Shining Knight (01 - Sir Justin)
Real Name: Sir Justin Arthur
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Powers: Expert with an enchanted sword that can cut through any object or matter; rides on winged horse "Victory".
Bio: Sir Justin, a member of the Knights of the Round Table in King Arthur's Court who was given by the wizard Merlin a magical suit of armor and sword, as well as a winged horse named Victory. During one of his adventures in Arthurian England, he became trapped in an avalanche and was buried under several feet of snow and ice, freezing him in suspended animation. He thawed out in the 1940s and fought crime using skills he gained as a knight, and took on the civilian alias of Justin Arthur. During his career as a superhero, he met a boy who looked up to him and vowed to be his sidekick, taking the name Squire.
Shining Knight soon joined the superhero groups the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the All-Star Squadron, as well as serving as personal bodyguard to Sir Winston Churchill during World War II.
Justin had a relationship with the second Firebrand, who was apparently killed by the Dragon King. After this, Justin was amnesiac for quite some time until his memories returned in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.. He rejoined with the remainder of the Seven Soldiers and got his revenge on the Dragon King. His appearances have been sporadic since then, but he has been seen as a member of the JSA Reserves.
Notes: Created by Creig Flessel
First Appearance: Adventure Comics (1938) #66 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Adventure Comics (1938)
#66#67#68#69#70#71#72#73#74#75#76#77#78#79#80#81#82#83#84#85#86#87#88#89#90#91#92#93#94#95#96#97#98#99#100 - 'Sweets For Swag' #101 - 'No Nap For No-Nerves' #102 - 'The Dream Of Peter Green' #103 - 'Happy Birthday' #104 - 'Toytown, U.S.A.' #105 - 'The Palace Of Fantasy' #106 - 'Weather, Hurricane' #107 - 'The Sky Is The Limit' #108 - 'The Proof Of The Proverbs' #109 - 'You Can't Lose' #110 - 'The Farmer Takes It Easy' #111 - 'The Whizz Quiz Club' #112 - 'Super Safety First' #113 - 'The 33rd Christmas' #114 - 'S-U-P-E-R-B-O-Y Spells Danger' #115 - 'The Adventure Of Jaguar Boy' #116 - 'Superboy, Toy-Tester' #117 - 'The Miracle Plane' #118 - 'The Quiz Biz Broadcast' #119 - 'Superboy Meets Girl' #120 - 'Perry White, Cub Reporter' #121 - 'The Great Hobby Contest' #122 - 'Superboy – Super-Magician' #124 - 'Barbed-Wire Boystown' #125 - 'The Weight Before Christmas' #127 - 'Super-Bellhop' #131 - 'The Million-Dollar Athlete' #132 - 'Superboy - - Super-Cowboy' #137 - 'The Treasure Of Tondimo' #138 - 'Around The World In 80 Minutes' #139 - 'Telegraph Boy' #142 - 'The Man Who Walked With Trouble' #143 - 'The Superboy Savings Bank!' #144 - 'The Way To Stop Superboy' #145 - 'The Holiday Hijackers' #148 - 'Superboy Meets The Mummer' #150 - 'Superboy's Initiation' #151 - 'The Boy Who Talked Too Much' #153 - 'Clark Kent, Boy Hobo' #155 - 'Superboy, Hollywood Actor' #157 - 'The Worst Boy In Smallville' #159 - 'Superboy, Millionaire' #161 - 'The Girl Who Was Scoop-Crazy' #163 - 'Superboy's Phony Father' #165 - 'Superboy's School For Stuntmen' #166 - 'The Town That Stole Superboy' #438 - '[Spectre; 7 Soldiers of Victory]' #442 - '{Aquaman; 7 Soldiers of Victory]' #443 - '[Aquaman; 7 Soldiers of Victory]' All-Star Comics (1940)
#62 - 'When Fall The Mighty' #63 - 'The Death of Doctor Fate' #64 - 'Yesterday Begins Today!' All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant (1999)
#1 - 'All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant' All-Star Squadron (1981)
Annual #1 - 'The Three Faces Of Evil!' #1 - 'The World on Fire!' #2 - 'The Tyrant Out of Time!' #3 - 'The Dooms Of Dark December!' #4 - 'Day of the Dragon King! Chapter One' #5 - 'Never Step On A Feathered Serpent!' #6 - 'Mayhem in the Mile-High City!' #7 - 'Carnage For Christmas!' #8 - 'Afternoon of the Assassins!' #9 - 'Should Old Acquaintance Be Destroyed...' #10 - 'If an Eye Offend Thee...!' #11 - 'Star Smasher's Secret!' #12 - 'Doomsday Begins at Dawn!' #13 - 'One Day, During the War...' #14 - 'The "Mystery Men" of October!' #29 - 'A Man Called Doome!' #31 - 'Uncle Sam Wants You!' #36 - 'Thunder Over London!' #38 - 'Detroit is Dynamite!' #48 - 'Camelot 1942!' #49 - 'Death-Sword At Sunrise!' #50 - 'Crisis Point!' #53 - 'Worlds In Turmoil' #54 - 'The Crisis Comes To 1942! (And Vice Versa)' #56 - 'The Sinister Secret Of The Sixth Sense!' #59 - 'Out Of The Ashes...Mekanique!' #60 - 'The End Of The Beginning!' #62 - 'The Origin Of Shining Knight' #63 - 'The Origin of the Golden Age Robotman' #66 - 'The Origin Of Tarantula' America vs. the Justice Society (1985)
#2 - 'Trial By Congress' #4 - 'D-Day For Degation' Batman und Superman präsentieren (2005)
Binky's Buddies (1969)
Countdown (2007)
Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
#4 - 'And Thus Shall the World DIE!' #5 - 'Worlds In Limbo' DC Comics Presents (1978)
#38 - 'Stop The World--I Want To Go Home!' DC Retroactive: Superman - The '80s (2011)
DCU Heroes Secret Files (1999)
DCU: Legacies (2010)
Firestorm (2004)
#6 - 'Joyride' #22 - 'Building a Better Firestorm, Book 2: Lost and Found' Golden Age Secret Files (2001)
History of the DC Universe (1986)
Identity Crisis (2004)
#5 - 'Chapter Five: Father's Day' Infinity Inc. (1984)
JLA: Year One (1998)
#11 - 'Stalag Earth' #12 - 'Justice For All' JSA (1999)
#51 - 'Princes of Darkness, Coda: Justice Eternity' JSA: Our Worlds at War (2001)
#1 - 'Part Eighteen: The All-Stars' Justice League of America (1960)
#100 - 'The Unknown Soldier of Victory!' #101 - 'The Hand That Shook the World' #102 - 'And One of Us Must Die!' #193 - 'Secret of Genesis' Justice League of America 80 Page Giant (2009)
Justice League of America: Another Nail (2004)
Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
Justice Society of America (2007)
Leading Comics (1941)
#1 - 'Blueprint For Crime' #2 - 'Beware! The Black Star Shines!' #3 - 'The Tyrants Of Time!' #4 - 'The Sense Master!' #5 - 'The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy!' #6 - 'The Treasure That Time Forgot' #7 - 'Wizard Of Wisstark!' #8 - 'Exiles In Time!' #9 - 'The Chameleon Of Crime!' #10 - 'King Of The Hundred Isles!' #11 - 'The Hard-Luck Hat!' #12 - 'Million Dollar Challenge!' #13 - 'Trophies Of Crime!' #14 - 'The Bandits From The Books' Legends of the DCU: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1999)
Secret Origins (1986)
#9 - 'Starring The Golden Age Flash And The Star-Spangled Kid' Showcase '93 (1993)
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
#0 - 'A Chilly Day in Opal' #1 - 'New Kid on the Block' #5 - 'The Subs, Part One' #7 - 'You Kids Today!' #8 - 'Crisis in Blue Valley' #9 - 'The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory' #10 - 'Shortcuts' #11 - 'Knight Time' #12 - 'Dragon Food!' #13 - 'The Defiant Ones' Superman (1987)
Superman/Batman (2003)
#18 - 'Absolute Power, The Startling Conclusion: "Thy Will Be Done..."' Swamp Thing (1985)
#87 - 'Fall of the House of Pendragon' #88 - 'Survival of the Fittest' #109 - 'Quest for the Elementals, VI: A Descent of Shadows' The Adventures of Alan Ladd (1949)
The Golden Age (1993)
#1 - 'The World Was at Peace.' #4 - 'We Had it All' The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (1983)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#1 - 'Abel to Auron' #20 - 'Rubberduck to Shining Knight' Who's Who: Update '87 (1987)
#1 - 'All-Star Squadron to Catalyst' Young All-Stars (1987)
Annual 01#1 - 'The Coming of the Young All-Stars' #2 - 'A Gathering Of Heroes!' #3 - 'A Call To Arms' #9 - '...You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Souls!' #22 - 'The Allies' #27 - 'Meanwhile...' Group Affiliation(s): All-Star Squadron (DC)(Earth-2 - Pre Crisis) All-Star Squadron (DC)(Post Crisis) Justice Society of America (DC) Seven Soldiers of Victory (01 - Golden Age) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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