Black Knight

Dane Whitman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The third character to bear the Black Knight name, he was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, and first appeared in The Avengers #47 (Dec. 1967). The original Black Knight's descendant and the supervillain Black Knight's nephew, he inherited a mystical sword that carried a curse and took the Black Knight name to help restore honor, and has been a long time member of the Avengers' various incarnations as well as the Defenders, Ultraforce, Heroes for Hire, and MI: 13.

The character was featured in a four-issue mini-series in 1990 and two one-shots in 1996 and 2007. Starting in 2015, he was the main character in Marvel's All-New, All-Different Marvel short-lived ongoing Black Knight series, the first ongoing series to feature Dane Whitman as the titular character.

Kit Harington portrays the character in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021).

Abilities : Excellent swordsman and hand to hand combatant. Expert horseman. Genius physicist & geneticist. Adept strategist and tactician. Magic senses. Wields many mystical weapons; i.e. the Ebony Blade or Sword of Light and Shield of Night.

Weapon(s) : Mystical sword

Race : Human