Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #4

[laughing_tree]

Seriously, he ought to be one of the most beloved characters in the canon. A good man trying to do what's right, despite a tormented soul and a lot of really trippy bloodline history. My greatest aim is to tidy him up enough that the world can see what a compelling character - a human disaster; an unmatched warrior - he truly is. -- Si Spurrier

Comments

[scelestus]

You know, for as many times as Marvel characters have gone back to King Arthur's time, I half expected to see Iron Man or Doctor Doom flying around in the background of one of those splash panels.

[zachbeacon]

Now I'm picturing one of the Knights of the Round Table going "oh great, more of them" next time the X-Men or whoever show up.

Probably Lancelot. I'd like to think the beating Moonstone gave him left an impression.

[donnblake]

I'm curious about the reluctance to put a swastika armband on what certainly *seems* to be intended to be a Nazi Black Knight.

[coldfury]

Probably a mix of legal "want to be sold in Germany" and PR "Don't want someone to take that panel out of context and use it in an embarrassing way."

[zachbeacon]

"Seriously, he ought to be one of the most beloved characters in the canon. A good man trying to do what's right,"

I mean "good man tempted to kill by a cursed sword" is a solid character hook but didn't he go back in time to fight in the Crusades? I think that disqualifies him from being a "good man".