Back بلاك مانتا Arabic Блек Манта Bulgarian Manta Negra Spanish بلک مانتا Persian Black Manta Finnish Black Manta French מנטה שחורה HE Black Manta Italian ブラックマンタ Japanese 블랙 만타 Korean
| Black Manta | |
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 Textless cover of Aquaman (vol. 7) #12 (October 2012). Art by Ivan Reis (pencils), Joe Prado (ink) and Rod Reis (colors). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Aquaman #35 (September 1967)[1] |
| Created by | Bob Haney Nick Cardy |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | David Milton Hyde[2] |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | |
| Partnerships | Ocean Master Gallous the Goat Jesse Hyde |
| Notable aliases | Scourge of the Seven Seas |
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Black Manta is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Bob Haney and artist Nick Cardy, and debuted in Aquaman #35 (September 1967). He has since endured as the archenemy of the superhero Aquaman.
Black 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 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. 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. 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. A black armored suit with a large, bug-eyed metal helmet serves as Black Manta's visual motif.
The character has been adapted in various media incarnations. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II portrayed Black Manta in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), while Kevin Michael Richardson, Khary Payton and others have provided his voice in animation and video games.
- ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008). "Black Manta". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1.
- ^ Aquaman (Volume 8) #62. DC Comic
- ^ Gonzalez, Lissete (19 December 2018). "Aquaman: Black Manta's Strange and Violent History". DC. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.