Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	May 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee
Notes	Some information on this issue supplied by the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

Cover Details - "The Black Knight Rides!"

Characters	Black Knight
Genre	period
Pencils	Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks	Joe Maneely (signed)
Reprinted	in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

10 page Black Knight story "The Menace of Modred the Evil!"

Characters	Black Knight [Sir Percy]; Merlin; King Arthur; Lancelot; Galahad; Guinevere; Lady Rosamund; Modred (Intro); Morgan Le Fey (Intro); Hawkes (Intro)
Genre	period
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Joe Maneely
Inks	Joe Maneely
Reprinted	in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #11; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

2 page text story "Excalibur"

Characters	King Arthur; Merlin; Sir Kay
Genre	period
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

5 page Crusader story "Origin of the Crusader, Part 1"

Characters	The Crusader [El Alemain]; Sir John O'Dare (Death); Tenga Khan (Intro, Death)
Genre	period
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Joe Maneely
Inks	Joe Maneely
Reprinted	In Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

8 page Black Knight story "The Abduction of King Arthur!"

Characters	Modred; Gawain; Ebony Blade
Genre	period
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Joe Maneely
Inks	Joe Maneely
Notes	Title from cover
Reprinted	in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Black Knight / Yellow Claw (Marvel, 2009 series) #1