Black Knight (Marvel Comics)
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Black Knight #1 (May 1955) Cover art by Joe Maneely | |
| 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 |
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| 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 Stan Lee and artist Joe Maneely, who made his first appearance in Black Knight #1 (May 1955), during the Silver Age of Comics, when Marvel Comics was previously known as Atlas Comics. The second is a supervillain descendant of the original, created by Lee and artist and co-plotter Dick Ayers, who first appeared in Tales to Astonish #52 (Feb. 1964). The third, created by writer Roy Thomas, production editor John Verpoorten, and artist George Tuska, is the villain's nephew, a superhero and a member of the superhero team the Avengers, who first appeared in The Avengers #47 (Dec. 1967). 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. A fifth, Jackie Chopra, was revealed to be the daughter of Dane Whitman.
Dane Whitman appears in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), portrayed by Kit Harington.