Black Manta

Legion of Doom Team Member

Black Manta
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
• Boat Ownership

Weaknesses

Not Known

Transportation

• His boat. This is also his only power: boat ownership. You could be Black Manta, like, tomorrow.

Episode Appearances

The All-New Super Friends Hour: The Water Beast Challenge of the SuperFriends: Wanted: The SuperFriends Invasion of the Fearians The World's Deadliest Game The Time Trap Trial of the SuperFriends Monolith of Evil The Giants of Doom Secret Origins of the SuperFriends Revenge on Gorilla City Swamp of the Living Dead Conquerors of the Future The Final Challenge Fairy Tale of Doom Doomsday SuperFriends: Rest In Peace History of Doom Revenge of Doom

Notes

• Black Manta debuted in Aquaman vol.1, #35 (September 1967).
• He was created by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy.
• His first origin was given in DC Comics Aquaman vol.4, #6 (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.

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

Black Manta The boy who would become Black Manta was an autistic youth who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and loved to play by the sea. As 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. Taking the name Black Manta, he and his masked army became a force to be reckoned. He is 6'4". - For more on Black Manta see article at DC Database

Devil Ray Devil Ray first appeared on the cartoon Justice League Unlimited. Devil Ray was intended to be Black Manta, Aquaman's archnemesis from the DC Comics, but his name had to be changed for this show due to copyright issues. Devil Ray was a supervillain recruited by Grodd into his Legion of Doom. He was a resilient fighter and ruthless killer, who took great pleasure and pride in his heinous work. - For more on Devil Ray see article at DCAU Wiki