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8. Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight

Grant Morrison ruuuuullllllleeeeeesssss! And Seven Soldiers also rules.

A reboot of multiple forgotten DC characters done up as a brand new series of miniseries, the book gave life to numerous awesome characters. For a favorite miniseries, I would personally go with Manhattan Guardian, but that wasn't really any grimmer or grittier than the original Guardian.

However, the new Shining Knight is very different. Sir Justin is kind of paint-by-numbers boring; he’s an original Seven Soldier, but no one ever really did anything with him. He isn't even the best Knight-based DC character (that's Silent Knight, for the record). But Sir Ystina, the Olde English warrior child who fights viciously on a winged horse? That's a dude I can get behind. Or maybe not, since Ystina's gender queer nature is one of her best traits. It's neat to see a character like this, especially one from a high fantasy backdrop.

For the record, I'm using female pronouns for this entry. I've also seen male pronouns used for Ystina, and couldn't find a consensus as to which was correct. I defaulted to female, as that's what the DC Wikia uses, but if that’s incorrect or offensive, I apologize.