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Warning ! Spoilers in advance forBlack Manta # 2
In DC’sBlack Manta , it ’s just been teased that the arch - opposition ofAquamanmay have another son other than Jackson Hyde who ’s going by the classical nameDevil Ray . In the Modern serial ' 2nd issue , Black Manta is seek to occur up with a substance to save his own life before he die . However , the subject ’s destruction suggests that Manta ’s family unit is bigger than antecedently believed as he may have a Logos who ’s as powerful as Jackson , making him the orphic crony to the succeeding Aquaman of the DC Universe .
Thus far in DC ’s newBlack Mantaseries from writer Chuck Brown and artist Valentine de Landro , one of Black Manta ’s men recovered a mysterious glowing rock from the ocean floor . However , it began giving Manta awful head ache along with other apparently random multitude around the world . Realizing that the rock was jeopardise to kill him , Black Manta sought help from nautical biologist and Atlantis expert Dr. Stephen Shin , who support that the rock was an ancient magic ore contrive by the Lost Tribe of Atlantis . Furthermore , Shin exact that Black Manta ’s negative response to the metal was the result of dormant Atlantean DNA rule in himself and in the others who ’ve been affected , seemingly revealing thatBlack Manta is part - Atlantean(a fact the Aquaman of course has a hard metre accepting ) .
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However , the end of the issue features a young military personnel behind bar with tattoo on his head that resemble the violent eyes of Black Manta ’s helmet . He also turn over into water , revealing an power to be omnipresent in the sea while sending a content to all airfoil dwellers , warn them to go away the ocean ’s waters or risk facing the anger of Devil Ray . Interestingly enough , Devil Ray was the name theanimatedJustice League Unlimtedseriesused instead of Black Manta due to copyright issues so he could be incorporated into the Legion of Doom . As such , it could be a jot that he ’s a secret son of Black Manta himself .
It should also be noted that Michael Beach , the actor who sound Devil Ray in the Justice League series also play Black Manta ’s father in 2018 ’s live - actionAquamanfilm . As a upshot , it sure as shooting seems as though this new Devil Ray of the comics has a hereditary connection to Black Manta , and his youth does suggest that he could beManta ’s son and Jackson Hyde ’s secret brother(perhaps a half - brother ? ) .
Either way , it looks as though Devil Ray is going to be take utmost measures to keep human beings out of the ocean for unspoilt , cause blowup and havoc while giving his dire warning to the surface world ( using much darker method thanAquamanever has against homo ’s depravation and their pollution of the ocean ) . immix with the fact that he specifically appeared before Black Manta ’s base on the sea floor , and it seems as though the two will soon meet . similarly , Devil Ray’strue identity will in all probability be revealed whenever he determine to faceBlack Mantadirectly in the issues to come .
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