The Black Knight #1
A Baron seeks to appease an evil eye curse by sacrificing his daughter Elaine, but the Black Knight intervenes to rescue her and thwart the dark magic. Sir Robert pursues the fleeing couple on horseback while the Baron's men engage the Knight in combat, leading to a desperate chase toward the sheriff of Blisford who may offer sanctuary from the curse's deadly power.
In the Dark Ages of the Crusades, superstition and sorcery hold dangerous sway—so when Sir Robert, Earl of Denhope, returns from the Holy Land penniless and joins Baron De Grecy's forces against the invading Duke of Kirkchester, he finds himself battling not just an enemy army, but a Druid priest named Recka whose mystical counsel has led the Baron to ruin. As the Black Knight, Sir Robert must prove that courage and strategy triumph over witchcraft and dark omens, all while facing a ruthless foe willing to use treachery to claim victory.
The Black Knight faces his greatest challenge yet when he discovers that the Earl of Gunstan has seized his ancestral lands while he was away crusading—and the Earl isn't about to surrender them peacefully. To reclaim what's rightfully his, Sir Robert gathers a band of fighters, unaware that Gunstan has planted deadly assassins in his very ranks: the cunning Jacques and the captivating Rosita, tasked with murder beneath the guise of loyalty. With enemies hidden among his own soldiers, the Black Knight must navigate treachery and deception to survive long enough to fight for his stolen home.
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Reprinted in The Black Knight #1 (1953), Black Knight #11 (1963)
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