King Faraday
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| King Faraday | |
 King Faraday, art by Paul Gulacy |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Danger Trail (1st series) #1 (July 1950) |
| Created by | Robert Kanigher (writer) Carmine Infantino (artist) |
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| Alter ego | King Faraday |
| Team affiliations | Checkmate Central Bureau of Intelligence |
| 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.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
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.
[edit] New Frontier
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.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Faraday possesses no superhuman abilities but is a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.
[edit] Other media
King Faraday appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Scott Patterson. His first appearance was in the episode "Double Date", in which he was a federal agent assigned to guard Steven Mandragora, but he escaped. It was established in the 3rd season opener "I Am Legion" that he was appointed as the Justice League's official liaison with the U.S. government. In the episode "To Another Shore", he and a group of government agents wearing jet packs appear in a scene, helping Wonder Woman in a fight against members of the Legion of Doom. One point of interest in the scene is when he refers to his fellow agents as "goldbrickin' yahoos", a catchphrase more associated with Nick Fury, a character Faraday preceded.
[edit] New Frontier
Actor Phil Morris voices King Faraday in the direct-to-video adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's Justice League: The New Frontier. In the film version, Faraday dies the same death a character named Johnny Cloud did in the comic version by igniting grenades as he is being devoured by a dinosaur.
