![]() The fearsome Black Manta and Aquaman battled repeatedly over the next several years. Taking the name Black Manta, he and his masked army became a force to be reckoned with, engaging in at least one unrecorded clash with Aquaman prior to his first appearance as a rival to the Ocean Master (and before joining the short-lived Injustice League in the retcon Silver Age third week event). As an adult, the man who would become Black Manta 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 manta rays. One treatment seemed to clear the boy's head, but left him violent as a result he killed the scientist who had administered the treatment and escaped from Arkham. The boy would end up being subjected to experimental treatments. The boy was also fascinated when he saw Aquaman on television. Because the attendants at Arkham did not know how to deal with autism, they would end up restraining him to the bed as he struggled and screamed whenever they tried putting him there. He felt comfortable in freezing cold water, while cotton sheets were excruciatingly painful. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta was an orphan who has autism and was placed in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. ![]() A second origin was given in #8 of the 2003 Aquaman series. Hating the emotionless sea (and Aquaman, whom he saw as its representative), the boy was determined to become its master. Finally, he was forced to defend himself, killing one of his tormentors on the ship with a knife. At one point he apparently saw Aquaman with his dolphin friends and tried to signal him for help but was not seen. ![]() As a youth he was kidnapped and sexually abused on a ship for an unspecified amount of time. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and loved to play by the Chesapeake Bay. The first was given in #6 of the 1993 Aquaman series. ![]() For most of his published history, Black Manta had no definitive origin story. ![]()
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