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'''King Faraday''' is a fictional [[secret agent]] featured in [[DC Comics]]. Faraday first appeared in ''Danger Trail'' #1 (July 1950), and was created by [[Robert Kanigher]] and [[Carmine Infantino]].
'''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]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Markstein |first1=Don |title=King Faraday |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/faraday.htm |website=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>

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 (comic book)|Batman]]'' #313 (July 1979).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eury |first1=Michael |last2=Kronenberg |first2=Michael |title=The Batcave Companion |date=2009 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1893905788 |page=239}}</ref>


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
[[Image:Faradaydcu1.jpg|thumb|left|140px|''Danger Trail #1'', art by [[Carmine Infantino]].]]
[[Image:Faradaydcu1.jpg|thumb|left|140px|''Danger Trail'' #1, art by [[Carmine Infantino]].]]


He was named "King" by his father as a joke, a play on the phrase "King for a day".
He is 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 (comics)|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 [[List of government agencies in DC Comics#CBI|Central Bureau of Intelligence]]. At one point, he was [[Nightshade (DC Comics)|Nightshade's]] mentor. In fact, he had a hand in both her and [[Bronze Tiger]] being recruited into [[Suicide Squad|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]].
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 (comics)|Showcase]]'' #50 (May–June 1964) under the title "I-Spy". Faraday is later incorporated into the [[DC Universe]] as a member of the [[List of government agencies in DC Comics#C.B.I.|Central Bureau of Intelligence]]. He is also [[Nightshade (DC Comics)|Nightshade]]'s mentor, and recruited her and [[Bronze Tiger]] into [[Suicide Squad|Task Force X]].


[[One Year Later]], he is a member of [[Checkmate (comics)|Checkmate]], serving as the Bishop for White Queen [[Amanda Waller]].
In ''[[One Year Later]]'', Faraday is a member of [[Checkmate (comics)|Checkmate]], serving as the Bishop for White Queen [[Amanda Waller]].


Faraday is part of ''[[The New 52: Futures End]]''. He is working with Grifter to investigate alien and cross-dimensional spies on Earth.
In ''[[The New 52: Futures End]]'', Faraday works with [[Grifter (character)|Grifter]] to investigate alien and cross-dimensional spies on Earth.


==Skills and abilities==
==Skills and abilities==
Faraday possessed no [[superhuman]] abilities but was a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.
Faraday possesses no [[superhuman]] abilities but is a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.


==Other versions==
==Other versions==


* An alternate universe variant of King Faraday appears in the [[Tangent Comics]] one-shot ''[[Green Lantern]]''. This version is a [[Moldova|Moldavan]] exile and detective who died in a plane crash before Green Lantern temporarily resurrects him to solve his last unfinished case.
===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 while defending his friend from a psychic attack.<ref>"DC: The New Frontier" 2003-2004</ref>
* 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 War that Time Forgot#Film|The Centre]].<ref>''DC: The New Frontier'' #6</ref>


===Smallville===
==In other media==
===Television===
King Faraday appears in ''[[Smallville|Smallville Season 11]]'', based on the [[Smallville|TV series]]. Faraday is a Checkmate agent who looks after a female [[White Martian]], and raises her as a daughter, naming her [[Megan Morse]]. After [[Major Zod|Zod]]'s attack on the Castle (one of Checkmate's bases) during Season 9 episode "Sacrifice", she and Faraday stay locked inside the facility. Faraday ends up dying, and Megan escapes.<ref>''Smallville Season 11 Special'' #1</ref> His last transmissions were later found by [[Batman]] and [[Martian Manhunter]] in the remains of the Castle.<ref>''Smallville Season 11 Special'' #1</ref>
* King Faraday appears in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', voiced by [[Scott Patterson]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=King Faraday Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/King-Faraday/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |publisher=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 credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is the Justice League's liaison with the U.S. government.
* King Faraday appears in the ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'' episode "Performance", voiced by [[Clancy Brown]].<ref name="btva" /> This version is an agent of [[Interpol]].


===Tangent===
===Film===
* ''The New Frontier'' incarnation of King Faraday appears in ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'', voiced by [[Phil Morris (actor)|Phil Morris]].<ref name="btva" />
King Faraday appears in the 1997 [[Tangent Comics]] One Shot [[Green Lantern]] in this depiction he is a Moldavian exile who is fascinated by mysteries and has his own magazine "King Faraday Digest" based around his investigations and published by "The House Of Mystery" which was managed by [[Roy Raymond (comics)|Roy Raymond]] and originally owned by [[Alfred Pennyworth]], until Pennyworth was bought out by "Ralph Digby" an obvious play on the [[Elongated Man]] Ralph Dibny.
* King Faraday appears in ''[[Catwoman: Hunted]]'', voiced by [[Jonathan Frakes]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=August 17, 2021 |title=''Catwoman: Hunted'' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/catwoman-hunted-voice-cast-dc-1234998303/ |access-date=July 29, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> This version is an agent of Interpol.
* King Faraday appears in ''[[Justice League: Warworld]]'', voiced by [[Frank Grillo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=April 27, 2023 |title=''Justice League: Warworld'' Cast Unveiled (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/justice-league-warworld-cast-unveiled-1235403121/ |access-date=July 29, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="btva" />


=== Video games ===
In his appearance in Tangent Comics he is resurrected from the grave by the Green Lantern after his death during a plane malfunction. He is resurrected with the intention of completing his last mystery so he can return to the afterlife in peace.
King Faraday appears as a character summon in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=July 29, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>


==In other media==
=== Miscellaneous ===
King Faraday appears in ''[[Smallville Season 11]]''. This version is an agent of [[Checkmate (comics)|Checkmate]] who bonded with a captive White Martian named [[Miss Martian|Megan]], treating her as a daughter. He is later killed during [[General Zod]]'s attack on the Castle, one of Checkmate's bases.<ref>''Smallville Season 11 Special'' #1</ref>


===Television===
==References==
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* King Faraday appears in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', voiced by [[Scott Patterson (actor)|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 [[Secret Society of Super Villains|Secret Society]] (who were trying to obtain the [[Viking Prince]]'s corpse). 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 Marvel Comics character Faraday preceded.
* King Faraday appears in the ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'' episode "Performance", voiced by [[Clancy Brown]]. He is shown as an [[Interpol]] agent investigating Jack Haly's Circus where everyplace that they had visited has had their tech robbed. King Faraday later arrives in Geneva with his fellow agents to arrest [[Parasite (comics)|Parasite]] and places an inhibitor collar on him.

===Film===
* King Faraday appears in ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'', voiced by [[Phil Morris (actor)|Phil Morris]]. In the film, Faraday is a Federal Agent who initially is against super powered beings who are not affiliated with the government. He and others agents take custody of a government rocket scientist that fled to Gotham. He later oversees the classified Mars mission and after noticing J’onn Jon’z attempting to board the rocket and attempts to apprehend the alien. J’onn ends up saving Faraday from being incinerated after knocking him unconscious. This act changes Faraday’s view of him and the two become friends. Faraday and J’onn soon arrive at an air force base to stop a standoff between US Soldiers and Heroes attempting to assist. Agreeing with Superman that the fear and paranoia between both sides must cone to an end, Faraday shakes hands with Superman to end the hostilities. He later leads the ground forces against the Centre’s dinosaur army. Faraday is gravely wounded by a T-Rex while protecting J’onn from a psychic attack by the Centre. Unable to escape from the T-Rex, Faraday ignites two [[grenade]]s before being swallowed whole by the [[dinosaur]], killing them both.


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=kingfaraday DCU Guide: King Faraday chronology]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=kingfaraday DCU Guide: King Faraday chronology]
* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/obscure/k.htm#KINGFARADAY Cosmic Teams: King Faraday]
* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/obscure/k.htm#KINGFARADAY Cosmic Teams: King Faraday]

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Latest revision as of 03:04, 13 December 2024

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 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 Moldavan exile and detective who died in a plane crash before Green Lantern temporarily resurrects him 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 named Megan, treating her as a daughter. He is later killed during General Zod's attack on the Castle, one of Checkmate's bases.[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 credits 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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