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The Avengers #48

Marvel · Series began 1963 · January 1968

first appearance of The Black Knight

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The Black Knight (Dane Whitman, Marvel) — first appearance as the Black Knight

Dates

Cover date: January 1968
On sale: November 9, 1967
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: George Tuska, John Romita, Gene Colaninks: George Tuska, John Romita, Frank Giacoialetters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simekscript: Roy Thomas, Stan Lee

Stories

The Black Knight Lives Again! · 20 pages
Quicksilver escapes from Magneto long enough to alert the Avengers, but he is recaptured. Dane Whitman recalls the death of his uncle, the villainous Black Knight, as he prepares to become the new Black Knight to fight Magneto himself. But when he meets the Avengers, they attack him, not knowing that this new Black Knight is on their side. Meanwhile, in Olympus, Hercules finds that the gods are missing and the Promethean Flame has been extinguished.

Characters

Tony StarkIron ManClint BartonWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchHawkeyeHank PymJanet Van DyneWaspErik LehnsherrMagnetoPietro MaximoffQuicksilverHerculesDane WhitmanThe Black KnightEdwin JarvisAnt-ManToadMortimer ToynbeeAragornBlack KnightNathan GarrettNorris

Reprinted in

Essential Avengers (1999), The Avengers Omnibus (2011), Marvel Triple Action (1972), Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2009), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), True Believers: King in Black - Black Knight (2021)