Don Quixote

Golden Age Origin
After reading one too many chivalric novels, Alonso Quijano, citizen of a small town in La Mancha, Spain, is inspired to take the name Don Quixote and become a knight, a new champion of honor and chivalry. Dressed in aniquated armor, he recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire and set off in search of adventure. Delusional, the knight has many misadventures, famously attacking a windmill, imagining it to be a dragon. Alonso also imagines his neighbor, Aldonza Lorenzo, to be a princess named "Dulcinea del Toboso." He decides that "Dulcinea" is the most beautiful woman in the world and his one true love, though she actually knows nothing about him.

Don Quixote is usually depicted as old, delusional and ridiculous, often causing more problems then he solves. However, he is very bold, chivalrous, determined and eager to prove himself. He would not back down from a fight (especially if innocents were in jeapordy), though he was not a particularly skilled fighter. He does wear the armor of a knight, and usually carries a knight's weapons, including a sword, lance and shield.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Wonder Comics #2
 * Wonderworld Comics #3-20
 * Samson #2
 * Jumbo Comics #32
 * Hit Comics #31
 * Kid Eternity #12

Public Domain Literary Appearances
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part 2 (1614) by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part 2 (1615) by Miguel de Cervantes Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho (1914) by Miguel de Unamuno

Public Domain Stage Performances
The Comical History of Don Quixote (1694) by Thomas D'Urfey Vida do Grande Dom Quixote de la Mancha e do Gordo Sancho Pança (1733) by António José da Silva Don Quixote in England (1734) by Henry Fielding Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (1743) by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Camacho (1761) by Georg Philipp Telemann Don Quixote (1869) by Marius Petipa Don Quichotte (1874) by Victorien Sardou Don Quixote (1898) by Richard Strauss Don Quichotte (1912) by Jules Massenet

Public Domain Films
Don Quixote (1906) Don Chisciotte (1911) Don Quixote (1915)