Knight (comics)

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Knight I-II
Publisher DC Comics First appearance (I) Batman #62 (Dec/Jan 1950) (II) Batman #62 (Dec/Jan 1950) (as the Knight) JLA #26 (February 1999) Created by (I) Bill Finger (II) Bill Finger (as the Knight) Grant Morrison
Characteristics Alter ego (I) Percy Sheldrake (II) Cyril Sheldrake Affiliations (II) Ultramarine Corps, (I) Young All-Stars, Batmen of All Nations (pre-Crisis), Global Guardians Notable aliases (I) Squire I (II) Squire II Abilities (I,II) Swordsmanship, outfitted in special armor that repels swords or light projectiles.

The Knight is the name of two DC Comics superheroes.

[edit] Knight I

The Knight first appeared in Batman #62 (Dec 1950/Jan 1951) in a story entitled "The Batman of England!" He was a British vigilante who modelled himself after the Knights of the Round Table, and also after Batman, including having a teenage sidekick, the Squire. He was really Percy Sheldrake, Earl of Wordenshire, and the Squire was his son Cyril. Instead of a Bat-Signal he was summoned by ringing the Wordenshire church bell. Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths the Knight was a member of the Batmen of All Nations, also known as the Club of Heroes. In current continuity, this group has been replaced by the first incarnation of the Global Guardians.

A later retcon revealed that Percy had begun his heroic career as Squire to the Shining Knight during World War II.

[edit] Knight II

The second Knight first appeared in a group shot of the Ultramarine Corps at the end of JLA #26 (Feb 1999). The subsequent appearance of the Corps in JLA Classified established that he is Cyril Sheldrake, who inherited both the title of Earl and that of the Knight when his father was killed by his archenemy, Springheeled Jack.

The second Knight rides a motorbike, and has a squadron of miniturised Spitfires under his control. He is assisted by the third Squire, Beryl Hutchinson. He does not get on with fellow member Jack O'Lantern.