| King Faraday | |
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King Faraday on the cover of Danger Trail vol. 2, #4. Art by Paul Gulacy. |
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| 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 |
| Team affiliations | Suicide Squad 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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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 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.[1]
Faraday possessed no superhuman abilities but was a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.