![]() ![]() The character has been adapted in various media incarnations. A black armored suit with a large, bug-eyed metal helmet serves as Black Manta's visual motif. As Aquaman's nemesis, Black Manta has been part of the superhero's defining stories, including the murder of Arthur Curry Jr.–Aquaman's infant son–and numerous attempts to destroy Aquaman's home kingdom of Atlantis. Despite these different versions of his past, Black Manta is consistently depicted as a ruthless underwater mercenary who is obsessed with ruining Aquaman's life. He has since endured as the archenemy of the superhero Aquaman.īlack Manta has had numerous origin stories in his comic book appearances, having been a young boy kidnapped and enslaved by pirates on their ship an autistic orphan subjected to cruel experiments in Arkham Asylum and a high-seas treasure hunter caught in a mutual cycle of vengeance with Aquaman over the deaths of their fathers. ![]() The character was created by writer Bob Haney and artist Nick Cardy, and debuted in Aquaman #35 (September 1967).
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