tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post2754388645260898045..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Comic Gallery: THE BLACK KNIGHTEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-34671039493497273782018-07-12T13:53:29.572-07:002018-07-12T13:53:29.572-07:00Zorro in armor sounds pretty dang good. Makes me w...Zorro in armor sounds pretty dang good. Makes me want to read one.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-84478130412070057822018-07-12T13:25:33.377-07:002018-07-12T13:25:33.377-07:00IIRC, some of these were reprinted in the late 196...IIRC, some of these were reprinted in the late 1960s in Fantasy Masterpieces/Marvel Super Heroes. <br /><br />The 1950s Black Knight was basically Zorro in King Arthur's Camelot. That is, he was a masked hero who posed as a mincing fop in his civilian identity. <br /><br />At least two other Marvel Comics characters used the Black Knight name. Both were descendants of the original. One was a super-villain who was killed while fighting Iron Man in the mid-1960s. His nephew inherited the costume and weapons, and became a superhero. I think he later joined the Avengers. <br /><br />I seem to recall a story in Avengers #84 (ca. 1970) where the modern hero Black Knight used a seance or something to summon the ghost of his Arthurian-era ancestor, who then gave him advice. TCnoreply@blogger.com