Black Manta
| Black Manta | |
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Black Manta
Art by David Finch |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Aquaman #35 (September 1967) |
| Created by |
Bob Haney Nick Cardy |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | David (last name unknown) |
| Team affiliations |
The Society Injustice League O.G.R.E. Suicide Squad |
| Abilities |
Brilliant tactician
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Brilliant tactician
Enhanced strength and endurance
Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
Quickly masters new technology
High tech battle-suit and equipment grant:
Black Manta is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Aquaman #35 (September 1967) and is the archenemy of the superhero Aquaman.
The character will make his cinematic debut in the James Wan Aquaman film, portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
The character debuted in Aquaman #35 (September 1967) and was created by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy.
Black Manta had no definitive origin story until #6 of the 1993 Aquaman series. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and loved to play by the Chesapeake Bay. As a youth he was kidnapped and forced to work on a ship for an unspecified amount of time, where he was sexually abused by his captors. At one point, he saw Aquaman with his dolphin friends and tried to signal him for help but was not seen. Finally, he was forced to defend himself, killing one of his tormentors on the ship with a knife. Hating the emotionless sea and Aquaman, whom he saw as its representative, the boy was determined to become its master.
An alternative version was given in #8 of the 2003 Aquaman series. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta was an autistic orphan placed in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. He felt comfortable in freezing cold water, but found cotton sheets excruciatingly painful. Because the attendants at Arkham did not know how to deal with autism, they would end up restraining him to the bed as he struggled and screamed whenever they tried putting him to bed. In this version, young Black Manta was also fascinated when he saw Aquaman on television.
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