| Alias |
 |
|
Black Manta |
| Nick
Name |
| | |
| Civilian
ID |
| Unknown |
| Occupation |
|
Criminal
Scientist |
| Legal
Status |
| Citizen of the United
States with a criminal record. |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
|
Gotham City |
| Group
Affiliation |
|
Injustice League
Secret Society of
Super-Villains |
| Base
of Operations |
| Mobile |
| Height |
| 6' 1" |
| Weight |
| 190 lbs. |
| Eye
Color |
| Brown |
| Hair
Color |
| Black |
| Skin
Tone |
| Negroid |
| Known
Powers |
| Normal human with a genius
level intelligence skilled in aquatic engineering and biology.
Excellent hand-to-hand combatant skilled in undersea combat.
Note: Black Manta was mystically altered for a time giving
him abilities similar to that of a manta ray.
Aquaman used his aquatic
hand to heal Manta of his mutation and the mental disorder of autism. |
| Accessories |
| Manta Armor:
Aquatic armor capable of sustaining human life at great ocean depths;
equipped with laser beams within helmet lenses.
Manta-Men: Biologically altered humans capable of surviving the ocean's
waters.
Manta Ship: Amphibious craft equipped with a wide
array of offensive and defensive capabilities. |
| Common
Enemies |
|
Aquaman |
| Regularly
Appearing |
|
Adventure Comics
Aquaman Vol. 1, 4, 5 & 6 |
| First
Appearance |
|
Aquaman Vol. 1 #35 (Oct.
1967) |
| Creator |
| Bob Haney & Nick Cardy |
| Origin |
| An orphan abandoned to
Gotham City's
Arkham Asylum, the unnamed
child suffered from undiagnosed autism, where sensations such as cold water
and suffocation which would normally be considered uncomfortable gave him
comfort. Witnessing
Aquaman on television he
became obsessed with the undersea king. After escaping the asylum he
began a life of crime eventually using his genius to move from the surface
world to the oceans' depths to become the marauding Black Manta. |