King Faraday Explained

Character Name:King Faraday
Publisher:DC Comics
Debut:Danger Trail #1 (August 1950)
Creators:Robert Kanigher
Carmine Infantino
Real Name:King Faraday
Species:Human
Alliances:Suicide Squad
Checkmate
Central Bureau of Intelligence
Partners:Nightshade
Aliases:White Queen's Bishop
Powers:Experienced espionage agent

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

Faraday's last appearance in the 1950s was in World's Finest Comics #64 (May–June 1953). He was picked up again after more than twenty-five years, in Batman #313 (July 1979).[2]

Fictional character biography

He is named "King" by his father as a joke, a play on the phrase "King for a day".

An ex-soldier, he takes a position as a counter-espionage agent for the U.S. government and engages in a variety of standard spy-type capers. Some of his Danger Trail adventures are reprinted in Showcase #50 (May–June 1964) under the title "I-Spy". Faraday is later incorporated full-bore into the DC Universe as a member of the Central Bureau of Intelligence. He is also Nightshade's mentor, and recruited her and Bronze Tiger into Task Force X.

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

In , Faraday works with Grifter to investigate alien and cross-dimensional spies on Earth.

Skills and abilities

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

Other versions

In other media

Television

Film

Video games

King Faraday appears as a character summon in .[7]

Miscellaneous

King Faraday appears in Smallville Season 11. This version is an agent of Checkmate who bonded with a captive White Martian, treating her as a daughter. He is later killed during General Zod's attack on the Castle, one of Checkmate's bases, as Megan escapes.[8]

References

  1. Web site: Markstein . Don . King Faraday . Don Markstein's Toonopedia . 2 April 2020.
  2. Book: Eury . Michael . Kronenberg . Michael . The Batcave Companion . 2009 . TwoMorrows Publishing . 978-1893905788 . 239.
  3. DC: The New Frontier #6
  4. Web site: King Faraday Voices (DC Universe) . December 7, 2023 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  5. Web site: Couch . Aaron . August 17, 2021 . Catwoman: Hunted Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive) . July 29, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  6. Web site: Couch . Aaron . April 27, 2023 . Justice League: Warworld Cast Unveiled (Exclusive) . July 29, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  7. Web site: Eisen . Andrew . October 2, 2013 . DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide . July 29, 2024 . IGN . en.
  8. Smallville Season 11 Special #1

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