The original DC Comics character Shining Knight was created by Joe Samachson in Adventure Comics #88 in September 1941. The knight Sir Justin was a member of the Knights of the Round Table but found himself in the 20th century. He decided to fight crime and employed magic armor with was invulnerable as well as a magic sword and other medieval weapons. He also has a flying horse Winged Victory. He later joined the super-hero group Seven Soldiers of Victory.[[1]]

During DC's Silver Age event (not to be confused with the actual DC Silver Age), Dick Giordano and Geoff Johns created a new Seven Soldiers of Victory to fight an Injustice League possessing the bodies of the Justice League. Gardner Grayle, who would later become the Atomic Knight , took an experimental suit of armor and called himself Shining Knight for this one mission. This version of the Seven Soldiers with Batgirl, Deadman, Metamorpho, Blackhawk, Adam Strange and Mento only served in one mission and the Shining Knight armor was destroyed.

In 2005 a new Shining Knight will star in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory as the original Sir Justin the new knight will have a winged horse but will be much more out of place in the modern age.