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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Some information on this issue supplied by the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

Cover Details - "The Black Knight Rides!"

Characters Black Knight
Genre period
Pencils Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks Joe Maneely (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

10 page Black Knight story "The Menace of Modred the Evil!"

Characters Black Knight [Sir Percy]; Merlin; King Arthur; Lancelot; Galahad; Guinevere; Lady Rosamund; Modred (Intro); Morgan Le Fey (Intro); Hawkes (Intro)
Genre period
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #11; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

2 page text story "Excalibur"

Characters King Arthur; Merlin; Sir Kay
Genre period
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

5 page Crusader story "Origin of the Crusader, Part 1"

Characters The Crusader [El Alemain]; Sir John O'Dare (Death); Tenga Khan (Intro, Death)
Genre period
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Reprinted In Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

8 page Black Knight story "The Abduction of King Arthur!"

Characters Modred; Gawain; Ebony Blade
Genre period
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Notes Title from cover
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1