Shining Knight

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Shining Knight (Welsh : Marchog Disglair; Breton : Marc'heg Lugernus) is the name of multiple superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 (September 1941).

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Fictional character biography

Sir Justin

The original Shining Knight (Sir Justin) debuted during the Golden Age and Modern Age of Comic Books and is a founding member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.

Gardner Grayle

During DC's "Silver Age" crossover event (not to be confused with the actual Silver Age of Comic Books), Dick Giordano and Geoff Johns created a new Seven Soldiers of Victory to fight an Injustice League that had possessed the bodies of the Justice League of America. [1]

Gardner Grayle, who would later become the Atomic Knight, took an experimental suit of armor and called himself Shining Knight for this one mission. This version of the Seven Soldiers with Batgirl, Deadman, Metamorpho, Blackhawk, Adam Strange and Mento only served in one mission and the Shining Knight armor was destroyed.

Ystina

Ystina is a reimagined character of the original created by Grant Morrison for the Seven Soldiers comic book. [2]

Sigfried

Wonder Woman's one-time love interest Sigurðr, named for the Norse character of the same name, also known as "Sigfried" or "Siggy", was introduced in Wonder Woman #770 (2021) by writers Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan. [3] He is a Norse einherjar warrior who befriended Wonder Woman when she was trapped in Valhalla following her death, and gifted her his magical sword Gram. He was resurrected in Wonder Woman #784 as the Shining Knight under the control of Doctor Psycho, before his memories and sanity are restored to him. [4] He then becomes a Wonder Woman supporting character and the roommate of Steve Trevor. [5] Siggy is also bisexual. [6]

Other versions

Kingdom Come

In the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come , there is a background character named Shining Knight II. This version is more futuristic than his predecessors and comes with a giant, metal dragon named Dragonknight. [7]

Titans Tomorrow

An older version of Ystina has appeared in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #52 as a member of the Titans Army from the Titans Tomorrow future. [8]

JLA: Another Nail

The Shining Knight and Victory made a brief appearance in Elseworlds' JLA: Another Nail when all time periods meld together. [9]

In other media

References

  1. ↑ Silver Age #2. DC Comics.
  2. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 303. ISBN   978-1-4654-8578-6.
  3. ↑ Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad ( w ),Travis Moore ( a ). "Afterworlds, Part 1" ,vol. 5,no. Wonder Woman 770(March 2021).DC Comics.
  4. ↑ Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Vita Ayala ( w ),Marcio Takara, Skylar Patridge ( a ). "Through a Glass Darkly, Finale" ,vol. 5,no. Wonder Woman 784(February 15, 2022).DC Comics.
  5. ↑ Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Jordie Bellaire ( w ),Emanuela Lupacchino, Paulina Ganucheau ( a ). "The Villainy of Our Fears, Part 1 / Family Reunion" ,vol. 5,no. Wonder Woman 787(May 10, 2022).DC Comics.
  6. ↑ Ashley Allen, Julio Anta, Calvin Kasulke, Travis Moore, Kenny Porter, Cavan Scott, Zac Thompson ( w ),Isaac Goodhart, Brian Level, Travis Mercer, Hayden Sherman, Jordan Van Dyke, Juni Ba, Atagun Ilhan ( a ). "DC's Legion of Bloom #1" ,no. 1(March 21, 2023).DC Comics.
  7. ↑ Kingdom Come #3. DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Teen Titans (vol. 3) #52. DC Comics.
  9. ↑ JLA: Another Nail #2. DC Comics.
  10. ↑ "Black Lightning / Characters / Sergeant Gardner Grayle". TVMaze. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  11. ↑ Zalban, Alex (May 19, 2020). "'DC's Stargirl' Boss Geoff Johns Explains What Changed From The Original "Pilot"". Decider . Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  12. ↑ Damore, Meagan (June 30, 2020). "Stargirl Basically Confirmed Justin the Janitor's Secret Identity". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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