Real Name: Carson Burke
The current incarnation of the Mystic Knight is a NYC cop. During a shootout in Central Park, his fae heritage awoke allowing him to subdue a criminal with a knife. These powers allowed him to unlock a special safe in his great uncle's house estate and gain the gloves his great uncle (The second mystic knight) used.
After obtaining his gloves, he took on the identity of the Mystic Knight. Fighting crime in his identity that he can't deal with legally.
Powers:
Physical Glamour, the ability to generate solid fae illusions. This power must be channeled though special gloves and grants him the following:
- Armor: Due to his obsession with powered superheroes, this looks like powered armor. It also enhances his strength, and allows him to fly with what looks like a jet-pack.
- Resistance to magic: The armor is strongest against mystic and energy attacks. Fire, ice and lasers are particularly ineffective against his armor.
- Techno-boost: Through touch, the Mystic Knight can imbue any item with a greater technological power.
- Mystic Cycle: The most common use of his Techo-boost power is to create a motorcycle from any bike that happens to be around.
- Weapons: Both his armor and his cycle can generate a variety of guns, missiles, etc. These are not physical items, but manifestations of his fae glamour.
Blocking attacks drains him quickly. He is unable to block more than a single bullet with his armor. As a cop though, he wears a bullet-proof vest, which has saved his life more than once when his mystic armor fails.
Publication History:
Golden Age:
Originally created in the 1920's as a villain for "Tales of the Mystic". Horatio Burken was the first incarnation, who attempted to industrialize an elven sanctuary. This character was never named, and was defeated by the now-forgotten Dervish, an elven fencer.
In the 30's, Foster Burke was the first incarnation of this character. (Called Knight Mystic, the Mystic Knight for about 3 issues). His bullet weakness was overplayed and a source of humor. By default, after the first bullet bounced, most bad guys said "Don't waste your ammo! Look at his armor."
In the 1940's, Malcolm Burke (later retconned to be Horatio's grandson) discovered his partial fae heritage and through undisclosed means, forged a pair of gloves to enhance them. this second Mystic Knight , became obsessed with technology while dealing with nazi's in WWII. He was not as effective as you might think, due to his weakness for bullets.
Silver Age:
That version was retired in the 1960's when the comic was acquired by a new publisher. Foster Burke was brought back as the second Mystic Knight (In this cannon he's Malcolm Burke's son). He was locked up by hidden forces who attempted to brainwash him, but he broke free. This incarnation's gloves actually inhibit his powers, without them, they'd attempt to industrial revolutionize the entire world.
In the 1970's the Mystic knight joined up with his cousins, in a TV show called "Mystic Detectives". They were unaware of his origins and solved fae-related mysteries (like a certain crime-fighting dog, no the other one, or other superheros). When that changed animation companies, there was a single pilot made where they were loaded into a spaceship and fired into space. (All copies of said pilot were destroyed, and we shall never speak of it again.)
Bronze Age:
As above. The motorcycle was really big in the 80's.