Comic Title: Secret Origins #49
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1990
On Sale Date: April 17, 1990 Shipping Date April 17, 1990
Source: Previews, #14

Copyright Date April 17, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "The Silent Knight"
Pages: 19

Writer: Jan S. Strnad
Penciller: John Koch
Inker: Gary Martin
Letterer: John E. Workman, Jr.
Colorist: Tom J. McCraw

Feature Character(s)

• Silent Knight (Brian Kent; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lady Celia Penbrook (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Sir Grot (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Slasher (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Sir Oswald (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• The king's guards (no further appearances)
• Wesley and his companion (bullies; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• King Edwin (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Prince Percival (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Lord Penbrook (Celia's father; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Brute (Slasher's brother; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A prime minister and a magician (Edwin's advisors; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Stuttering stable boy Brian has a chance encounter with King Edwin and is given the position of apprentice to Sir Grot. A weakling himself, Brian seeks to help the underdog while training to become a knight. When Edwin is later murdered for the crown by his brother Sir Oswald, the king leaves behind a scroll which claims a champion will rise to represent him.

Brian completes his training with Sir Grot, then follows his hawk Slasher into Forest Perilous. Brian discovers a chest containing the king's armor. He dons the armor. Then he is called to action after the king's guards murder Lord Penbrook. Brian goes into action to protect Lady Celia Penbrook from the guards. He fears his stuttering speech will reveal his true identity, so he remains a Silent Knight. He protects Celia, and the one surviving guard reports back to Oswald that King Edwin has returned from the dead.