Black Manta (DC Animated Film Universe)

Black Manta


Alias(es)	David Hyde
Appeared in	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Status	Decreased
Actor	Harry Lennix Dave Fennoy

Black Manta was an ally of Prince Orm.

Biography[]

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis[]

Out of costume, Black Manta first appears observing Arthur Curry with Dr. Shin, a scientist with theories that Atlantis exists. While the doctor tries to approach Curry immediately after witnessing his strength, Black Manta advises him to talk to Arthur in the morning. Later in Atlantis, he and Orm meet with Orm's mother, Queen Atlanta, to persuade her into starting a war with the surface world. After she rejects their idea to attack the humans, Black Manta uses missiles (that his men stole from a nuclear submarine earlier) loaded into his submarine to attack Atlantis, framing the surface world. Orm and Black Manta then demand that the Queen launch a war for the alleged act of terrorism from the surface. However, Queen Atlanta still refuses to strike and tells Manta to arrange a meeting with the Justice League to discuss a peace treaty. After his men fail to kill Orm's half brother, Arthur Curry, Orm kills Queen Atlanta, and usurps the throne of Atlantis, once again framing the humans for killing his mother. After Orm becomes the "Ocean Master" and Arthur becomes "Aquaman", the Atlantean army wages war with the surface and the Justice League. Black Manta later faces off against Aquaman and has the upper hand until the end of their fight. Black Manta reveals to have manipulated Orm into starting a war with the surface, and plans to claim the treasures of Atlantis for himself when the time is right. Just as he is revealing his scheme, Aquaman summons a megalodon shark from the harbor to attack Black Manta, biting the villain and bringing him into the ocean.

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay[]

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Justice League Dark: Apokolips War[]

Black Manta is seen to be part of the new Suicide Squad now led by Harley Quinn 2 years after Darkseid's successful invasion on Earth. They invade Lex Luthor's tower but deal with Luthor's heavily armed guards. He helps the Suicide Squad and the surviving heroes fight off all of the guards with his laser-shooting helmet, and by propelling bullets with his bulletproof metallic suit. Black Manta and the rest of the Suicide Squad stay in Lex Luthor's tower to guard the portal leading to Apokolips but are attacked by Darkseid's Paradooms.

Black Manta holds off several Paradooms by himself with his own arm blades but is quickly killed by the Paradooms when he misses a Paradoom's neck who grabs Black Manta from the head, stabbing him in the stomach, and raises his body into the air before ripping his torso in half after Bane gets overwhelmed and eaten by the Paradooms. The rest of the Suicide Squad don't last much longer before they are forced to self destruct the LexCorp Tower, killing everyone and all the Paradooms in and near it.

After Darkseid was defeated, Flash erased the timeline. Black Manta's fate along with everyone else in the New-52 is currently unknown.