Comic Title: Adventure Comics #118
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: May 23, 1947 Copyright Date May 21, 1947
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Modern Mission for a Knight"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Shining Knight (of Earth-2)

Artist: Chuck A. Winter

Feature Character(s)

• Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #117; next appearance in Adventure Comics #119)

Supporting Character(s)

• Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #117; next appearance in Adventure Comics #119)

Villain(s)

• A group of unnamed kidnappers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Fiddlesticks (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Fiddlesticks's robot knights (no further appearances)
• Miss Ellis (a wealthy party host; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Fiddlesticks relives the days of Camelot using robotic knights in armor. Gangsters trick the professor into kidnapping a wealthy woman, whom he believes is Guinevere. The crooks plan to ransom the woman, but the Shining Knight witnesses the kidnapping and follows the professor back to his castle. Shining Knight then defeats the crooks with the aid of the robotic knights. The excitement is too much for the professor's heart, and he dies during the fight.