The con -and it is a con- seems to be that Avengers #48 features "the first appearance of the Black Knight"
Sellers asking (UK) £75-170 for a copy. The claim is false of course and the sellers obviously want people to believe that the appearance of Dane Whitman (the THIRD Black Knight) in the failed Eternals movie is marking his appearance as Black Knight in an upcoming movie. The fact is that Marvel Studios has already stated that they are NOT deve4lop-ing the character -following its sharp turn away from stories to virtue signalling movies.
The First Silver Age Black Knight (Sir Percy of Scandia) appeared in 1955 as shown below
The second was a villain (Nathan Garrett), of course and Dane Whitman took over from him. Garrett's BK appeared in This villainous Black Knight appeared in The Avengers #6, #14–15 (July 1964, March–April 1965) cover below
So do not get conned out of a huge sum of money. Search around if you really need a copy but the 1955 book is the first Black Knight.
I recall that when the Black Panther movie came out ridiculous amounts were being asked for a copy of Avengers because..."First appearance of named Wakandan". Seriously. So what about the issue with the first and only appearance of "Charlie" and his putty knife? It can go on and on and you buy a comic based on this and as people have found out before no one really wants to pay the $180 once you have!
This on Ebay is listed as US $199.99 Approximately£157.47 and, of course the $20 for postage because every cent counts
Comic book prices have always been a con. But the classics - Slick Fun, Purple Hood, ..dare I say Black Tower - are worth the price ! Take it easy Terry TTFN.
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