King Faraday | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Danger Trail #1 (August 1950) |
Created by | Robert Kanigher Carmine Infantino |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | King Faraday |
Species | Human |
Team affiliations | Suicide Squad Checkmate Central Bureau of Intelligence |
Partnerships | Nightshade |
Notable aliases | White Queen's Bishop |
Abilities | Experienced espionage agent |
King Faraday is a fictional secret agent featured in DC Comics. Faraday first appeared in Danger Trail #1 (August 1950), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino. [1]
Faraday's last appearance in the 1950s was in World's Finest Comics #64 (May–June 1953). He was picked up again after more than twenty-five years, in Batman #313 (July 1979). [2]
He is named "King" by his father as a joke, a play on the phrase "King for a day".
An ex-soldier, he takes a position as a counter-espionage agent for the U.S. government and engages in a variety of standard spy-type capers. Some of his Danger Trail adventures are reprinted in Showcase #50 (May–June 1964) under the title "I-Spy". Faraday is later incorporated full-bore into the DC Universe as a member of the Central Bureau of Intelligence. He is also Nightshade's mentor, and recruited her and Bronze Tiger into Task Force X.
In One Year Later , Faraday is a member of Checkmate, serving as the Bishop for White Queen Amanda Waller.
In The New 52: Futures End , Faraday works with Grifter to investigate alien and cross-dimensional spies on Earth.
Faraday possesses no superhuman abilities but is a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.
King Faraday appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . [7]
King Faraday appears in Smallville Season 11 . This version is an agent of Checkmate who bonded with a captive White Martian, treating her as a daughter. He is later killed during General Zod's attack on the Castle, one of Checkmate's bases, as Megan escapes. [8]
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