Shining Knight 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).
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
A new version of the Seven Soldiers of Victory was introduced in the storyline "Silver Age". This iteration of the group was established to combat the Injustice League, who 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 version of the original Shining Knight. He was created by Grant Morrison for the series Seven Soldiers.[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. Sigurðr 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]
Other versions
Kingdom Come
An original incarnation of Shining Knight appears in Kingdom Come. This version possesses a futuristic appearance and is accompanied by Dragonknight, a robotic dragon.[5]
Titans Tomorrow
An older version of Ystina appears in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #52 as a member of the Titans Army from the Titans Tomorrow future.[6]
JLA: Another Nail
An unidentified version of Shining Knight appears in JLA: Another Nail.[7]
In other media
External links
- The Shining Knight at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011.
- Earth-2 Shining Knight Index
References
- Silver Age #2. DC Comics.^
- Alan Cowsill, Alex Irvine, Matthew K. Manning, Michael McAvennie, Daniel Wallace. DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle DK Publishing, 2019^
- "Afterworlds, Part 1" DC Comics, March 2021^
- "Through a Glass Darkly, Finale" DC Comics, February 15, 2022^
- Kingdom Come #3. DC Comics.^
- Teen Titans (vol. 3) #52. DC Comics.^
- JLA: Another Nail #2. DC Comics.^
- Black Lightning / Characters / Sergeant Gardner Grayle TVMaze, retrieved December 9, 2019^
- Alex Zalban. 'DC's Stargirl' Boss Geoff Johns Explains What Changed From The Original "Pilot" Decider, May 19, 2020, retrieved May 23, 2020^
- Meagan Damore. Stargirl Basically Confirmed Justin the Janitor's Secret Identity Comic Book Resources, June 30, 2020, retrieved July 1, 2020^