Knights of Pendragon
| Knights of Pendragon | |
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Art by Alan Davis
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel UK |
| First appearance | Knights of Pendragon No. 1 (July 1990) |
| Created by |
Dan Abnett John Tomlinson Gary Erskine |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Team |
| Base(s) | The Green Chapel Avalon |
| Agent(s) |
Albion Adam Crown Ben Gallagher Sir Gawain Francesca Grace Breeze James Kate McClellan Union Jack |
| Knights of Pendragon | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date |
(vol. 1) July 1990 – December 1991 (vol. 2) January 1992 – September 1993 |
| Number of issues |
(vol. 1) 18 (vol. 2) 15 |
| Main character(s) |
Captain Britain Knights of Pendragon |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Dan Abnett John Tomlinson |
| Penciller(s) | (vol. 1) Gary Erskine (vol. 2) Phil Gascoine |
| Inker(s) | (vol. 1) Andy Lanning (vol. 2) Adolfo Buylla |
| Letterer(s) | (vol. 1) Annie Parkhouse (vol. 2) Russ Crosby |
| Colorist(s) | (vol. 1) Helen Stone (vol. 2) Euan Peters |
| Creator(s) |
Dan Abnett John Tomlinson Gary Erskine |
| Editor(s) | (vol. 1) Steve White (vol. 2) Stuart Bartlett Paul Neary |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1 | ISBN |
The Knights of Pendragon is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was published by the imprint Marvel UK in a self-titled comic from 1990 to 1993, and in the anthology title Overkill. It was written by Dan Abnett and John Tomlinson with art by Gary Erskine. Pendragon is an alternate name for King Arthur.
The comic was created during a period of attempted expansion by Marvel UK, trying to build on the critical success of Captain Britain.
Knights of Pendragon was initially a highly political and environmental comic, its themes borrowing heavily from British folklore and the growing New Age and neopagan subcultures. The comic was even printed on Scangloss, which is an environmentally friendly paper using half the trees and minimum whitening bleach.
Later issues dropped or downplayed these elements and the series became a more standard superhero title.
Skip Dietz and Hoang Nguyen featured the team in Marvel Comics Presents #122 (February 1993); the story is about an investigation into the cause of crop circles.
John Freeman pitched a follow-up called Armageddon Knights in late 1993, but never received a response; the story, which featured Grace and Union Jack, would have wrapped up loose-ends from the preceding series.
The team is formed to be agents of the Green Knight (from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), who is portrayed as an aspect of the Green Man; a mystical entity representing the natural cycle and spiritual growth. The Knight is in ageless conflict with the Bane, an unnatural destructive force of warfare and winter, apparently led by the Red Knight, the Green Knight's adversary. The Green Knight invests power, in the form of a possessing spirit bestowing powers, to various groups throughout British history, to protect nature; one such group were the original Knights of the Round Table; the Knights of Pendragon are a modern-day incarnation.
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