Black Manta (English)

Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #11 [Ivan Reis Cover] Early December 2010

Disambiguation: David Hyde, Aquaman villain First Published in: 1967 Creator List Creator Name List Issue List Cover List Series List Feature List Characters Appeared With Group List Sequences List External Links: Wikipedia Name: Black Manta

Description:

Aquatic super-villain, foe of Aquaman. Father of Kaldur'ahm / Jackson Hyde (Aqualad).

Notes:

Created by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy.

• Black Manta first appeared in Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #35 (September-October 1967).
• Black Manta's face was first shown in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #452 (July-August 1977).
• Versions of his origin were given in Aquaman (DC, 1991 series) #6 (May 1992) and Aquaman (DC, 2003 series) #8 (September 2003).
• Black Manta's first name was revealed to be David in Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #9 (Early November 2010); his surname was not given.
• It was revealed in Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #10 (Late November 2010) that Black Manta had a son named Jackson Hyde, however Hyde was the surname of Jackson's adoptive parents and not Black Manta.
• First appearance in New 52 continuity in Aquaman (DC, 2011 series) #7 (May 2012).
• In DC Rebirth continuity, Black Manta was retained as the birth father of Jackson Hyde, but the adoptive parents were eliminated from Jackson's backstory, as shown in Teen Titans (DC, 2016 series) #10 (September 2017).
• Black Manta's full name was revealed to be David Milton Hyde in Aquaman (DC, 2016 series) #62 (October 2020).