King Faraday

King Faraday
King Faraday on the cover of Danger Trail vol. 2, #4. Art by Paul Gulacy.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Danger Trail (1st series) #1 (July 1950)
Created by	Robert Kanigher (writer) Carmine Infantino (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	King Faraday
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Suicide Squad Checkmate Central Bureau of Intelligence
Partnerships	Nightshade
Notable aliases	White Queen's Bishop
Abilities	Experienced espionage agent

King Faraday is a fictional secret agent featured in DC Comics. Faraday first appeared in Danger Trail (1st series) #1 (July 1950), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino.

He was named "King" by his father as a joke, a play on the phrase "King For A Day."

An ex-soldier, he took a position as a counter-espionage agent for the U.S. government and engaged in a variety of standard spy-type capers. Some of his Danger Trail adventures were reprinted in Showcase #50 (May–June 1964) under the title "I-Spy". Faraday has since been incorporated full-bore into the DC Universe as a member of the Central Bureau of Intelligence. At one point, he was Nightshade's mentor. In fact, he had a hand in both her and Bronze Tiger being recruited into Task Force X. He has also teamed up with Batman a few times. On two of the occasions he has helped Batman in the capture of Two-Face.

One Year Later, he is a member of Checkmate, serving as the Bishop for White Queen Amanda Waller.

Faraday is part of the The New 52: Futures End. He is working with Grifter to investigate alien and cross-dimensional spies on Earth.

Faraday possessed no superhuman abilities but was a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.

Faraday plays a prominent role in the alternate universe series DC: The New Frontier. He leads an effort to contain and corral the large amount of super-powered entities appearing. He uses various illegal methods, such as laying a trap for Barry Allen, even though he has not committed any crimes. Despite all this, he forms a friendship with the Martian Manhunter. He is killed in the last issue of the series while defending his friend from a psychic attack.