King Faraday is a fictional

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featured in

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. Faraday first appeared in ''Danger Trail'' #1 (August 1950), and was created by

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and

Carmine Infantino Carmine Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editing, editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are ...

. Faraday's last appearance in the 1950s was in ''

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'' #64 (May–June 1953). He was picked up again after more than twenty-five years, in ''

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'' #313 (July 1979).

Fictional character biography

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

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as a member of the Central Bureau of Intelligence. He is also

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's mentor, and recruited her and Bronze Tiger into

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. In ''

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'', Faraday is a member of

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, 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

Faraday possesses no

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abilities but is a trained espionage agent and an expert hand-to-hand fighter and marksman.

Other versions

* An alternate universe variant of King Faraday appears in the Tangent Comics one-shot ''

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''. 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

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and later sacrifices himself to save him from The Centre.

In other media

Television

* King Faraday appears in ''

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'', voiced by Scott Patterson. 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. This version is the Justice League's liaison with the U.S. government. * King Faraday appears in the ''

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'' episode "Performance", voiced by

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. This version is an agent of

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Film

* ''The New Frontier'' incarnation of King Faraday appears in '' Justice League: The New Frontier'', voiced by Phil Morris. * King Faraday appears in '' Catwoman: Hunted'', voiced by

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. This version is an agent of Interpol. * King Faraday appears in '' Justice League: Warworld'', voiced by Frank Grillo.

Video games

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

Miscellaneous

King Faraday appears in '' Smallville Season 11''. This version is an agent of

who bonded with a captive White Martian named

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, treating her as a daughter. He is later killed during

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's attack on the Castle, one of Checkmate's bases.''Smallville Season 11 Special'' #1

References

External links

DCU Guide: King Faraday chronology

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