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Encyclopedia > Aragorn (comics)
Aragorn

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Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Avengers #48 (Jan 1968)
Created by Roy Thomas and George Tuska
Characteristics
Alter ego Aragorn
Team
affiliations
Ally of the Black Knight and the Valkyrie

Aragorn is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is a winged horse that has served as a mount for various characters. His name is the same as that of The Lord of the Rings character, Aragorn. This article is about the comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... The Avengers is an elite fictional comic book superhero team in the Marvel Universe. ... Roy Thomas (born November 22, 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lees first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. ... George Tuska (born April 26, 1916, Hartford, Connecticut) a. ... Dane Whitman is a fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, the companys third person to bear the name Black Knight. ... Valkyrie is a fictional character and Marvel Comics superheroine. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the novel. ... Aragorn II, son of Arathorn II, is an important character from J. R. R Tolkiens legendarium. ...


Fictional character biography

Professor Nathan Garrett, the criminal Black Knight, develops genetic engineering techniques capable of granting a horse wings. He uses it to create a mount to ride during his criminal adventures. The Black Knight is the alias of several fictional comic-book characters that appear in the Marvel Comics universe. ...


After Garrett's final defeat by Iron Man, this horse escapes, was further mutated and fell into the possession of the Dreadknight. As Garret was dying, he persuades his nephew Dane Whitman to take his scientific discoveries and use them for good. Whitman thus became a new, heroic Black Knight, and used his uncle's techniques to create another flying horse. This one he names Aragorn. When Whitman leaves his own time to stay for awhile in the 12th Century AD, he entrusts Aragorn to the care of his fellow Defender, the Valkyrie, who has ridden him ever since. For the film, see Iron Man (film). ... Dreadknight is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ... Dane Whitman is a fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, the companys third person to bear the name Black Knight. ... The Defenders are a Marvel Comics superhero group — usually presented as a non-team of individualistic outsiders each known for following their own agendas — that usually battles mystic and supernatural threats. ... Valkyrie is a fictional character and Marvel Comics superheroine. ...


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Aragorn was born on March 1st in the year T.A. 2931, the son of Arathorn II and Gilraen the Fair.
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Aragorn and the triumphant armies returned to Minas Tirith where he was crowned by Gandalf as King Elessar, taking the surname of Telcontar which was Elvish for ‘Strider’.
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Aragorn is a leader of the Fellowship of the Ring, the hardy group of heroes in the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings.
Aragorn was played by Viggo Mortensen in the hit Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which was released from 2001-2003.
Aragorn - Fictional Character, born 1954, Hero of The Lord of the Rings
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