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FACTFILE REAL NAME Dane Whitman OCCUPATION

Adventurer

BASE

New York City

Knight o f the Ebony Blade

The First Black Kiiight, Sir Percy of Scandia, was bom in the 6th Century and became one of the bravest knights at the court of King Arthur Pf.njjkagon at Camelot. 1 lere he led a double hfe. posing as a nuld mannered fop winie secretly fighting evil as the Black Kniglit, arnied with the Ebony Blade, a sword fashioned by Młrlin the Magician from the Starstone meteorite. Centuries later. Sir Percy s spirit returned to comerse with his ancestors, Professor Nathan Garrett and Dane Whitman. each of whom would take up his mamle.

HEK3HT 6 ft W TIGHT 190 Ibs EYES Brown HAIR Brown

Black Knight

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VILLAI NOUS KNIGHT

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THE GOOD KNIGHT

Adopting his unclcs Black Knight persona. Dane Whitman

vowcd to fight for the fon.es ofgood.Although

initully mistaken as the preuoiis Black Kniglit

and attackcd by the A\ pmcjers, Whitman    /Uip

gradualiy won his spurs and becamc one of

their iiumbcr. Blcssed with a noble spirit,

Whitman was ahlc to draw the Ebony Blade om e wicldcd by his ancestor Sir Percy.

Unfbrtunatdy. the swonl liad been curscd with the błotni of thosc fclled by Sir Percy, all those years before. I Ins curse dogged Whitman throughout the many battles that he was to tiglu umil. that is. Dr.

Stranc.i tinally recognized what n was. In order to deansc Wliitman was instrueted to plunge the sword into the Brazicr oflruth, located ni Ciarrett Castle. Whitman s effori shattered the Brazier. Since it was this mystical objcct that held Sir Percys spirit in this worki, its destruc tion tinally allowcd hilll to rest AD

essential storylinfs

•    Tho Black Knight #1-3 Sr Percy bagna his artanturos as

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•    Dr Strange Vol. 2 «68    ••    •    .    ;    •

^wA «ncJ frCwj Sr Percy a ghost.

The Ebony Blade ren Jen in mer iurulnerable but, if U lastes MooJ, will erentually eorrupt him.

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