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Black Manta is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. ... Finally, Manta kills Arthur Curry, Jr., Aquaman's son, which leaves ...
Aquababy: Son of Aquaman and Mera, Arthur Curry, Jr.; he inherited Mera's water-controlling powers while having the unique ability to create and mutate sea life. He was a young child when killed by Black Manta. Aquagirl: See Aquagirl; Aqualad: The son of Black Manta who chose to become a hero. Arthur Joseph Curry: Orin's successor as Aquaman.
Four years after becoming king of Atlantis, [a] Arthur Curry has married Mera and had a son, Arthur Jr., while splitting his life between land and sea.Meanwhile, David Kane / Black Manta continues to seek revenge against Arthur for his father's death, working with marine biologist Stephen Shin to find Atlantean artifacts.
A later supervillainess who is an agent of Black Manta following his usurpation of leadership over the mysterious organization code-named N.E.M.O after they broke him out. Black Manta David Hyde [a] Aquaman #35 (September 1967) A would-be conqueror of Atlantis from the surface world, and Aquaman's deadliest and greatest enemy.
Orm nearly kills Arthur until Mera intervenes and narrowly escapes with the latter. Following this, he gives David the Black Manta equipment to hunt down Arthur and convinces four kingdoms to join his regime through brute force and deception, but is ultimately defeated and dethroned by Arthur when he finds Atlan's Trident.
Black Manta reports to Orm that the Trench failed to kill Arthur. When Orm and Atlanna argue over starting a war, she reveals that she knows he attacked Atlantis. Orm stabs her to death from behind and takes over as the new king of Atlantis. Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Arthur, and Mera learn of Atlanna's death once in Atlantis.
Black Manta destroys an Atlantean historical site in order to provoke a confrontation with Mera and the recently resurrected Arthur. Mera, along with Arthur, Jackson Hyde, and Arthur's new ally Tristan Maurer successfully fight off Manta, who is equipped with a mecha provided by Lex Luthor.
Rechristening himself as "Black Manta", David battles Arthur, but is defeated. Arthur and Mera fend off amphibious monsters of the Trench, and a wormhole transports them to an uncharted sea at the center of the Earth. They are reunited with Atlanna, who managed to survive and escape into the uncharted sea but was unable to find her way back.