Comic Title: Best of DC #26
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1982
On Sale Date: April 8, 1982 Newsstand Date April 8, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #200

Newsstand Date April 8, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #71

Newsstand Date April 8, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #10

Copyright Date March 16, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Mike W. Barr

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Sword in the Lake"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Silent Knight

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Irving H. Novick

Reprinted From:
Brave and the Bold #21 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Silent Knight (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #20; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #22)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lady Celia (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #20; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #22)

Villain(s)

• Morgan LeFay (first appearance; next appearance in Demon #1)
• An unidentified monster (no further appearances)
• Two bandits (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• King Arthur (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #19; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #22)
• Guinevere (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #19; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #53)
• Merlin (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #17; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #22)

Synopsis:
The Silent Knight travels to Camelot to compete in a tournament as Lady Celia's champion. He wins the early rounds and is matched against the knight of Morgan LeFay to determine the champion. Morgan and Celia wager on the outcome with Celia promising that the Silent Knight will become Morgan's subject should he lose the fight. The Silent Knight does indeed lose the tournament as Morgan's knight is powered by sorcery.

The Silent Knight is forced to become Morgan LeFay's subject. Morgan agrees to release him if he can complete two tasks for her. First he must retrieve a golden apple guarded by a monster. Then the Silent Knight must battle a disembodied sword in a lake to retrieve a necklace. When the tasks are completed Morgan allows the Silent Knight to return to Lady Celia.