DANE WHITMAN ISTHE BLACK KNIGHT, THE LATEST OF A LONG LINEAGE TO WIELD AN ENCHANTED SWORD PSS OMLLMG ela etd Cie uba OI sett Cause RI e eo) eee vie Eel eBer me Bae Tog I cits SEN SUS a Ae MEU IAL LoL OU MES Cele Wu eg es NU ae) ETB ANe Sm PE ea reM Lot Wana gt eee ae ee on Reese acct PoC eect au si ensleael PEM TON Na SUS UM SM AEIU ACen SIN CIN eld Ue LU RUNG TERMITE VO Ace) TORO EUN CBE LIEA/g Bar Tele Ae ind Ce eel amon OIA MEV ai Beret MeN (elda MCh RnB eas Bere vaee st Ws ceceme eNO hg saci FRANKTIERI LUCA PIZZARI & KEV WALKER. ANTONIO FABELA. VCS JOE SABINO. a eae eae ey COLOR ARTIST pages JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO: TIM BRADSTREET COVER ARTIST & RECAP PAGE ARTIST ACO peeoa sl SCertiy CHRIS ROBINSON WIL. MOSS TOM BREVOORT ASST. EDITOR sears EXECUTIVE EDITOR, Eo damNeolnie) JOE QUESADA Peeing ALAN FINE Ce eh mol ee oe easels cise EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cee eee a eee a ee ee ey are trademarks. of Marvel Characters, Inc. Nosinilarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any- living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exists purely coincidental MWW.MARVEL.COMiD} CAN WE FINALLY GET THIS STARTED? BECALISE IM REALLY STARTING TO FEAR We'Ve COME ALL THis WAY FROM ‘APELANTI: NOTHING. AND I TOLD, YOU. CAME HERE With TWO MEN, AND NOW ONE OF THEM IS: ING. NOTHING Gels STARTED AND ONCE AGAINYOU LOOK ‘OUR WAY, TOAI PERHAPS YOU pseter ‘GLANCE TOWARDS THe AMAZONS. AFTER ALL, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE THE MOST "THEY DID NOT UP HERE IR OH-SO- PRECIOUS QUEEN... WATCH YouR TONGUE, GIANT! MY SWORD TO REMOVE IT! People, PLEASE! We DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE AMONGSTALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT, MY GIANT FRIENDS HERE DO MAKE A ‘OOD POINT. WHy Is THE QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS ABSENT? (NO, (2180e) ANC “TIVE CALLED \ eecnuse tne (Weiser fe Cy neue ou pip Nov ASSEMBLE HER REASONS, | °C So fiitiian., YOUR ALLIES HERE THIS Day PANE WHITMAN g 50 DISCUSS MY QUEEN'S VISIBILITY OR LACK THEREOF? AND I CAN. ‘SAY DANE WHITMAN! CONCERNS ARE NO UNFOUNDED. ou say THAT NAME LIKE I SHOULD MEAN METHING. ABOUT THE RS ARE. WHISPERS FROM YOUR WORLD. RUMORS. THE UE OF CHILDREN'S FAIRY TALES.BeroRe My MEN AND PT sccane'vearren os VISITED v WHAT THESE INTRUDERS ARE CAPABLE OF. Ow THE VAS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAD EVER SEEN. \ETHING THAT OF H Aer.iris. wid THe FucITive KNOWN AS DANE AH, THE OUR FIGHT IS. NOT WITH YOU" SPEECH. AN OLD FAVORITE INDEED. USED IT A TIME OR TWO MyseLe, IN PACT. IN ORDER To GRANT A FALSE. ‘SENSE OF SECURITY TO LNSLISPECTING ERETINS WHO MY FIGHT WAS VERY MUCH WITH. AND OUR. FIGHT 16 NOT WITH YOU, T CAN ASSURE YOU, We HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS. WORLD OTHER THAN THE PERSON WE CAME HERE FOR, by THE Way you Tele? Becau 11's THE TRUTH Because you HAVE NO-OTHER CHOICE BLT TO BELIEVE IT. "AND WE SHOULD BELIeVe THIS UNLIKELY FAIRY TALE--THAT YOU QUERORS, ALL FOR ONE MAN-- BECAUSEBy Now YouNe WATCHED Us. You've Seen eur we DON'T Have TO BE. Pay, YOu WILE Not HEAR THE LAST OF THE AVENGERS, More oF us Witt come. ‘A LOT MORE. AND AT THAT POINT, I EAN PROMISE You. We WON'T, BE IN MUCH OF ‘A MOOD FOR TALKING.cet THE NUMBER ‘OF THAT EBONY WAS GETTING STRONGER, THis. NOT-THE DANE AND NO\ WE KNOW, We CAN See IT's STEVE. ALSO GOTTEN DEADLIER. THE SE, ITS THE DANE Wwe KNOW NOW, T FEAR. WITH SAM. DANE WHITMAN HAS ALWAYS 2 BEEN AN EXEMPLARY ) LSEENAVENGER.u gz a a=HAVE TO TELL YOu? DON'T USE YouR POWERS RIGHT NOW! waar D iDELIN AND EAT POPCORN? DEADPOOL! 'DEADPOOL! DEADPOOL'S ON FIRE! We DON'T NEED TNO WATER, LET THE eb YOu AMAZINGLY ‘gust KEEP. HANDING HIM BULLETS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TOBE POPCORN. IT COULD BE NACHOS. ‘OR JUSUBES. OR THOSE. DELIGHTFUL JUNIOR MINTS. THEY REALLY ARE QUITE REFRESHING, ‘YA KNOW.,FOR THESE | (roRmer stack | \knisnrs 5 just ‘SUMMONED!Whar 1M DO 2 HERE. YOu WANT ALL DAMNED Me HERE...BUT __IEMY SWORD DID ACTUALLY START TALKING ][ ,,,¢/AT5 Hl An (e GERE BUT “TO Me THEN T REALLY aS PLACES. Win WHAT'S Aut AS CRAZY AS THey AMSTHE RUNNING.” IT BUTT HAT »> LP wast < To. Ti THe HELL AVENGERS. MIE DOING 2 HATE Tills, THey ‘Just WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. Win You, DANE. THE sai ‘ON YOUR Talc.YOU WANT TO KNOW 7 WHAT HAPPENS