Aragorn (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Avengers #48 (Jan 1968) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas and George Tuska |
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| Alter ego | Aragorn |
| Partnerships |
Black Knight Valkyrie |
| Notable aliases | Hellhorse |
| Abilities | Flight via feathered wings Enhanced intelligence Experienced battle steed |
Aragorn was a fictional winged horse appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aragorn has served as a mount for various characters.
Professor Nathan Garrett, the criminal Black Knight, developed genetic engineering techniques capable of granting a horse wings. He used it to create a mount to ride during his criminal adventures. After Garrett's final defeat by Iron Man, this horse escaped, was further mutated, and fell into the possession of the Dreadknight who named it Hellhorse.
As Garrett was dying, he persuades his nephew Dane Whitman to take his scientific discoveries and use them for good. Whitman thus became a new, heroic Black Knight, and used his uncle's techniques to create another flying horse. This one he names Aragorn and uses as his mount. Aragorn helped the Black Knight and the Avengers battle the Masters of Evil; carried the Black Knight into battle against Le Sabre; helped the Black Knight and Doctor Strange battle Tiboro; carried the Black Knight alongside Doctor Strange, and the Avengers as they battled Ymir and Surtur; carried the Black Knight to Olympus to battle Ares and the Enchantress, among numerous other adventures together.
When the Black Knight was turned into stone by the Enchantress, Aragorn was placed in the custody of his fellow Defender, the Valkyrie. Aragorn carried the Valkyrie and Namorita into battle against the Omegatron. When Whitman left his own time to stay for a while in the 12th Century AD, he entrusted Aragorn to the care of the Valkyrie, who became his permanent companion. He came to live at the Richmond Riding Academy. He accompanied the Valkyrie to Asgard and Valhalla, and helped Valkyrie, Harokin, and the Defenders battle Ollerus and Casiolena. With Valkyrie, Aragorn helped form the New Defenders.
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