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The Knights of Pendragon was the name of a superhero team published by Marvel Comics' UK imprint. They appeared in a self-titled comic in the early 1990s, and also in the anthology title Overkill. It was written by Dan Abnett and John Tomlinson.
The concept behind the team is that the Green Knight (from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was an aspect of the Green Man, who empowered the original Knights of the Round Table to stand against the Bane, the forces of winter and warfare that threaten the Earth itself. He has created numerous such teams throughout history, and the current Knights of Pendragon are the latest.
The team consisted mostly of new characters, with the exception of Union Jack. Each member was the modern day version of an Arthurian knight, and was posessed by the same ancient spirit that had posessed that knight. The Green Knight gave them powers, including heightened senses, the ability to speak with animals, and the ability to shoot blasts of "Pendragon fire".
The full roster was
- Albion/Peter Hunter A history teacher who has had the power of Albion since World War I. He has battled the Bane throughout the years. He currently equates to Merlin, although the spirit that originally posessed him was that of Herne the Hunter.
- Kate McClellan A reporter who was investigating a series of "eco-terrorist" attacks which turned out to be the work of the Green Man, she bacame the equivilent of Guinevere. Her son, Cam, was also a Pendragon, briefly posessing the spirit of Merlin, before Hunter reclaimed it.
- Joey Chapman/Union Jack The third hero to call himself Union Jack (the first was a World War I period character created by Roy Thomas, the second was his son), he equated to Lancelot.
- Ben Gallagher A writer with an obsession concerning the Holy Grail, Gallagher equated to Percival.
- Adam Crown A young man who's Pendragon power was awoken by the team breaking up, he reunited the team and led it in battle against the Bane's forced. He posessed the spirit of King Arthur.
- Fransesca Grace Am agent of the Bane reformed by Adam, she became a Pendragon.
- Breeze James A reporter hired by the malevolent technomagical company Mys-Tech to learn about the Pendragons she became the new Guenevere after Kate McClellan laft the team.
- Sir Gawain A robot from an Arthurian theme park, posessed by the spirit of Gawain, which had left its intended host (see below).
Not all Pendragons were members of the team. Captain Britain was briefly Lancelot, and his police contact Inspector Dai Thomas was posessed by the spirit of Gawain before the robot. It was also suggested that Iron Man and Black Panther were unawakened Pendragons, having the spirits of Bedevere and Robin Hood respectively. It is not known if the Black Knight's current title of Pendragon is connected to the team.
While Knights of Pendragon began as a very political and environmental comic, similar to Grant Morrison's Animal Man, it later mutated into a standard superhero title.
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