Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch continue to refuse to rejoin Magneto. When he leaves the room, Quicksilver contacts Avengers Mansion using a secret microphone, but a returning Magneto stops him giving their location. Jarvis alerts the other Avengers. In Las Vegas Hank and Jan teach a cheating roulette player a lesson before flying back to the mansion. Still investigating his fellow Olympians’ disappearance, Hercules fails to receive the Avengers’ call. Meanwhile, Dane Whitman escapes Garrett Castle’s dungeon, dons a Black Knight costume and flies atop his horse to Avengers Mansion, but the Avengers mistake him for his evil uncle and attack, and an aggrieved Whitman fights back. The battle overtaxes Goliath’s growth powers, leaving him unable to grow large again. Cooler heads finally prevail and the Avengers follow the Knight back to Garrett Castle, but discover Magneto and their teammates have gone. When Goliath questions the Black Knight’s identity, the Knight storms off.
The Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) survives his fall to the ground (ToS #76, ’66), but is dying from internal injuries. He calls his nephew Dane Whitman to return him to Garrett castle. Before passing away, Garrett makes Whitman swear that he’ll use his scientific skill to redeem their family name as the new Black Knight. Later, Whitman uses his scientific skills to create his own winged steed.
Aragorn is named in Av #54, ’68. Garrett’s renouncing evil as he dies means he is not listed here as a villain. Garrett seemingly reappears in Immortus’ Legion of the Unliving in AWC #61, ’90, and as a zombie in Grim Reaper’s Legion in Av #353, ’92. However, subsequent events have exposed both these Legions to be composed of fakes, not the real people. This issue includes a LoC from comic book chronologist and historian Peter Sanderson.
