: “The Second Coming, Chapter One: The Widening Gyre”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 2008

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

25 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.
Superman (Clark Kent)	Methodist / Kryptonian religion	Kryptonians; Super Friends...  The Justice League		13,409
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
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)	Jewish Catholic / Green Lantern	Green Lantern Corps; Super Friends...  The Justice League; U.S. Air Force		2,529
Black Canary (Dinah Lance)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Birds of Prey; The Justice League...  The Network		1,406
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
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders)	Egyptian classical religion	The Justice League; The Justice Society of America [film school student]		345
Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe)	Anglican (raised); African primal-indigenous religion	Birds of Prey; black...  Checkmate; The Justice League; The Suicide Squad; Ultramarine Corps		254
Red Tornado (John Smith)	religious android	The Justice League; The Justice Society of America...  The Leymen; Young Justice		367
Amazo	N.A.	Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains [android]		95
Kathy Sutton		[wife of Red Tornado]		34
Bronze Tiger (Ben Turner)		CBI; The Suicide Squad		140
Wonder Woman (Diana) (cover & 4-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Amazon; Super Friends...  The Justice League		4,659
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (cover & 3-panel cameo)	Northern Baptist (ABC/USA)	black; The Justice League...  The Network; The Outsiders		353
Green Lantern (John Stewart) (only on cover)	Protestant	black; Green Lantern Corps...  The Darkstars; The Justice League		560
The Chief (Dr. Niles Caulder) (4-panel cameo)		The Doom Patrol (founder)		176
Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara) (3-panel cameo)	eclectic Pentecostal Dianic Wiccan	Homo magi; Sentinels of Magic...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League		435
Firestorm (Jason Rusch) (3-panel cameo)		black		40
Steel (John Henry Irons) (3-panel cameo)	Protestant	black; Infinity, Inc....  The Justice League; The Suicide Squad		321
Doc Magnus (Will Magnus) (3-panel cameo)		Metal Men; The Doom Patrol		169
Flash (Wally West) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant; Speed Force	Justice League Elite; The Justice League...  The Teen Titans		915
Ban Gu (quoted and cited)	Chinese traditional religion	[historian; poet]		1
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (mentioned)	agnostic; Liberal Marxist	Green Arrows of the World; Justice League Elite...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Outsiders		2,507
Lois Lane (mentioned)	Catholic	Raleigh College [Superman's girlfriend, then wife]		3,859
Carol Ferris (mentioned)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Extreme Justice (administrator); Secret Society of Super Villains...  The Legion of Doom		214
Traya Sutton (mentioned)	Kali Cult (temporary)	[adopted daughter of Red Tornado]		34

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