#336 – Dane Whitman

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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