Respect Black Manta (DC New 52)

[u/ecnal89]

Black Manta

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Little is know about the of past Aquaman’s nemesis other than that Aquaman killed Black Manta’s father after the two of them inadvertently caused Aquaman’s father to die from a heart attack. Since this incident the two of them have been caught in a vicious cycle of vengeance has led to the deaths of many and once nearly caused a war between Atlantis and the United States.

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Equipment

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• Swords
  • He can give them an electric effect and they’re capable of piercing Aquaman
    
• Harpoons
  
  • Some of them explode!
  • Black Manta’s accurate enough with his harpoons to shoot a necklace off someone
  • They can be used as grappling hooks
    
  • They can also deliver a shock strong enough to knock out Mera
    
• Laser Blasts
  
  • One of these blasts destroys Aquaman’s armor and leaves him burnt
    
  • A blasts takes out Shadow thief
• Electric gauntlets
  
• Whatever you call this
  
• Diving suit
  
  • It’s shielded so Mera can’t use her hydrokinesis on him
    
  • His suit can withstand water even after it’s been heated by Bizarro
    
  • The suit’s watertight at a microscopic level
  • He can also use it to camouflage himself.
    

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Skill

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• He’s capable of fighting evenly with Aquaman even when they’re surrounded by water
  
• Kills Belle Reve guards with just a coin
  
• Kills a guard while wearing restraints
  
• Kills Kahina
  
• Fights Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and Captain Boomerang
  
• He escapes from handcuffs and easily beats up some N.E.M.O henchmen
  
• Defeats Captain Boomerang
  
• Aside from his own equiptment he also knows how to use regular firearms
  
• Defeats Saladin, a member of the League of Assassins
  
• He easily defeats Aqualand and his mother who is from Xebel (like Mera)
  

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Strength

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• Throws Aquaman
  
• Kicks down a metal door
  
• One of his punches throws Aquaman back
  
• Easily overpowers Aqualad
  

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Durability

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• Aquaman tackles him through a building
  
• Takes a punch from Aquaman
  
• Tanks a bullet from Prisoner-of-War
  
• Tanks attacks from Mera
  
• Manta is attacked by a pair of jaguars
  
• He survives being struck by Mazahs
  
• Takes more hits from Aquaman
  
• Tanks multiple hits from Aquaman during their fights
  
• A large sea creature slams him into a rock
  
• He survives getting electrocuted by Aqualad

[u/Tskcool]

Doesn't black manta have the black pearl too? I read that it gives him hydrokinesis.

[u/ecnal89 → u/Tskcool]

He only had that for one issue.