Avengers 48

"The Black Knight Lives Again!" is the title to the forty-eighth issue of the first Avengers ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Roy Thomas with artwork and inks by George Tuska. It was lettered by Artie Simek and edited by Stan Lee. This issue shipped with a January, 1968 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.

Appearances

 * Avengers
 * Goliath, Hank Pym
 * Hawkeye, Clint Barton
 * Hercules
 * Quicksilver, Pietro Maximoff
 * Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff
 * Wasp, Janet van Dyne


 * Edwin Jarvis
 * Black Knight, Dane Whitman
 * Black Knight, Nathan Garrett
 * Norris


 * Magneto, Max Eisenhardt


 * Aragorn
 * Charlie
 * Iron Man, Tony Stark
 * J.B. DeSalvio


 * Avengers
 * Brotherhood of Evil Mutants


 * Humans
 * Ants
 * Mutants


 * England
 * Garrett Castle


 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Avengers Mansion


 * Mount Olympus
 * Nevada
 * Las Vegas


 * Black Knight's lance
 * Bow and arrow
 * Crossbow
 * Ebony Blade
 * Iron Man armor MK IV
 * Lance
 * Power armor
 * Shield
 * Sword


 * Aircraft
 * Avengers Quinjet


 * Electromagnetism
 * Energy projection
 * Flight
 * Size-alteration
 * Super-leaping
 * Superhuman strength
 * Winged flight


 * Bondage
 * Butler
 * Casino
 * Castle
 * Super-hero
 * Super-villain

Notes & Trivia

 * The tagline for this issue is "The Black Knight Lives Again!", which is also the title to this issue.


 * Cover art credits for this issue are taken from this title's profile page at the Grand Comics Database.


 * George Tuska is a guest artist for this issue, filling in for regular penciler John Buscema
 * This is the first appearance of Aragorn, the winged horse.


 * Reference is made to Captain America quitting the Avengers in this issue. This took place in Avengers #47.


 * This is the first and only known appearance to date of Charlie, who is a New York City spectator.


 * Reference is made to the X-Men in this issue.


 * Nathan Garrett succumbed to injuries sustained in a fall in Avengers #47. He appears in flashback in this issue.


 * Iron Man appears in flashback to events from Avengers #47.


 * Dane Whitman refers to his flying horse as Pegasus. It is later renamed Aragorn in subsequent stories.