Dog Knight (Earth-93458; Lance Barnes character)

dog_knight-934580-chained DOG KNIGHT

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Earth-93458) human (possible mutate)

Occupation: Vigilante

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Unidentified lawyer;
    formerly Lance Barnes, Puppy (unidentified; former partner);
    information from Toady gave him a chance at exoneration;
    he thought he helped people like Mrs. McKutty, but they generally resented his involvement

Enemies: Grand Inquisitor, Mather, Lord Eradicator, Mrs. McKutty, at least a group of Quad-Mutants, Mason Thrump, Tiny, Inquisitor Trask;
he considered Lance Barnes an enemy for killing the only witness who might have freed him;
Peg got busted up badly because of Lance Barnes' efforts to exonerate the Dog Knight

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
killed at unidentified location;
formerly an unidentified prison

First Appearance: Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (April, 1993) dog_knight-934580-howl

Powers/Abilities: It is unrevealed whether the Dog Knight has any superhuman powers.

He wears a dog-like costume with sharps claws on the digits, appears to be powerfully built and has proven capable of beating up a group of Quad-Mutants (although it unclear whether they were actually deformed and/or otherwise limited) as well as driving off the giant cannibal named Tiny.

He has taken on a sidekick, but also used that sidekick as a shield when fired upon.

While he perceives himself to be a heroic vigilante, his actions are often resented by those he thinks he is helping.

He is prone to howling like a dog and urinating on carpets.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 250 lbs.)
Eyes: Color never clearly shown; possibly light blue
Hair: Unrevealed

History:
(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - Nuclear war ravaged the Earth after private investigator Lance Barnes failed to deactivate the timing mechanism on a nuclear missile launched by his enemy. Barnes kept his involvement to himself, only telling his assistant, Peg.

As money no longer had the same value, Barnes worked for a case of canned peaches, half in advance.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - In the resultant war-ravaged society, an unidentified man at least claimed to have been inspired to adopt the identity of the Dog Knight after a dead dog crashed through his window, which he considered an omen.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Dog Knight claimed to be on a crusade for justice. However, he spent most of his time protecting property whose owners were dead.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) -<A few years before the main story> - The Dog Knight drove a cannibal named Tiny out of town.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Dog Knight had a partner/adopted son known as Puppy. During a barrage of gunfire, the Dog Knight used Puppy as a shield. The Dog Knight considered that Puppy had thusly honored him with his sacrifice, and he continued his crusade.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Dog Knight attempted to recruit the young Mason Thrump to become the new Puppy. Thrump did not know why Dog Knight was calling him puppy, and when they were alone, the Dog Knight told him to take off all of his clothes (allegedly so he could put on his costume).

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) <A few weeks before the main story> - According to the old McKutty widow, some Quad-Mutants smelled a pie she had made can came crawling around back of her house. She cried when she saw how pitiful they were.

The Dog Knight then rushed into Mrs. McKutty's house, beat the Quad-Mutants to a pulp, started howling and then urinated on her rug.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - A mob captured the Dog Knight, and the local lord was happy to throw him to the mercies of the plebeian courts.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Dog Knight's lawyer hired Lance Barnes to gather evidence for Dog Knight's defense. The Dog Knight gave Barnes a list of citizens he had helped, and Barnes was to track down a few of these people to act as character witnesses.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1) - During his trial, the Dog Knight answered a question on his origins by noting that he had been inspired by the omen of a dead dog crashing through his window. As there were laws in that sector against independent mysticism, the Grand Inquisitor deducted two points from his total of ten (with the significance being that if his number dropped to zero, he would be executed). dog_knight-934580-burning

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - Barnes had Peg detail the addresses to go with the names of the potential character witnesses.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 - BTS) - Barnes went to see Mrs. McKutty and swiftly learned that she would not be a good witness.

    Barnes was subsequently confronted by Inquisitor Trask and his enforcer, Mather, and the former gave him a "friendly warning" that the Lord Eradicator wanted the Dog Knight nailed. At Barnes' query, Trask told him he just assumed the Lord Eradicator did not like strays, and Barnes insultingly asked why the Lord Eradicator had married one (a stray). Nonetheless, Barnes told them that the message was received.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - Barnes interviewed the rest of the people on Dog Knight's list and had similar results as to what Mrs. McKutty had told him.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1) - Mason Thrump testified in court, stating how the Dog Knight had kept calling him "puppy" and then told him to take off all of his clothes. The Dog Knight tried to explain that he had just done that so Mason could put on his costume and become the new Puppy.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 - BTS) - Barnes asked his man on the street, a mutate named Toady, if the Dog Knight had ever done any good. Toady told him that a few years ago, the Dog Knight had driven a cannibal named Tiny out of town. Toady further noted that Tiny lived at the Dandy Candy Playland.

    Barnes sought out Tiny and tried to take him down, but he was instead forced to flee from the large and powerful Tiny.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (fb) - BTS) - While Barnes sought out Trask and Mather to get the Grand Inquisitor to help him capture Tiny, Tiny captured Peg and used her as a hostage to get Barnes to come back to him. Terrified of the cannibal, Peg told him of Barnes' responsibility for the nuclear war.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 - BTS) - Not wanting that knowledge to become public, Barnes fatally shot Tiny to keep him quiet, knowing that he was the Dog Knight's only chance of acquittal.
    Peg was badly banged up in the process.

(Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1) - After Barnes told the Dog Knight that he had killed Tiny, the Dog Knight howled in lament, told Barnes that if he ever got out that he would hunt him down; he further refused to pay Barnes the other half of the case of peaches.

    The Grand Inquisitor subsequently sentenced the Dog Knight to be burned at the stake until dead.

    As the flame was lit, the Dog Knight called out to Puppy, telling him that he was coming, and then he screamed as the flames engulfed him, while the crowd apparently cheered.

Comments: Created by Stefan Petrucha and Barry Crain under the creator-owned Epic imprint.

This profile was completed 01/03/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25^th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Dog Knight should be distinguished from:

DOG ( Logan) - son of Thomas, childhood friend of James Howlett, became meaner and angrier with age, sought out and fought adult James/Logan--Origin#1
DOG - China Force member, defected, Agent enemy--Agent Graphic Novel
DOG of Earth-93060 - Ultraverse, ultra, assassin used by Metabio. Rapid healing, acid saliva, two brains--Ultraforce (uv) II#5
DOG O' WAR of Earth-9200 - Dystopia, mechanical dog-shaped creature, allegedly able to crush Adamantium in its jaws--Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1
DOG O' WAR of Earth-148611 - Forsaken member, canine appearance, enhanced agility & strength, uses guns and grenades--Justice I#32
DOGs of WAR - costumed saboteurs/agents of Simon Krueger, assisted in attempted defamation of Tony Stark--Iron Man: Iron Age I#2
DOGS of WAR - mandroid armor wearing Warhawks--Hercules: Hearts of Chaos#1
DOGBOLTER, JOSIAH W. - intergalactic temporal giant, head of Intra-Venus INC, created Hob and Dogbolter temporal Rocket, hired Death's Head to kill the Doctor, killed by bomb in rocket when sent back to him--Dr. Who Magazine#84
DOG BROTHER - in ancient times, drove back demons and imprisoned them in 8th City--Immortal Iron Fist I#23

DOG BROTHER #1 - ca. 1841, defended orphans, rescued Sihing from gangsters, had Sihing execute him to become the new Dog Brother #1--Immortal Weapons#3/1
DOG BROTHER #1 - immortal weapon of "Under-City," leader of the Dog Brothers, participated in the contest at the Seven Cities of Heaven--Immortal Iron Fist I#8

DOGGEREL - demon, rhyming servant of Nightmare, possibly slain by him--Nightmare I#1
DOGFACE of Earth-1191 - Fanatix member--Bishop: Xavier Security Enforcers#1
DOGFACE of Earth-9997 - X-Men, Ani-Men, employee of Daredevil, circus performer, Terrigen-mutated canine--Earth X: Sketch, 2
DOG-FACED BOY - see REX - formerly of the Circus of Crime -Incredible Hulk II#217
DOGHEAD (Francisco Fuentes) - merged with his dog Chupi--Ghost Rider III#89
DOG HULK of Earth-53147 - dog Bruce Banner who couldn't lift Cat Thor's hammer Mewnir and turned into poodle Dog Hulk--Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#17
DOG POUND (William "Willy" Gillis) - M.O.N.S.T.E.R. Western Pacific University chapter, animal telepath--Generation X: Crossroads
DOGSBANE VII - squirrel associate of Squirrel Girl--Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#40
DOG SOLDIERS - Microverse, armies of Baron Karza, engineered in Body Banks--Micronauts I#1
DOG SOLDIERS - Cynodd warriors--Gun Runner#1
DOGWOMAN ( ) - Dorkham Asylum; wore a spotted dog costume, complete with a false nose and ears, and walked on all fours. Lost several teeth trying to bite She-Hulk--Sensational She-Hulk#19
or any other "Dog-" characters

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Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1, pg. 8, panel 4 (seated, in chains);
       pg. 28, panel 3 (howling);
          panel 4 (face in profile);
       pg. 29, panel 3 (burning at stake)

Appearances:
Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick#1 (April, 1993) - Stefan Petrucha (writer), Barry Crain (artist), Kevin Somers (assistant editor), Marie Javins (editor)

First posted: 09/11/2026
Last updated: 01/03/2025

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