From Morrison's Mind: Shining Knight and many Camelots
Camelot is an iconic setting so it is not surprising that it is often used to establish a quick origin or background information for various characters, events or magical artifacts. Problem is that it can get confusing and messy when various different characters reference it in very different ways. Morrison obviously had the solution for that. Sure, it doesn't start with Morrison, Barr wrote (with Bolland on art) Camelot 3000 for example. Basic idea is that there have been many Camelots over the ages. You find some inconsistencies or contradictions in Camelot related stories? Well maybe thats because they happened in different Camelots. Morrison's most significant contribution here is that Seven Soldiers mini-event placed this idea firmly in DC's continuity and focused on it in one of its minis - Shining Knight. Alongside explanation that there have been multiple Camelots over the ages we also get a new Shining Knight in the series - Ystina. As with some other characters in...