True Believers: King in Black - Black Knight #1
In "The Black Knight Lives Again," Dane Whitman steps into the mantle of the Black Knight, haunted by his uncle's legacy as he prepares to confront Magneto. With Quicksilver's desperate warning echoing, Whitman faces the Avengers' hostility—unaware they see him as a threat, not a savior. Meanwhile, in a crumbling Olympus, Hercules discovers the gods have vanished and the Promethean Flame has gone dark. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated with gritty precision by George Tuska, this issue reclaims the Black Knight’s mythos with a haunting blend of legacy and uncertainty, all captured in Tuska’s striking cover.
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Quicksilver escapes from Magneto long enough to alert the Avengers, but he is recaptured. Dane Whitman recalls the death of his uncle, the villainous Black Knight, as he prepares to become the new Black Knight to fight Magneto himself. But when he meets the Avengers, they attack him, not knowing that this new Black Knight is on their side. Meanwhile, in Olympus, Hercules finds that the gods are missing and the Promethean Flame has been extinguished.
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