#336 – Dane Whitman

Capes and Japes

Today we talk about Dane Whitman, best known as the Black Knight, as well as a couple of his predecessors because his cursed sword runs in the family.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Black Knight (1955)
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #52
-Avengers (1963) #6, 15-16, 47-48, 54-55, 60-62, 70-71, 84-85, 100, 157, 225-226, 252-297, 300, 329-375, 380
-Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17
-Doctor Strange (1968) #178
-Defenders (1972) #4, 8, 11
-Incredible Hulk Weekly (UK) screenshots/review
-Doctor Strange (1974) #68-69
-Captain Britain (1985) #1, 4, 12-14
-Captain America (1968) #310, 314, 323, 332, 399-401, 425
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #312, 320-323, 403-404, 411
-Avengers Annual (1967) #14-16, 21-22
-Secret Wars II (1985) #5, 8-9
-Alpha Flight (1983) #36, 39-40, 61, 110
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #1-2, 4
-X-Men Vs. Avengers (1987)
-Thor (1966) #381, 390, 396-400, 413, 447, 458, 464
-Solo Avengers (1987) #4, 12
-Damage Control (1989) #1
-Saga of the Sub-Mariner (1988) #12
-Marvel Fanfare (1982) #52-54
-Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #4, 10
-Iron Man (1968) #278-279
-Infinity War (1992)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #367-368, 378
-New Warriors (1990) #26-27, 33-34
-Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #41, 43-44
-Citizen Kang (1992)
-Quasar (1989) #41-42, 54
-New Warriors Annual (1991) #3
-Avengers Annual (1967) #22
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties)
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #61
-Marvel doesn’t have Ultraforce on their site but Black Knight appears in the following:

• Ultraforce (1994) #8-10
• Ultraforce/Avengers: Prelude #11
• Ultraforce (1995) Infinity, #1-12
• Ultraforce/Avengers #1
• Phoenix Resurrection: Genesis, Revelations
• Ultraforce/Spider-Man #1A
• Foxfire (1996) #1-2, 4
• Ultraverse Unlimited #2
• Ultraverse Future Shock #1

-Heroes for Hire (1997)
-Uncanny Origins (1996) #11
-Avengers (1998) #1-4, 16-18, 31, 38, 40-44, 46, 52-55, 58, 501-502
-Quicksilver (1997) #7, 11-12
-Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver Annual (1998)
-Avengers Forever (1998) #8-9, 11
-Excalibur (2001)
-New Excalibur (2005) #10-15
-Captain Britain and MI: 13 (2008), 2009 Annual
-Gambit (2012) #7, 17
-X-Men Legacy (2012) #13
-Avengers World (2014) #8, 10, 12, 14
-Original Sins (2014) #2
-Black Knight (2015)
-Avengers (2016) #4-6
-War of the Realms (2019) #3
-War of the Realms Strikeforce: The War Avengers (2019) #1
-Punisher Kill Krew (2019) #4-5
-Empyre: Avengers (2020)
-Savage Avengers (2019) #14-16, 26-28
-Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black (2020) #1-3
-Avengers (2018) #40-43
-King in Black: Black Knight (2021) #1
-Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade (2021)
-Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight (2022) #1
-Savage Avengers (2022)

-Ngozi Ukazu Orion announcement
-X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024) #2

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