Knight (DC)

The Knight is the name of two fictional characters, they are comic book superheroes published by DC Comics.

Percival Sheldrake debuted as the Knight in Batman #62 (December 1950), and was created by Win Mortimer and Ira Schnapp. Cyril Sheldrake debuted as the Knight in JLA #26 (February 1999), and was created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter.

The first Knight first appeared in Batman #62 (Dec 1950/Jan 1951) in a story entitled "The Batman of England!" He is a British vigilante who models himself after the Knights of the Round Table, and also after Batman, including having a teenage sidekick, the Squire. He is really Percy Sheldrake, Earl of Wordenshire, and the Squire is his son Cyril. Instead of a Bat-Signal he is summoned by ringing the Wordenshire church bell. Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths the Knight is a member of the Batmen of All Nations, also known as the Club of Heroes. In current continuity, this group has been replaced by the first incarnation of the Global Guardians.

A later retcon reveals that Percy had begun his heroic career as Squire to the Shining Knight during World War II.