Legion of Doom Team Member
Black Manta | |
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Information | |
Real name: | not known |
Species: | Human |
Homeworld: | Earth |
Affiliations: | The Legion of Doom |
Rogue of: | Aquaman |
Voiced/Played: | Ted Cassidy |
Black Manta Gallery |
Black Manta is a supervillain. He is member of the Legion of Doom, and the archenemy of Aquaman.
Black Manta first appeared as Manta on The All-New Super Friends Hour.
Powers
- Enhanced Strength and Agility
- Eyes of helmet fires laser beams
Weaknesses
Not Known
Transportation
- His Boat (NEED TO CONFIRM NAME)
Episode Appearances
Notes
- Black Manta debuted in Aquaman vol.1, #35[1] (September 1967).
- He was created by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy.
- His first origin was given in DC Comics Aquaman vol.4, #6[2] (1993), by writer Shaun McLaughlin.
- Black Manta’s first appearance in the The All-New Super Friends Hour marks the unofficial first time that a DC supervillain appeared.
- Interestingly, he did not go by Black Manta, he went by just 'Manta.'
- In this appearance his suit color was olive brown.
- Black Manta was featured as a regular villain on the Aquaman animated series (a Filmation cartoon that premiered on CBS on September 9, 1967, and ended June 1970), as well as in three different incarnations of SuperFriends.
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External Links
- For more on Black Manta see article at Wikipedia
- Devil Ray at The World's Finest
- Black Manta at The Unofficial Aquaman Website
Appearances in Other Media
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References
- ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on Aquaman vol.1, #35 (1967)
- ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on Aquaman vol.4, #6 (1999)