What's his problem?

>>90121094
His autistic father was raped on a boat by a bunch of racist pirates, and Aquaman did nothing.

>>90121094
Aquaman

Does his oval head give him a tactical advantage?

>>90121094

Aquaman

Aquaman called him a meanie head and Manta never recovered from such a heinous blow.

>>90121170
The one he used during his time in the Suicide Squad made him see his targets as Aquaman

>>90121264
Wow, he must really hate Aquaman

>>90121286
nigga you got no fucking idea

>>90121286
That helmet modification was the reason he joined the squad in the first place

>>90121264
Are you serious????

>>90121264
>The one he used during his time in the Suicide Squad made him see his targets as Aquaman
I fucking love this ridiculous asshole

>>90121094
His son is gay and working for his nemesis

>>90121372
Seriously, fucking everything I hear about Black Manta just makes him better.

>>90121094
He's the only black man on Earth that knows how to swim.

Probably got raped by a dolphin.

>>90121094
The Ocean depths.
Full of unimaginable bling; the stuff of innumberable grills, from which a gold plated diamond encrusted submarine might be forged.

Only one negro has the grit, the determination, the steely resolve to master the art of swimming.
No, not just swimming; the terrifying ordeal of deep sea diving.

Finally all of Poseidon's lost scrilla would be his and his alone.
And then he made the awful discovery that The Man had already built a mansion at the bottom of the ocean, and claimed it all for his own.

>>90121437
A curse and a blessing

>>90121326
>>90121372
>>90121436
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VwG1YWFsLWc/VNxGU3juP9I/AAAAAAAH-Oo/AaEsWxbbS4A/s1600/p53_11.jpg

I can't upload for some reason

>>90121487

Jesus Christ.

The madman took over a terrorist organization that was on the verge of world domination just so he could use them to fuck with Aquaman. Manta is a man of sheer will and limitless potential

>>90121094
He's got the autism.

>>90121471
You!

I fucking love you!

>>90121487

Thats some dedication

>>90121568
He revealed he was faking the autism to make people hate Aquaman for punching a mentally disabled man.

>>90121094
He's Ahab and Aquaman is Moby Dick.

So what was Black Manta up to in the alternate universe of Injustice? Did he died?

>>90121286
That's his shtick.
He hates Aquaman.
He has many reasons for hating Aquaman, and all of them are made up.
Even his legitimate reasons for hating Aquaman are actually made up.
Every time he reveals some reason that he hates Aquaman, he does it just to screw with Arthur.

>>90121623

His helmet is in the Plastic Man issue. So he was where all the prisoners were under the sea.

I think his helmet also appeared in Ground Zero. It was under the sea and partially destroyed.

>>90121675
Feels bad man

>>90121681

he's a stage hazard in I2, he's alive and hating.

He remembers an alternate timeline where he was Aquaman and he blames Aquaman for taking everything he loved in that world by replacing him.

>>90121436
The last arc he was in in Aquaman was great. Won't spoil it but his ridiculous over the top hatred of Arthur was on full display.

>>90121647
The beautiful thing is even Manta forgets why he hates Arthur or who struck first, and it doesn't matter at this point. Manta's rage has consumed him, and he has no purpose if Arthur is dead. He is a mortal man, one who seeks to make a godlike king's life hell

>>90121706
Blaquaman.

No blue underbelly.

Things got weird.

>>90121094

Autism

>>90121286
Its not like the petty, jealous hate Lex has for Supes or the love/hate thing Joker has for Bats, Black Manta's hatred of Aquaman is ineffable it'd be beyond human comprehension if it wasn't so base and element. There is NOTHING in Black Manta's life but his cosmic murderboner for Arthur. Arthur could get flung 20 million years into the past and Black Manta would find a way to join him so he could continue to make his life awful.

>>90121598
>he faked Autism just to fuck with Arthur

Is he our guy?

>>90121877
>implying you're faking

>>90121094

Wasn't there one time he pretended to be a black rights activist and relocated a bunch of black people to the sea floor just to fuck with Aquaman?

>>90121838
>>90121727
He's essentially Captain Ahab.

>>90121699
Boon better make him DLC.

>>90122145
Yep. Young Justice Manta subtly had that going on too. You can tell from all the African tribal masks around his hideout, and the fact that his henchmen are all black guys. No one's ever brought it u either because it's so subtle and inconsequential, but the black rights thing flares up now and then. Especially his speech to Aqualad before their battle where he talks about the world beating you down. Weisman's a slick fuck.

>>90122404
Not to mention the fact that he hated Aquaman more than he loved his son.

I get that it's fan fiction tier but why can't he get a red lantern ring?

Need a Thawne and Black Manta team-up book. Can't believe it hasn't been done yet.

>>90122463

Red Lanterns are chosen for righteous anger, those who have been wronged. Arrocitus had his planet genocided, Bleez got rape room'd, Dex star got thrown down a bridge, etc. Anger is not really the same as hate.

Now Doomsday, there's someone who shouldve had a ring taking into consideration how many times he was killed as a kid in the name of science.

>>90122417
I felt like the Aquahateboner was no doubt present, but felt more toned down. If the whole him being Aqualad's dad turned out to be a 20 something year long ruse orchestrated by him to hurt Aquaman then that would've been classic Manta.

>>90122145
Yes, he posed as a black supremacist to gather a militia with the plan to destroy Atlantis and rebuild it as a Blacktopia under the sea. All this, just so Aquaman would seem vaguely racist when he tried to stop them.

>>90122509
I mean aquaman killed his dad, maybe

>>90122509
Exactly

Manta is just bitter, it's about the same reason why Luthor can't get a red ring despite his loathing for Supes

That line from Atrocitus about how "real wrath and hate come from pain and loss" was pretty on point for comic book philosophy

Why is Manta so much better than Zoom?

Is it because he lacks any true legitimate motive, and it's literally pointless hate for hate's sake?

Is it because he's a relatively normal guy fighting what is a god among men instead of an equal or arguably superior?

Did Black Manta build his own suit?

>>90122656
Thawne has a very clear backstory and motivation as to why he acts the way he does. He's an obsessive fanboy gone psychotic..

>>90122899
Geoff Johns becomes Thawne?

>>90121094
How are he and Ocean Master Aquaman's only worthwhile villains

>>90122957
King Shark needs to get out from under Amanda Waller's thumb.

>>90121094
>What's his problem?
Muh dead dad

>>90122683
No one knows

>>90121877
anon, you can't keep being in denial of your condition

>>90122463
He deserves green

>>90122470
There's an Earth in the multiverse where they're likely combined

>>90122957

That king fisher could have been a good recurring villain. To bad NEMO got given to Manta

I was watching a little bit of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack the other day on Youtube, and you know what I realized? Black Manta and Aquaman should be like Char Aznable and Amuro Ray, if they already aren't, in that they just fucking HATE each other, each one's hearts and minds filled with total, almost all-consuming (in Manta's case) loathing for one another. Just thinking about Manta pisses Aquaman off more than anything else in the world. That should be the relationship those two have: utter contempt towards one another.

You see, with Superman looks at Lex Luthor and is ultimately disappointed, that an utterly brilliant man like him should exist only to kill Superman, putting many people, potentially millions in harms way, in order to reach this goal. Superman ultimately views Lex Luthor as a pathetic, egotistical waste of potential.

Batman? Batman is utterly disgusted by the Joker's actions but ultimately finds him sick in the head. He would want nothing more than the Joker to be locked away for the rest of his life, with Joker having had successful psychiatric treatment, so that the clown could look upon every grievous act of violence, every senseless murder, every bit of horror and terror he's put innocent people through on a whimsy to please himself in his horrible little games, and feel great shame - possibly a fate worst than even death.

But Aquaman? Aquaman wants Manta dead. There is nothing between the two but complete and total hatred for one another.

>>90121471
magnificent logic. I can't poke a hole through any of it. Anon, you're awesome.

>>90121598
Wait, seriously?

I thought Aquaman cured his autism, only for him to still be an asshole.

>>90123610
Yeah, he was just faking the whole time.

Because fuck Aquaman.

>>90122470
>Professor Zoom/Black Manta: World's Pettiest

That sounds amazing.

>>90121094
He's a child who is autistic.

I can't post the pic

>>90122957
They both have desires that are completely counter to Aquaman's. Aquaman wants a nice life with his wife and kid? Here comes Manta. Aquaman wants to bring Atlantis and surface world relations closer? Here comes Ocean Master.

>>90122312
>Give me the ring, Atrocitus, you know i can be a powerful Red Lantern.
>No way in hell, Black Manta, you're crazy!

>>90123638
That would honestly be a series of Zoom and Manta coming up with convoluted plans that are immediately ruined when either Aquaman or Flash show up because Manta or Zoom will abandon the plans to fight their respective nemesis

>>90122470
Yfw there's a world in which manta and zoom are merged into one being

>>90123891
>Black Zoom is responsible for everything bad that ever happened in the Marvel Universe
>Yes, even that.
>Especially that.

>>90121094
He wants to kill/conquer the ocean.

Since doing the former would kill him too and doing the latter would just make him king of a lot of water, making Aquaman's life a living hell is a far more thrilling alternative.

>Aquaman and Manta are fighting
>Manta goes "why do you hate me? Is it because I'm Black?"
>then cuts Aquaman's hand off in the split second of hesitation he has

>>90123891
Earth-32 is your best bet for this to actually be a thing.

Image uploads seem to be acting up, so here's a link.

http://imgur.com/tmqGUZc

>>90122535

Well that was probably the least evil version of Manta, though I actually really liked the contrast between his genuine care for Kaldur and his murderboner for Aquaman.

>>90122535

>>90122535

Well that was probably the least evil version of Manta, though I actually really liked the contrast between his genuine care for Kaldur and his murderboner for Aquaman.

>>90122470

Half the book would be them arguing over who hates/fucked over their nemesis more.

he's black duh

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>>90124843

>>90121094

he was stuck in a /tv/ thread meme

>>90125226
>>90125239

And this is what happens when 4chan repeatedly tells me that my post has failed and it doesn't show but apparently it DOES go through.

Make this man a Red Lantern

>>90122209
>He's essentially Captain Ahab

There we got. This anon right here. He figured it out.

>>90121094
He doesn't have a problem. He has a grudge and a super-helmet and that's all he needs

Autistic loathing of Aquaman.

Which are the best Black Manta stories?

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Remember that time Black Manta had a society purely composed of black people wearing diving suits?

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>>90122470

>>90125560
This was during the Brightest day run right? Kinda fucked up he lost his hand right after he got resurrected with a brand new hand also someone post the pic of Manta killing everyone in his fish store because Arthur was ressurected

>>90121487
This is some Joker level obsession

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>>90127225
>also someone post the pic of Manta killing everyone in his fish store because Arthur was ressurected
Here it is

>>90127594
Fighting Aquaman is the only thing he has in his live, isn't it?

>>90127712
Yes.

Remember that time he took over and crashed an entire century old secret organization with his short term thinking by devoting every single asset it had into ruining Aquaman's life?

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>>90122957
Writers just need to use them more often. Its the same problem with WW's rogues. I think it'd be possible if Fisherman became a Kraven type character

>>90122957
>>90123710
Orm right now is pretty good, hope he doesnt go back to being a villain. I still dont get why Orm was put to jail and not the guy who started the Atlantean war.

Why does he hate Aquaman?

I mean, why not focusing on Batman or any other hero. Why it HAS to be Aquaman?

>>90127902
i always imagined the real reason was because he had a bunch of pics of the justice league on a dartboard and it landed on Arthur. Batman's lucky Manta's not on his rogues gallery, other wise Manta wouldve killed robin AND alfred

>>90122957
>>90127842
They should bring back pirates and Nazis.

>>90127712
Literally the only reason he was running the store and not killing himself was because of the off chance of aquaman coming back

I can only hope that that Aquamarine movie doesn't suck and manages to correctly portray this crazy bastard.

>>90128174
Fuck me autocorrect, really?

Aquaman movie.

This kinda shit doesn't happen to Batman

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>implying you wouldn't love to bully Aquaman
Just look at this guy, he is so punchable.

>>90128174
See i was worried theyd fuck Manta up bad, considering how lex, doomsday and joker have been portrayed, but so far Ares looks fuckin neato so who knows.

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>>90127902

>>90121094
Has there ever been a story where a villain comes close to killing Aquaman, but Manta interrupts and murders him, so he won't take the joy of killing Aquaman from him?

I think it would be cool.

So why doesn't Aquaman just kill the Black Manta?

>>90129310
Black Manta is not the Joker. He can fight with Aquaman on equal terms.

His helmet looks fucking retarded, but I guess it suits the series because Aquaman has one of the worst costumes in the main DC lineup

>>90128218
Need context.

>>90129828
Not long prior to this, Manta had killed Aquaman's son which resulted in driving a wedge between Aquaman and his wife which led to her leaving him

>>90129828
>>90129310
lmao what a lad

>>90127902
In N52 context

>Scientist guy is studying young Arthur
>Kid is half Atlantean and scientist is super excited wanting to study the kid more and more hoping it'll help him find the lost city of Atlantis
>Arthur and his father decline
>Scientist goes desperate and hires a mercenary Black Manta to get samples while Arthur is asleep to study (or something)
>Arthur's dad catches Manta, and they fight, Arthur's dad dies
>Arthur goes after Black Manta's boat and kills Manta in the dead of night
>Accidently kills Manta's dad (who worked on the boat with his son) which Arthur mistook him for Manta cause it was so dark
>Manta gets pissed and devotes all his times to hurting Aquaman and all he loves
>Arthur gets pissed cause Manta keeps hurting shit he loves
IT'S THE REVENGE THAT DOESN'T EEEND
YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIIEEEENDS.
SOMEBODY STAAARTED KILLING DADS NOT KNOWING WHO IT WAS
AND NOW WE'RE IN THIS CYCLE OF REVENGE JUST BECAUSE!!

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>>90129547
I mean it's as close as you're going to get to giving a Manta Ray a "face".

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>>90129547

>>90121727
>he has no purpose if Arthur is dead
Not so much, in blackest night/brightest day when aquaman was dead black manta just got a job selling fish and was doing that.

>>90130515
Don't forget in N52 in Forever Evil,
When the Crime Syndicate killed Aquaman, Manta merely called dibs on the Trident for a trophy and was willing to fuck off to obscurity.
But then while at his dad's grave going "Good news I avenged you" Ultraman caused a flood that wrecked his dad's grave and Manta goes "OH YOU WANT SOME TOO?!" and runs to the nearest Batman to help kill the crime syndicate.

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>>90130711
He was okay with the crime syndicate killing Aquaman instead of him?

>>90130515
Someone post that page when he learns Aquaman is back alive and murders everyone in his fish shop.

>>90130939
i think someone in this thread already did.

>>90130711
I fucking loved how he just stabed evil-Alfred and walks again like nothing. Cap Cold stares like 'what the fuck is wrong with this guy?

>>90127594
Does anyone have the autistic screeching version?

Is Black Manta one of the best cape villains of all time because of his completely insane amount of hate for his counterpart and simply lives to hate him.

He's like Khan in Wrath of Khan. He won't kill him, he'll do worse than kill him, He'll hurt him and he wants to continue hurting him.

And he literally has no reason for other it other than literally hating Aquaman gives him life.

>>90130957
Yep: >>90127594.
Sorry I was 50 post above that.
Cheers.

>>90130515
Was literally the only reason he kept living after Aquaman died was a hopeless chance to see if he'd come back, or was it because without Aquaman to hate, he could be a normal person?

Kind of like Joker in Going Sane.

>>90130786
Well it wasn't like the Crime Syndicate had a formal meeting with the villains of this universe to discuss their 5 point plan for success.

It was like "YO WORD, we just killed the JL, Lady Atom worked for us all along, and Nightwing is Dick Grayson. WE RUN THIS PLANET NOW! Who wants some dead JL swag? I gotta lasso, I gotta Trident, I got all kinds of free souvenirs for those willing to rape and pillage with us."

>>90130711
Was that in a tie-in?. I remember manta there getting butthurt because the Crime Syandicate killed aquaman and not him.

If regular Black Manta wants to hate Aquaman forever, does Earth-3 Black Manta want to love Crime Syndicate Aquaman?

>>90130711
>>90131169
>>90131159
Basically Manta was super frustrated because Aquaman was dead and he didn't get to kill him, AND THEN Ocean King (Earth-3 Crime Syndicate Aquaman) doesn't survive the jump to Manta's earth like the rest of the Crime Syndicate and Manta gets double depressed he doesn't even get to kill evil-Aquaman, so he just decides to slaughter all of them.

>>90131174
I think it was in his oneshot issue when during Forever Evil every villain was getting a oneshot story.

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>>90127123
AQUAFLAAAASH

>>90132057

>Batman as a Green Lanturn.

How OP is he and why can't he be one in the main universe?

>>90132057
Who would Hawkman be in Earth-32?

>>90132057
Super-Martian must be the most overpowered fucker in the multiverse

>>90132057
Neat. Where are these from?

>>90132623
Not if he comes into contact with fire which is a lot more easy to get a hold of than kryptonite.

>>90132623
If his vulnerabilities stack, he's not too bad.

If his Martian nature protects him from kryptonite and hit Kryptonian nature protects him from fire, though... holy shit.

>>90132112
To obsessed with Fear.

>>90132795
This. He has the will to be a Green, but his nature is Yellow.

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>>90132645
That page in general is from the Multiversity Guidebook.

The Batlantern idea was done in an Elseworlds titled In Darkest Knight, but in that story the other heroes were also GLs so I think it's just original mismashes for more fun. The name Justice Titans was used in a Superman/Batman arc but I don't know if it's originally from something else and obviously these mashes are different from it.

>>90132057
>Hornblower Superman

Please, tell me more.

>>90132219
Hawk-borg?

>>90132057
Super Girl and Miss Martian Fusion

hnnnnng

>>90132112
Batman can't be a GL in main universe cause he is unwilling to get over his dead parents.

Literally. To be a GL you are needed to overcome your fear. And since Batman's fear is losing loved ones (a fear instilled by watching his parents die) he's refused to overcome it.

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>>90132893
Incidentally, someone has compiled all the pages of listed Earths here.

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-607976-morrisons-multiverse.html

Here's one I found amusing in light of the JUST meme.

>>90121487
gotta give to manta, that really puts an end to any "debate" he might have about killing or not killing arthur

>>90127594
>that one guy openly mocking manta

jesus, just how fucking stupid someone can be

>>90123828
Is that really why Manta hasn't gotten a Red Ring yet?

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>>90130997

>>90121094
You see, a white man still rules Atlantis. That's problematic.

>>90134178
>The JUST
K E K

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>>90123638
>Zoom/Manta will never be in Injustice as a Noob/Smoke like duo

>>90129310
He's surprisingly hard to fucking kill.
Also, that "if you kill him you're just like him" actually rings somewhat true with Manta. Everything he does is purely out of spite, if Arthur kills him he gives in to spite as well.

>>90132893

Neat. Thanks for the info

>>90134709
Nah. The Red Lanterns represent Righteous Anger and Vengeance. When the Red Light Avatar got loose, it went around murdering criminals that had gotten away with crimes.

>>90134178
Earth 16 is now Young Justice the tv show isnt it?

>>90130711
>>90130973
Can you post it?

>>90132661
>>90132765
What if you need Kryptonite heated to super high temperatures?

>>90134178

Neat. We should have a thread on this

>>90135688
No. Whoever told the YJ TV people that they could have Earth-16 made a mistake. E-16 was always this Supersons world as part of Multiversity.

>>90135688
No, but thanks to Convergence there is plausibly a MULTI-MULTIVERSE so they could possibly call it Earth16 on some Multiverse and connect it to the animated movies or the DCAU.

>>90132765
Fire was always more of a built in psychological fear than an actual weakness like kryptonite

>>90135892

I see. Ugh, I wish we knew where that, the CW shows, Lego movies and the Arkham games took place.

>>90136035
> MULTI-MULTIVERSE

Now my head hurts. Pretty cool stuff though. Does Marvel work the same way?

>>90130207
This is what derailed my interest in Manta, he went from a good pure villain to a Batman who went too far.

>>90136035
Even Mutiversity itself said there was more than one multiverse. These are just the local 52 Earths.

>>90136051
I liked it in Ostrander run where fire weakness was directly connected to their psychic powers and psychic link,
Because the constant movement and change messed with their mind in some way and we're mentally consumed by just watching a fire flicker and dance around.

>>90136063
Hypertime and the bleed basically mean that everything always exists anyway

>>90136063

CW verse is def a separaete multi verse. I guess their Earth 0 is where Flash/Legends/Arrow take place, there sEarth 2 and theres Supergirls Earth

>>90136063

Even then there the lego movies and then the lego games and then the lego direct to Dvd movies. Lego multiverse

All I know about the games is that Injustice was featured in Convergence and is sepreate multiverse from the Arkham games, but has a normal non evil earth as well.

>>90132893
>Flash

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>>90135690
Looking for the other page.

>>90136245
I think CW goes like this
>E1: Arrow, Flash Legends, animated shit
>E2: evil versions
>E3: Jay Garrick
>E38?: Supergirl
But I haven't kept up with the shows so maybe something changed

>>90127123
Yo did someone finally do one of my fusions? Thanks!

>>90136350
Jesus christ did he fucking cave his skull in with his fists?

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>>90136108
Nah Marvel just had Infinite Universes (which they may have only 1-2 now? I don't keep up with marvel as much) to fit in all their What-ifs and Zombies and etc.
DC had that for a while to explain their continuity errors, but in Crisis of Infinite Earths fixed it by rebooting the whole shebang to being a single universe.
Then around the 00s they wanted to bring a few old things back including the multiverse so they had INFINITE CRISIS and FIFTYTWO so DC's multiverse now had 52 different alt realities
Then we had the 2011 reboot FLASHPOINT which didn't add or subtract realities but affect time so rebooted all continuity like a ripple effect (almost like an Ultimate Universe feel of 'same same but different')
The story MULTIVERSITY was Grant Morrison filling out a lot of the blanks of what N52 multiverse has.
Convergence is a lil confusing since it shows effect of time and effects of reality both cause notable changes and so there is basically a MULTI-MULTIVERSE thing going on that N52 Brainiac was aware of.

>>90136467
>Gar Katar, the HawkBeast
I need this.

>>90136245
>>90136371
Here are all the parallel worlds of CW:

http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Multiverse

>>90136313

Legoverse is the best verse. I wanna see Lego Manta ripping parts off of other legos

>>90136566
I can't tell if being half Hawkman would limit his animal powers or not.

>>90136313

I legit wouldnt mind more comics or something in the Arkhamgame verse. Would be a shame to let that go, especially since Dick robin barely got screentime.

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>>90135690
And this will kill me with the post timers, but short story time.

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>>90136371
>E2 evil versions.

I thought they were just advanced 50s versions.

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>>90136722
It has a 50s aesthetic but all the evil versions of them were there.

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>>90132893
>Flash is just Flash

kek

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>>90137021

>>90136691
>Waller isn't obese anymore.
Eurgh.

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>>90137047

>>90136622
I like to think all his animals forms will have wings and the winged ones will have double wings.

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>>90137092

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>>90137120

>>90127123
"IT WAS ALL ME, ARTHUR!"

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>>90137148

>>90137148
I'm pretty sure putting the moon closer to earth won't instantly create a giant tidal wave, since tides have a lot to do with inertia.

>>90136549
Flashpoint did mix parts of the Vertigo universe into it, but could try to argue that they were always part of the main universe, but were kept separate from main stories

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>>90137210

>>90135665
>When the Red Light Avatar got loose, it went around murdering criminals that had gotten away with crimes.
Which comic is this?

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>>90137245
Fin

>>90137073
She's getting chunkier with every Rebirth appearance

>>90137120
Wait, is Ultraman weak to sunlight or something?

>>90137262
Brightest Day

>>90137437
Yep, he also eats (or snorts, I forgot) kryptonite to keep his powers.

>>90137471
Considering there's only so much kryptonite is it safe to say there's no big threat of an Ultraman Prime? And what if he can't find any kryptonite? This all seems like a huge weakness.

Have they retconned Black Manta having a legit reason to hate Aquaman since the nu52?

>>90137575
One of the main plot points when the crime syndicate got to earth was Deathstorm working out how to transmutate things to kryptonite

>>90137471
He snorts it like Cocaine.

It's all kind of weirdly hilarious.

>>90137713
So do different colors of kyptonite give him different powers?

>>90137741
We only ever see him interacting with the green type, but maybe?

Maybe he has to use different colors like different drugs.

Fills up his crack pipe with some crushed Blue K.

>>90136934
So what I want to know is. Why do they keep the super villain gear in the same building as the villains?

>>90137262
Green Lantern right after Blackest Night. Hal and company were going around rounding up a posse of lanterns from other Corps.

>>90136934
Orm then suffocated the only human that was ever nice to him.

>>90136824
>>90136901
>King Shark is a Black Manta fanboy
That always makes me laugh.

>>90137908
Both Orm and Manta were SS candidates, that might've been why.

>>90121166
Why the fuck does that read like a bad manga translation?

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>>90138386
Silver Age man.

>>90137971
Nah Orm later helped out a woman save her child and live with him.

It was actually almost a happy ending for Orm.

>>90138558
What ruined his happy life?

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>>90138769

>>90137629
That makes sense. But seeing how Deathstorm is a villain, I can see him extorting the hell out of Ultraman for it. And what's Ultraman going to do? Kill his kryptonite supply?

>>90138662
At the end of Johns run of Aquaman, he was all content and happy,
When the Xebel leader (xebels were a smaller kingdom related to Atlantis who got separated when Atlantis was sank) showed up after The King (reanimated king of Atlantis who had gone mad and sank Atlantis) was taken down by Aquaman.
So Xebel leader goes "Yo Orm, all those lost kingdoms? I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. Come help me gather them together to overthrow Arthur and Atlantis."

And Orm and Xebel dude haven't been around since.

>>90138818
Didn't matter in the end, Deathstorm couldn't figure out how to make it.

>>90138894
Oh. Kinda anticlimactic.

>>90138912
Well, he also got killed.

>>90138894
Smart money says he COULD make it but never did cause FUCK Ultraman. Whatadick.

>>90138944
I think it was shown that he actually didn't know how to make it, his powers worked differently than regular Firestorms as well.
If he could make it though, there's no doubt he would've extorted Ultraman.

>>90132623
>he still jobs

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>>90121450
In the DC universe, that isn't a bad proposition.

>>90139139
>Get raped by Dolphin
>Nobody believes you

>>90134779
It really should just be "RRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

>>90139005
Ultraman is too hardheaded and cruel that he'd be willing to be short-sighted and kill his kryptonite source than be extorted.

>>90139855
He's also a great big coward when you get down to it.
I loved the final page of Forever Evil where he's in a cell and Luthor says "Ultraman won't stop crying"

>>90139926
Speaking of cowards I still feel bad for Hal's counterpart, he got fucked over pretty bad.

>>90139994
Seeing his origin made him a bit less sympathetic, he's really the kind of coward that's easy to hate.
Grid was my favorite though.

>>90121727
He shoulda been the Red Lantern, not Mera

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>>90140360
Red Lantern Mera was still pretty fun

>>90140360
Mera was closer.
Also Arthur was dead so nothing to rage over.

>>90123200
But Joker was cured in the "Going Sane" storyline and all Batman had to do to keep him from becoming the Joker was to stop being Batman. But Batman's gotta Bats and selfishly became the Bat again and ruined Joker's new life and drove him insane again.

>>90140863
Why didn't Bruce just adopt a new mantle?

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>>90127594
>goes into water in his civies and emerges fully customed
I will never get tired of this pic

>>90140863
>"Well, Black Mask has been turning the Southside into a warzone, Poison Ivy's taken Brazilian/American Free Trade Conference hostage, and the GCPD just received a package containing an almost empty bottle of cognac, a copy of an original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons box set, and three long-stem roses. But I'd better just keep pretending to be dead."

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>>90121094

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>ywn have anyone feeling the pasion Black Manta feels for Arthur

>>90140408
I love how Atrocitus saw Mera just puking lava at people and the song "Who's That Lady" basically played in his head.

>>90132057
A One Piece DC university that could actually be entertaining.

>>90128343
>but so far Ares looks fuckin neato so who knows.
It's too bad that everything else of that movie is crappy as hell especially the Wonder Woman and the plot.

>>90139139
Dear Lord who did that art?

He did nothing wrong

So when is Manta getting a hate filled waifu who is disgusted by Mera?

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>>90139139
>Not posting the full image
Where's the fucking Dolphin porn?

>>90144932
See >>90137374

>>90144932
He had Mera's sister at one point.
Don't think they were banging though.

>>90145115
>>90145190
>Hatefucking

>>90145281
The only way I see that happening is if Tula pulls a Judas Contract.
Black Manta... doesn't really seem to "bang" at all. He just kills.

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I miss when Manta used to trick black people to commit crimes for him under the guise of civil rights.

>>90126846
>Make this man a Red Lantern
This

>>90144945
>gill-like slits in her neck
>"dolphin"

>>90121471
>And then he made the awful discovery that The Man had already built a mansion at the bottom of the ocean, and claimed it all for his own.

This is now and forever my headcanon for why Black Manta hates Aquaman!

>>90138846
It isn't just poseidonis in new52, but the whole of Atlantis?

>>90125239
>Half the book would be them arguing over who hates/fucked over their nemesis more.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

>>90146261
It'd be like a nonflying mammal being named RAVEN.

>>90148094
Or some alien being named Superman.

>>90147765
>"I faked autism to make people hate him for beating up disabled people!"
>Well I went back in time and made his life miserable!

>>90148398
>I killed his kid!
>I killed his mom when he WAS A KID!

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>>90144932
>their daily house life is just them constantly trying to kill each other and they always somehow survive and never realize the other person is trying to kill

i want this

>>90148546
I like that show idea. Give me one single season so it's funny without wearing it's one joke out.

>>90149022
>little eyes
WRONG.

>>90127406
Joker wishes he was this obsessed with Batman.

This is the kind of shit where even the Joker would put up his hands, take a step back and be like "woah get a hobby you crazy fuck"

>>90127594
Don't know much about Manta, does he always do shit like this? I know he is a psycho but I thought he was mostly a psycho towards Aquaman.

>>90149256
He'll basically kill anyone that'll help him get back at aquaman even if it it's innocent people he's an asshole

>>90149042
That head is a Tau drone from Warhammer 40k.
Has the same vents and everything.

>>90144945
Jesus, those fucking nipples.

Also, dem feet. I love a barefoot woman.

>>90137345
>"Im glad you're not dead"
Man Manta is so tsundere to Aquaman

>>90148724
I want a show where Manta is renting a room from a stereotypical sitcom family because he's lying low from the police/in between revenge plots. Like he's wearing a Cosby sweater and everything, but he's still has the helmet and no one finds it strange. Insert laugh track, oblivious super happy family, and murder shenanigans.
>"Alright everyone! Who wants the last piece of pie?"
>"The pie is mine. I've killed children for less"
>Audience Laughter
>"Oh, Mr Manta! You keep eating dessert and you won't be able to win tomorrow's swimming competition"
>Audience Chuckle
>Professor Zoom speeds through the front door
>"Thawne!"
>Audience Cheering

Does anyone love Manta's design because of how weirdly feminine the helmet is? Especially iterations of it where the tubes look like pigtails.

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>>90143435
The late, great Dave Stevens. Creator of the Rocketeer.

He is missed.

>>90144945
That diver knows what's up.

>>90127123
Perfect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixXnzefsBA

>>90150231
>>"The pie is mine. I've killed children for less"
Kek

>>90150231
Series finale, Manta's in the kitchen chopping veggies when he hears on the television
>Aquaman back in action after being presumed dead!
Close up on Manta's hand clenching the knife.
Sopranos cut to black.
Laugh track.

>>90150577
Brave and The Bold was too good for this world.

>>90150231
>Manta living with a sterotypical sitcom family
>Acts obviously like a supervillain
>Occasionally breaks out into fits of Aquaman-focused rage
>no one seems to notice or care, and acts like it's completely normal

I never knew how badly I wanted something like this.

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>>90132057
Best alt. earth coming through

>>90151530
>Its a soup cook off episode
>Mom is disappointed that the neighbor always wins
>Manta murders said neighbor
>Manta wins the competition anyway for his famous Maryland Crab Soup recipe
>Family hug
>Bloodstained blue ribbon now hangs in the kitchen while mom is given cooking lessons from Manta

>>90150577
The outfit that Aquaman's son has in that show. Wasn't that one of Aquaman's outfits in the comics?

>>90152008
Shouldn't that Superman's cape be yellow as well?

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>>90152077

>>90150287
>The late, great Dave Stevens. Creator of the Rocketeer.

based Dave drew the best women in comics.

>>90148479
>I MADE HIS SON.

>>90139139
>>90144945

10/10 they really need to bring her back and use more. Also I like Immortal Man so DC should do more with both of them.

>>90150231
>*slap bass*
>Doorbell to Manta's apartment rings
>Manta opens it and sees Aquaman there
>"Hello.... Curry!"

>*trumpets*
>Manta and Captain Cold are sitting on the couch
>Suddenly the front door bursts open and Zoom speeds in
>"Giddyup"
>"Cold's getting upset!"

>>90133346

Wouldn't that basically just be Kara but with Green Skin, red hair an an X instead of an S, I mean their costumes are quite similar.

>>90152134
Underrated

>>90138558
that was one of the best scenes in Forever Evil.

>>90137278
Forever Evil is one of the best Big Events ever. So many great scenes like this, Orm going back for the woman and child, and Cold freezing the evil speedster's leg off. Plus b-Zero was great

>>90154781
>bizarre had ice vision and vomited lava
>he was wearing the suit inside out and that's why it was reversed
>"But he was my monster"
Forever Evil had tons of problems and about a million stand out moments that made you forget those problems.

>>90130064
We don't all follow the most retarded of super heroes.

>knows aquaman probably isn't the retarded but the 'he can talk to the fishes' meme is decades old

>>90154132
I need this so bad, even if just a short robot chicken cutaway gag

>>90138446
Reading silver age and golden age comics, they are all notoriously shit.

>>90149171
>"woah get a hobby you crazy fuck"

I NEED that. I need a new limited series book with Lex (when he's a badguy again), Thawne, Black Manta, Joker, Sinestro, Cheetah, and whatever fucking villain Cyborg has where they're just all arguing about how much they hate their respective nemesis.

>>90154821
>Forever Evil had tons of problems and about a million stand out moments that made you forget those problems.
This. Which means for an EVENT it's pretty damn good!

>>90155829
>Reading silver age and golden age comics, they are all notoriously shit.

That's just not true.

>>90136726
>Cockroaches
jesus christ belle reve is filthy

>>90157884
Agreed

>>90157884
You don't build prisons in swamps when you want the prisoners to be happy and healthy. You use them when you want the prisoners to be gone of lung infection within a couple of years.
There's probably been a prison on the site since the French used it as a knockoff Devil's Island.

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>>90152008
Jesus Fucking Christ

>>90121121
Wait seriously? I thought he was just autistic?

>>90154277
and shapeshifting

>>90160521
I thought that was just Manta talking out of his ass as per usual

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Here the famous issue.

>>90136763
I like how everyone is completely ignoring this backstory.