A Brief History of the DC Universe

by randomideaguy

I've always wanted to write down a chronological take of the DCU wherein characters are allowed to age and also partake in the historical periods that they are apart of. This is that take.

21. The Knight II

Cyril Sheldrake (born 1926) was the son of the famous second Knight, Percival Sheldrake. His father was killed in 1939 when Cyril was only thirteen years old. Cyril joined the British Army as a water boy in 1942 and tried for years to live up to his father's legacy - eventually donning the legendary Knight armor in 1944 (at the age of 18) and helped extract many troops during the failed Operation Market Garden.

Cyril would serve mostly as a propaganda piece for the British during the post war years, before becoming a secret agent for much of the 1950s going up against such foes as Le Chiffre, Dr. No, Goldfinger, and Blofeld and serving as a premier commando in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He would be killed during the Falkland Invasion in 1982, shot in the neck by a sniper rifle.