Shining Knight

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).

Fictional character biography

Sir Justin

Main article: Shining Knight (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

Main article: Atomic Knight

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

Main article: Shining Knight (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

See also: Shining Knight (Sir Justin) § In other media, and Atomic Knight § In other media

• Sir Justin appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Chris Cox.
• Gardner Grayle appears in Black Lightning, portrayed by Boone Platt.^[10]
• Sir Justin appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Mark Ashworth.^[11][12]