Black Knight (Marvel Comics)
| Black Knight | |
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Black Knight #1 (May 1955).
Cover art by Joe Maneely |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Black Knight #1 (May 1955) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee (writer) Joe Maneely (art) |
| Characters |
Sir Percy Nathan Garrett Dane Whitman Augustine du Lac |
| See also |
Ebony Blade The Black Knight lineage |
| Black Knight | |
| Series publication information | |
| Publisher |
(vol 1) Atlas Comics (vol 2) Marvel Comics |
| Schedule |
(vol 1) Bi-monthly (vol 2) Monthly |
| Format |
(vol 1) Ongoing series (vol 2) Limited series |
| Genre |
(vol 1) Fantasy (vol 2) Superhero, Magic in comics |
| Publication date |
(vol 1) May – December 1955 (vol 2) June – September 1990 |
| Number of issues |
(vol 1) 5 (vol 2) 4 |
| Main character(s) |
(both) Sir Percy |
The Black Knight is the alias of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The first is a medieval knight created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Joe Maneely. The second is a supervillain descendant of the original, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Dick Ayers. The third, created by writer Roy Thomas and artist George Tuska, is the villain's nephew, a superhero and a member of the superhero team the Avengers. A fourth Black Knight, with no revealed genetic connection, debuted in The Black Panther #3 (June 2005), created by writer Reginald Hudlin and penciler John Romita Jr.
Marvel Comics' first Black Knight, Sir Percy of Scandia, first appeared in the medieval-adventure series Black Knight #1–5 (cover-dated May 1955 - April 1956) from Atlas Comics, the 1950s precursor to Marvel Comics.
Sir Percy's descendant, Professor Nathan Garrett, debuted as the modern-day supervillain Black Knight in Tales to Astonish #52 (Feb. 1964). This villainous Black Knight appeared in The Avengers #6, 14–15 (July 1964, March–April 1965), and in the feature "Iron Man" in Tales of Suspense #73 (Jan. 1966), in which he was mortally wounded.
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