
He also joined the short-lived Injustice League. Taking the name Black Manta, he and his masked army became a force to be reckoned with, engaging in at least one clash with Aquaman prior to his first appearance as a rival to the Ocean Master. Hating the emotionless sea (and Aquaman, who he saw as its representative), the boy was determined to become its master.Īs an adult, he designed a costume (primarily a black wetsuit with bug-eyed helmet that was able to shoot blasting rays from its eyes) and fashioned a high-tech submersible inspired by black manta rays. Finally, he was forced to defend himself, killing one of his tormentors on the ship with a knife. At one point he apparently saw Aquaman with his dolphin friends and tried to signal him for help but was not seen. As a youth he was kidnapped and forced to work on a ship for an unspecified amount of time. The boy who would become Black Manta was an autistic youth who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and loved to play by the sea. The motivation for his villainy is a deep-seated hatred for the sea due to strong emotional reasons, and a personal vendetta against Aquaman. Despite his prominence, Manta remains an enigmatic figure, his identity and his origins kept secret. Injustice 2 Black Manta video show casing many of Black Mantas basic and beginner-friendly combos that you can learn. His lethal high-tech suit allows him to survive underwater and adapt to any number of situations with an arsenal of destructive weaponry.


“It’s this simple, is it? I can just watch you die… and then I rest.”” – Black Mantaīlack Manta is one of Aquaman’s greatest villains.

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