Dane Whitman is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics. He is a descendant of the villainous Black Knight and nephew as a predecessor. Though he took his ancestor's title, Dane is depicted as the lines of a hero instead of a supervillain. He is the next to wield the sword known as the Ebony Blade.
The character was featured in a four-issue mini-series in 1990 and two one-shots in 1996 and 2007. Starting in 2015, he was the main character in Marvel's All-New, All-Different Marvel short-lived ongoing Black Knight series, the first ongoing series to feature Dane Whitman as the titular character.
Dane Whitman made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Eternals (2021), portrayed by Kit Harington.
The third character to bear the Black Knight name, he was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, and first appeared in The Avengers #47 (Dec. 1967).
