Real Name: Dane Garrett Whitman

Current Group Affiliation: Avengers, Euroforce

Former Group Affiliation: Heroes for Hire, Knights of Wundagore, Ultraforce (of Earth-93060), Queen's Vengeance, Legion of the Unliving, Excalibur, MI-13

1st Appearance(as Dane Whitman): AVENGERS(v.1)#47 (1967)
(as Black Knight): AVENGERS(v.1)#48 (1967)
(as Crusader): AVENGERS(v.3)#2 (1998)

Issue Joined: AVENGERS(v.1)#71

Status: Tenth recruit, inactive member

Known Superhuman Powers: None...Black Knight uses the mystic Ebony Blade in battle. The blade is capable of absorbing the souls of those slain by it and constantly tries to manipulate its wielder into killing.

Other Aliases: Crusader (II)

Issues of Avengers featuring Black Knight:

#71; #84-85; #100; #225-226; #255-279; #281-288; #290-297; #329-330; #332-333; #336-339; #343-366; #368-375; #380; Annual#14-16; Annual#21-22; VOL.3: #1-4; #16-18; #38; #40-43; #46; #52-54; #501-502; VOL. 6: #4-6; VOL. 7: #40-43; AVENGERS WORLD#8, #10, #12, #14; SAVAGE AVENGERS#14-16; U.S.AVENGERS#9; WEST COAST#101-102, Annual#1-2

(as non-member): #48; #54-55; #61-62; #70

(as Dane Whitman): #47

(as adversary): VOL.3: #44