Despite his cold nature, however, David greatly values his family lineage, as he immediately treasured his grandfather's knife after learning about it and had a very close relationship with his father. Initially obsessed with treasure, David was willing to conspire with King Orm and help him declare war with the surface as long as he was paid. and you don't tell me how to pirate." ―Black Manta īeing a pirate, David Kane is a cruel ruthless individual who doesn't hesitate to kill those who stand in his way. David then throws the Manta Knife at a photo of a silhouetted man with a question mark reads, “Who is Aquaman?”. Shin asks David how he got the technology, and David says he will if he tells him how to find Arthur. Stephen Shin, a scientist obsessed with finding Atlantis, saved him. Unbeknownst to Arthur or Mera, David survived, though his Black Manta suit was badly damaged from the fight. But first, you gotta tell me how to find him." ―Stephen Shin and Black Manta ĭavid thinks of another way to find Aquaman Kane drifting in the ocean "This is Atlantean technology, isn't it? Could you tell me how you got this?" Black Manta used his enhanced strength provided by the suit and Atlantean weaponry as well as Aquaman's preference to ensure the safety of civilians to overpower and wound Aquaman numerous times,īut Aquaman ultimately managed to come out on top, damaging his suit, making it malfunction before throwing a pair of chain stone balls directly into Black Manta's helmet, causing it to explode and throwing David off a cliff. Aquaman identified Black Manta as the same pirate from the submarine, which Black Manta confirmed. Black Manta attacked Aquaman while the soldiers chased Mera. Once the battle suit was completed, he painted it black and dubbed himself "Black Manta" in honor of his late father and family legacy.īlack Manta, along with Murk and the Atlantean soldiers, ambushed Aquaman and Mera in Sicily, Italy. David made the helmet significantly bigger to circumvent the problem. In particular, David took a plasma beam cannon and installed it into his helmet, however, the helmet was melted during a test firing of the plasma beam. Orm informed David that human weaponry would be useless against Aquaman and provided him with Atlantean weaponry and was given multiple soldiers so he could launch an attack against Aquaman.ĭavid took the Atlantean weaponry and merged it with his diving suit, making it a specialized battle armor to fight Aquaman. Still hellbent on getting revenge on Aquaman, David allied with the Atlantean king. David demanded that Aquaman should be killed, as he was responsible for Jesse's death, but Orm shrugged it off and assured David that Aquaman wasn't one of them. Sometime after his father's death, David was contacted by King Orm Marius, who paid him for the staged attack his crew launched on Nereus. You owe me blood!" ―Black Manta to Aquaman Kane meeting with Orm's men "You can't run. David was forced to flee and started to bear a deep grudge against Aquaman. David tried to save his father, but his father committed suicide by using a hand grenade. David begged Aquaman for help but was told that they kill innocents and should not expect mercy from the ocean. David proclaimed that he expected to eventually face the Aquaman but was quickly defeated by the Atlantean and easily subdued after a brief fight.Īquaman deflected a rocket from Jesse, that caused a torpedo to topple over him, trapping him as the submarine became flooded. Suddenly, they were interrupted by Arthur Curry, known as Aquaman. Initially, David scoffed at it, calling it a piece of junk, and the love of " life" but when Jesse told him about how it belonged to his grandfather, who fought in World War II as one of the Navy's first "frogmen" (code-named "Manta" for his stealthiness), he immediately changed his mind, and accepted the blade. As they were celebrating their apparent victory, Jesse presented him with a special knife. In 2018, their crew took over a Russian submarine and killed many sailors aboard, with David personally executing the captain. During their pirating career, he helped his father's crew steal a high-tech submarine owned by the United States Navy to aid in their operations. You ask the sea for mercy." ―Black Manta and Aquaman ĭavid Kane was a pirate like his father, Jesse Kane, and at some point in time, he learned about Aquaman and wanted to encounter him. David breaks into the Stalnoivolk "Wait! Help me! He’s trapped! You can’t leave him like this! Please!"
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