Shining Knight
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Shining Knight and Victory, from the cover of All-Star Squadron #62 (October 1986). Art by Mike Harris and Tony DeZuniga.
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| 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 All-Star Squadron |
| Notable aliases | Justin Arthur |
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Artwork for the cover of Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #2 by Simone Bianchi.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #1 (August 2005) |
| Created by |
Grant Morrison (writer) Simone Bianchi (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Ystina |
| Team affiliations |
Seven Soldiers of Victory Knights of the Broken Table Demon Knights |
| Notable aliases | Sir Ystin |
| Abilities | Unusually strong and resilient to damage, swordsmanship, can fly on winged horse "Vanguard". |
Shining Knight is the name of three fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 (September 1941).
Sir Justin, the newest member of the Knights of the Round Table in King Arthur's Court, was one of the many knights who had witnessed Queen Guinevere's cousin's, Sir Fallon's, death. Fallon revealed his attacker to be the ogre Blunderbore in his last breath. Justin then vowed that he would avenge Fallon's death and search for Blunderbore in the northland. On his journey there, he met and freed the wizard Merlin, who was trapped in a tree previously by a witch. To thank Justin, Merlin transformed Justin's old, rusty armor into a golden, comfortable, and shining armor that was invulnerable and made his sword and shield invulnerable as well. Justin's sword was so powerful it could cut through anything. Merlin also gave his horse, Victory, giant bird-like wings that allowed him to fly, and made him invulnerable, though he was unable to make Justin's skin invulnerable. Justin thanked Merlin and continued to search for Blunderbore.
When he met Blunderbore at the top of the icy mountains in the northland, the two battled with Justin eventually winning and killing Blunderbore. However, right before he died, Blunderbore caused an avalanche that quickly buried Justin and Victory, however neither of them died, but instead were frozen in suspended animation. By the year 1941, Justin and Victory were finally discovered and released out of suspended animation by a museum curator. Realizing he must now live in the modern world, he decided to fight crime with his skills as a knight and soon took the civilian alias of Justin Arthur. He eventually met heroes like Crimson Avenger and Vigilante and, after meeting other heroes, they formed the Seven Soldiers of Victory. Later, Justin was invited to join the All-Star Squadron and when the JSA and the Squadron were captured by the time travelling villain Per Degaton, who was planning to change the events of Pearl Harbor to conquer the World, he was able to free himself using his sword, which assisted in the defeat of Degaton, though when Degaton went back to 1947 these events were forgotten. Later, Justin returned to Britain where he served as the personal bodyguard to Sir Winston Churchill during World War II, where his first act was bringing down an attacking Nazi Bomber. Also, 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.
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