/ cover / 1 page. The Avengers Goliath [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Hawkeye; Black Knight Dane Whitman. The Black Knight Lives Again. / comic story / 20 pages. The Avengers Goliath [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Magneto; Toad; Edwin Jarvis; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett] (flashback).
Quicksilver escapes from Magneto long enough to alert the Avengers, but he is recaptured. Dane Whitman recalls the death of his uncle, the villainous Black Knight, as he prepares to become the new Black Knight to fight Magneto himself. But when he meets the Avengers, they attack him, not knowing that this new Black Knight is on their side. Meanwhile, in Olympus, Hercules finds that the gods are missing and the Promethean Flame has been extinguished. After finding Olympus completely deserted, Hercules starts searching for clues. Dane Whitman vows to use his uncle's invention for good, and becomes the new Black Knight. Meanwhile, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are held captive by Magneto. Featuring: 1st appearance of Dane Whitman as the Black Knight. Magneto has trapped Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch in Garrett Castle and wants them to re-join The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. The mutants refuse and Quicksilver manages to contact The Avengers. Unfortunately Jarvis is the only one in the mansion as Hawkeye is patrolling New York, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne are in Las Vegas, Hercules is in Olympus and Captain America quit the team last issue. Hawkeye, Pym and The Wasp respond to the S. While Hercules is distraught at finding Olympus in ruins.Back at Garrett Castle Dane Whitman becomes the new Black Knight for the first time and heads to New York to gather The Avengers who mistake him for his villainous uncle.