The world still doesn't know that Cap's quit us! When it finds out... will it figure that the once-mighty Avengers are washed up? Can we make it without Cap -- the greatest leader a fighting team ever had? 
Appearing in "The Black Knight Lives Again!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Ant-Man's Ants
- ⏴ Black Knight (Dane Whitman) ⏵ (First appearance as Black Knight) (Name revealed)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Butler Jarvis ⏵
- Natasha (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Referenced)
- Charlie
- Wilma
- Philbert
- J.B. Desalvio (First appearance)
- Zeus (Mentioned)
- Sue Richards (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Norris ⏵
- ⏴ Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) ⏵ (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Black Knight's Horse (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Aragorn ⏵ (First appearance; unnamed)
- King Arthur (Mentioned)
- Mordred (Mentioned)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Dick Tracy (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants
- Ants
- Insects (Referenced)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Olympians (Mentioned)
- Winged Horses (Only in flashback)
- Gargoyles (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States (Main story and flashback)
- Virginia (Main story and flashback)
- Valley Road Drive (Main story and flashback)
- Garrett Castle (Main story and flashback)
- Valley Road Drive (Main story and flashback)
- New York
- Nevada
- Las Vegas
- Unnamed Casino
- Las Vegas
- Willowton Research Center (Behind the scenes) (Only in flashback)
- Virginia (Main story and flashback)
- United States (Main story and flashback)
- Mount Olympus, Greece (Referenced)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Olympus
- City of Olympus
- Temple of the Promethean Flame (First appearance)
- City of Olympus
- Heaven (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Magneto's Helmet
- Hawkeye's Suit & Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Black Knight's Power Lance (Main story and flashback)
- Black Knight Armor (Main story and flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Only in flashback)
- Ebony Blade (First Silver Age appearance)
Vehicles:
- Magno-Ship (Repaired)
Events:
- Crusades (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Black Knight Lives Again!"
Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are held captive by Magneto, but Quicksilver manages to send a distress signal. Hercules continues to search deserted Olympus for clues. Hawkeye, Goliath and the Wasp receive the distress call. Meanwhile, deciding to use his uncle's inventions for good, Dane Whitman becomes the new Black Knight. He goes to the Avengers to help them, but mistaking him for evil, they attack. Dane becomes angry when they do not believe him, so he flies off on his own.
Notes
- Dane Whitman becomes the Black Knight in this issue. He will be an ally to the Avengers and eventually become a member in Avengers Vol 1 71.
- Dane Whitman refers to his horse as "Pegasus" in this issue, but in Avengers #54 his name is given for the first time as Aragorn.