Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Adventure Comics #66 (September 1941) |
Created by | Creig Flessel (writer/artist) |
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Alter ego | Sir Justin |
Team affiliations | Knights of the Round Table Justice Society of America Seven Soldiers of Victory Justice League |
Partnerships | Vigilante |
Notable aliases | Justin Arthur |
Abilities |
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Shining Knight (Sir Justin) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, the first of several to use the name Shining Knight. He was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 (September 1941).[1] He appeared regularly until issue #125, and off and on until issue #166.[2]
The character appeared on the Justice League Unlimited animated series and the Stargirl live-action series, voiced by Chris Cox in the former and portrayed by Mark Ashworth in the latter.
Fictional character biography
Sir Justin, the newest member of the
When he met Blunderbore at the top of the icy mountains in the northland, the two battled with Sir Justin eventually winning and killing Blunderbore. Before he died, Blunderbore caused in vain an avalanche that buried Sir Justin and Winged Victory. Neither of them died, but instead were frozen in suspended animation. In our day, Sir Justin and Winged Victory were discovered and released from suspended animation by a museum curator. Realizing he must now live in the modern world, he decided to fight crime and evil with his skills as a knight, called by everybody the Shining Knight and soon took the civilian alias of Justin Arthur. He eventually met heroes like
Shining Knight also had a relationship with the second
After this, Sir Justin was amnesiac for quite some time and worked as a janitor at Blue Valley High School until his memories returned. He rejoined the remainder of the Seven Soldiers and got his revenge on the Dragon King. During this appearance, Shining Knight employed new high-tech armor which was voice-activated to expand and collapse and to end finally manages to defeats Dragon King.[5]
During the events of
Shining Knight briefly appears in
Powers and abilities
The Shining Knight is a master of the arts of combat of Arthurian times, invincible in both aerial combat, with weapons, and in hand-to-hand combat. Wearing his enchanted bulletproof armor he is invulnerable to everything. Wielding his enchanted sword, the Shining Knight can cut through almost anything and can resist magical attack. Having been Frozen for many years and hasn't aged at all, his aging has slowed down. The Shining Knight fighting against General Eiling has shown that he has the indomitable will that allows him to fight again despite the poorly reduced conditions. Some episodes of Justice League Unlimited and comics may have disclosed that the Shining Knight possesses superhuman strength, agility, dexterity, endurance, and reflexes.
His steed Winged Victory can fly.
Other versions
Shining Knight and Winged Victory made a brief appearance in Elseworlds'
In other media
- Shining Knight appears in metahumans. While his allies are almost killed during the fight, Justin fights until his actions inspire a group of civilians to protect him, causing Eiling to realize he was the only metahuman involved in the fight and leave.
- Shining Knight appears in the first season of Dragon King and his drones, Pat talks Justin down and reveals to his allies the latter's true identity as Shining Knight. In the two-part season finale, "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.", Justin assists the Justice Society of America in thwarting the Injustice Society's plans before leaving to find other surviving members of his team.
References
- ^ Markstein, Don. "The Shining Knight". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ISBN 0-87833-808-X. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
- ISBN 978-1893905375.
- ^ Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0-12. DC Comics.
- ^ Identity Crisis #5. DC Comics.
- ^ Justice League: Cry for Justice #4. DC Comics.
- ^ JLA: Another Nail #2
- Decider. Archivedfrom the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Shining Knight (Sir Justin) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- The Shining Knight at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011.
- Earth-2 Shining Knight Index