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.
The Pale Knight #3
(W) Peter Milligan (A) Val Rodrigues (C) Cristiane Peter (L) Dave Sharpe
These are the strangest of times. An innocent called Elwyna is to be burned as a witch. Sir Hugh de Grey must save his son from the nightmarish Dance of Death. Aaron of Albi seeks plague toxin from the bubo of a corpse. In part three of The Pale Knight, there is madness and poison in the air. And in the hearts and minds of men.
The Pale Knight #4
(W) Peter Milligan (A/CA) Val Rodrigues (C) Cristiane Peter (L) Dave Sharpe
The Plague Maiden is doomed to do Death’s work, yet unable to die herself. But can Sir Hugh de Grey–another unwilling worker for Death–be the instrument of her release? Meanwhile, Aaron of Albi seeks death in the poison of a bubo. It’s 1342. And there’s a lot of death about.
The Pale Knight #5
(W) Peter Milligan (A) Val Rodrigues
(C) Cris Peter (L) Dave Sharpe
(CA) Nick MarinkovichEngland 1348. There is much poison in the air. The Pale Knight has a bubo. Lady Strange’s guests poison themselves with alcohol rather than think of death. Plague sweeps though the household of Sir Maurice de Beauchamp. And Aaron of Albi discovers what might be the deadliest poison of all: human treachery.
