dane whitman or black knight is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics.the third character to bear the black knight name, he was created by writer roy thomas and artist john buscema, and first appeared in the avengers #47 (dec. 1967).the original black knight's descendant and the supervillain black knight's nephew, he inherited a mystical sword that carried a curse and took the black knight name to help restore honor, and has been a long time member of the avengers' various incarnations as well as the defenders, ultraforce, heroes for hire, and mi-13.the character was featured in a four-issue mini-series in 1990 and two one-shots in 1996 and 2007.starting in 2015, he was the main character in marvel's all-new, all-different marvel short-lived ongoing black knight series, the first ongoing series to feature dane whitman as the titular character.dane whitman made his live-action debut in the marvel cinematic universe (mcu) film eternals (2021), portrayed by kit harington.from 1979 to 1980, the black knight also appeared in a black and white feature in the marvel uk comic hulk weekly, where the feature was to be the longest-lasting of the comic's uk-originated material, appearing in the majority of the title's 63 issues.it was written by steve parkhouse with art by paul neary and john stokes.he also appeared in his own marvel us title, the miniseries black knight #1–4 (june–sept.1990) by husband-and-wife writers roy and dann thomas and successive pencillers tony dezuniga and rich buckler.this was followed by the one-shot black knight: exodus #1 (dec. 1996), by writer ben raab and penciller jimmy cheung.co-creator roy thomas commented on the character's conception, 'the black knight was a combination, visually, of the black knight that stan lee and joe maneely made up in the mid-1950s, with the concept stan lee and jack kirby had done as a villain of that name, complete with winged horse, in the avengers.there was also a bit of an homage in there to a dc hero i'd liked in the 1940s, shining knight.i shouldn't have named his horse aragorn, though.i wasn't even that great an admirer of the lord of the rings.john buscema, was scheduled to be the artist of the story that introduced dane whitman dressed in the black knight costume into the avengers, but that wound up being a guest stint by george tuska when stan lee took john off the book for one issue to do something else.it was john verpoorten and i that designed the costume.'he and other marvel characters were brought to the short-lived ultraverse imprint.the black knight appeared in the ultraforce team book volumes 1 and 2 and related titles in 1995–96.then the character became part of the teams: heroes for hire (1997), excalibur (2003), mi-13 (2008) and euroforce.in july 2015, it was announced that frank tieri and luca pizzari would be launching a new black knight series as part of marvel's post-'secret wars' relaunch.this series features whitman as the ruler of new avalon, a kingdom he has claimed in the reality known as weirdworld.the ongoing series was cancelled with issue #5 in 2016, as marvel was unhappy with its sales.the writer of the series, frank tieri, then considered it a standalone limited series and expressed his feelings over the series being cut short.black knight is notable as the first 'all-new, all-different marvel' comic book series to be cancelled.in his youth, he studied physics.whitman is best known as the modern-day black knight, continuing a legacy that began in medieval england.
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