King Faraday

King Faraday
King Faraday on the cover of Danger Trail vol. 2 #4.
Art by Paul Gulacy.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceDanger Trail #1 (August 1950)
Created byRobert Kanigher
Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Alter egoKing Faraday
SpeciesHuman
Team affiliationsSuicide Squad
Checkmate
Central Bureau of Intelligence
PartnershipsNightshade
Notable aliasesWhite Queen's Bishop
AbilitiesExperienced 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

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Danger Trail #1, art by Carmine Infantino.

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 The New 52: Futures End, Faraday works with Grifter to investigate alien and cross-dimensional spies on Earth.

Skills and abilities

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

Other versions

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  • An alternate universe variant of King Faraday appears in the Tangent Comics one-shot Green Lantern. This version is a Moldavian exile and detective who died in a plane crash before being temporarily resurrected by Green Lantern to solve his last unfinished case.
  • An alternate universe variant of King Faraday appears in DC: The New Frontier. This version is the leader of Project Flying Cloud, a movement to capture metahumans. However, he befriends Martian Manhunter and later sacrifices himself to save him from The Centre.[3]

In other media

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Television

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Film

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Video games

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King Faraday appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[7]

Miscellaneous

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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

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  1. ^ Markstein, Don. "King Faraday". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ Eury, Michael; Kronenberg, Michael (2009). The Batcave Companion. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-1893905788.
  3. ^ DC: The New Frontier #6
  4. ^ a b c d e "King Faraday Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 7, 2023. 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. ^ Couch, Aaron (August 17, 2021). "Catwoman: Hunted Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  6. ^ Couch, Aaron (April 27, 2023). "Justice League: Warworld Cast Unveiled (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  7. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  8. ^ Smallville Season 11 Special #1
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