Mad Cave Studios announced the May 2025 release of The Pale Knight by Peter Milligan and Val Rodrigues.
England, 1349. Sir Hugh de Grey, the Pale Knight, returns from war to find a land ravaged by the Black Death, and his son dying of the plague. When he prays to God to save his son’s life, it is not God who answers—but Death himself. And Death is willing to cut a deal.
“The Pale Knight has a particular, terrible resonance, set as it is in a world suffering from an even deadlier plague that decimated populations in the 1340s,” said Peter Milligan in a press release from Mad Cave Studios. “This book blends my love for Bergman’s iconic The Seventh Seal with my fascination for the Black Death to craft a horror story that feels both timeless and disturbingly modern. Val Rodrigues’s stunning art brings this apocalyptic world to life in a way that perfectly captures the moral torment and supernatural horrors of this tale.”
The Pale Knight #1 arrives on May 28, 2025.
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The Pale Knight #2
(W) Peter Milligan (A) Val Rodrigues (C) Cris Peter (L) Dave Sharpe (CA) Nick Marinkovich
In a desperate attempt to save his son who’s dying of the plague, hero knight Sir Hugh de Grey has made a pact with Death, who will spare his son if Sir Hugh kills Gilbert the Pure. But England has descended into phantasmagorical hell and on his quest to find Gilbert, Sir Hugh finds himself taking part in the nightmarish Dance of Death. Meanwhile Aaron of Albi is in an equally dangerous dance, as life depends on him convincing Sir Maurice Beauchamp that he possesses magical powers to keep the plague at bay. Can Aaron keeping fooling sir Maurice, will Hugh de Grey dance himself to oblivion or keep his pact with death? Flagellants, spectral line dances, fake cures, and buboes. All this and more in The Pale Knight part two.
