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The Black Knight is the name of several fictional characters, both heroic and villainous, in Marvel Comics' universe. All of these characters have a shared lineage, and all wear similar costumes and use a medieval motif.The original Black Knight was Sir Percy of Scandia, a knight in the court of King Arthur's Camelot who first appeared in Black Knight #1 ( 1955). He was recruited by Arthur and Merlin to battle evil; in a manner not unlike The Scarlet Pimpernel, he adopted a foppish persona as Percy and became a fearless crusader in his secret identity as the Black Knight. As the Black Knight, Sir Percy wielded the Ebony Blade, a magical sword forged by Merlin from a meteorite. Black Knight ended after five issues. It was later revealed that, after numerous battles with MordredMordred ( Welsh: Medraut is a legendary figure of Britain, known in the Matter of Britain as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed, and Arthur fatally wounded. Tradition differs on his relationship to Art and Morgan le FayTennyson's generation Morgan le Fay alternatively known as Morgaine Morgain or Morgana and a slew of related nicknames, is an important female figure and sometime antagonist of Arthur and enemy of Guinevere in the mythology of King Arthur. As a Celtic wom, Sir Percy retired his dual identity and married his love, Lady Rosamund, only to be murdered by Mordred with a dagger carved from the same meteorite as the Ebony Blade.
Later comics revealed that a few descendants of Sir Percy adopted the identity of the Black Knight, namely Sir Eobar Garrington, a knight serving under Richard the Lionheartbronze, brandishes his sword outside the Palace of Westminster Richard I ( September 8, 1157 April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. He was often referred to as Richard the Lionheart Coeur de Lion and Oc et No by the French, and Melek-Ric by during the Third CrusadeThe Third Crusade began in 1189 as an attempt to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. Egypt after 1169 was ruled by Saladin, who made it the object of his life to drive the Christian power from Palestine. Control of both Egypt and Syria allowed Saladin t, and Sir Raston, who was an agent of the time travelTime travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammed's trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents.er Kang the ConquerorKang the Conqueror is a supervillain in Marvel Comics. Kang is a time traveller from the 30th Century who has frequently travelled to the present day and fought the Avengers. The man who would become Kang was, in his native timeline, a scholar in a utopia.
In the Silver Age of Comic BooksThe Silver Age of Comic Books or more simply, The Silver Age is an informal name for a period of renewed interest and commercial success of mainstream American comic books, predominately of the superhero genre from the roughly the mid 1950s to the early 1, the mantle of the Black Knight was revived by Sir Percy's distant descendant Professor Nathan Garrett, who had a brief career as a supervillainFictional supervillains are the foils to comic-book superheroes and other fictional heroes. The typical supervillain is an evil genius. They are villains, but with extraordinary power or ability which makes them viable antagonists for the most gifted hero beginning in Tales to Astonish #52. This Black Knight used science, not magic; he had a lance that fired bolts of energy; like the Shining Knight of the Golden Age of Comic Books he had a winged horse, though the Black Knight's mount, named Aragorn (after the Lord of the Rings character), was genetically-engineered. He battled Iron Man and The Avengers several times, and joined the supervillain team called the Masters of Evil; during his last battle, he was mortally wounded. Dying, he summoned his nephew Dane Whitman to their family estate, confessed to his life of crime, and bid Whitman to restore the honor of their shared legacy. Whitman agreed, and took up the role of the Black Knight in Avengers Volume 1 #47. During his first outing, he was mistaken for his uncle and attacked by the Avengers, though the mistake was soon realized. Later, he infiltrated the newest incarnation of the Masters of Evil. Whitman, having now fully proven himself a superhero, joined the Avengers, eventually becoming one of their most loyal members.
Not long after joining the Avengers, Whitman was given the Ebony Sword by the spirit of Sir Percy (as seen in Marvel Super-Heroes Volume 1 #12). However, over time, it was learned that the Sword was cursed: every time it drew blood, it drove its user closer to madness. At one point during this period, the curse transformed Whitman's body into the same metal as that of the blade; while his body was in this state, his spirit was sent back in time to inhabit the body of Eobar Garrington. Although this curse was briefly lifted by Doctor Strange and by the efforts of Whitman and the ghost of Sir Percy, it was reawakened when the Knight killed a monster. In order to save his sanity and his soul, he stopped using the Ebony Sword, and instead began using a weapon that projected a sword-like sheath of energy (in essence, an imitation lightsaber). After a long stretch of time as a prominent member of the Avengers, the Knight was transported to another universe, where he became leader of the superhero team called Ultraforce . Upon returning to the Marvel Universe, the Lady of the Lake bestowed upon him new mystical equipment: the Shield of Night, which absorbed energy, and the Sword of Light, which returned said energy in the form of an energy projectile. The Knight joined the newly-formed Heroes for Hire and, after that team disbanded, returned to the Avengers.
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