Black Manta Vol 1 2

"Assassin of the Sea, Part Two": The boy who was held hostage on Captain Demo's ship has been returned home safely. Believing that Black Manta is a hero who "rescued" him, he makes a Black Manta costume and plays superhero with three friends. However, they tell him Black Manta is a villain and t

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"Assassin of the Sea, Part Two"
Black Manta Vol 1 #2
December, 2021
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	Valentine De Landro Marissa Louise
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Sanford Greene
Assassin of the Sea, Part Two
Writers	Chuck Brown
Pencilers	Valentine De Landro
Inkers	Valentine De Landro
Colourists	Marissa Louise
Letterers	Clayton Cowles
Editors	Bixie Mathieu Andrea Shea Mike Cotton
Previous Issue	Black Manta # 1
Next Issue	Black Manta # 3

I don't hate you for siding with my greatest enemy, Jackson... But I fear that I have become your greatest enemy.

— Black Manta

Black Manta #2 is an issue of the series Black Manta (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2021. It was published on October 19, 2021.

Synopsis for "Assassin of the Sea, Part Two"

The boy who was held hostage on Captain Demo's ship has been returned home safely. Believing that Black Manta is a hero who "rescued" him, he makes a Black Manta costume and plays superhero with three friends. However, they tell him Black Manta is a villain and try to "defeat" him. A boy playing Aquaman shoots him with a super soaker and ruins his costume, and they argue over whether Black Manta is a bad guy or not.

Meanwhile at Boston Harbor, Dr. Shin meets with Manta and Gallous. Manta threatens Shin as none of his leads have helped Manta find a cure to his attacks, but Shin tells him he believes he understands what is happening. One of his students suffered an attack like Manta's, and when Shin tested his blood he found Atlantean genetic markers. He has identified the stone as an Atlantean magical ore called Orichalcum, and he believes it is activating dormant Atlantean DNA in surface dwellers, inadvertently killing them in the process. This would suggest that Manta himself has Atlantean heritage, which he rejects out of hand. Gallous suggests they talk to an old acquaintance of hers- Jim Craddock, the Gentleman Ghost.

On Themyscira, the door to the Underworld opens and the mysterious woman with the Orichalcum necklace emerges riding a demon. The Amazon's oracle predicted this and so Queen Nubia is waiting to meet her. She tells the woman that the Amazons will allow her to pass freely from the Underworld, and the nameless woman asks if they know who she is, revealing she has no memories. She suffers an attack like the ones Manta has been experiencing and realises her necklace is drawing her somewhere. Nubia invites her to stay on Themyscira so they can work out what is happening together, but the woman leaves, saying she will put an end to whoever is responsible.

Black Manta and Gallous infiltrate a fancy party where Gallous believes Craddock is hanging out. They use special goggles to try and find which guest he is possessing, only to discover he has possessed all of them. Under Gentleman Ghost's control the entire party attacks the two, and Gallous warns Manta not to kill them. He hits the entire room with a low-level optic blast which knocks them all unconscious, and Gentleman Ghost rises from their bodies. He attacks them but Manta is able to restrain and incapacitate him with a special bolo. Manta tells Gentleman Ghost that he wants him to use his powers to take Manta to Atlantis in 9000BC.

Back in Boston, "Blue" sits in a prison cell. The police demand he tell them his name and he replies by listing the names of famous slave revolts and Black Power leaders. He morphs into a water form, and around the world's oceans duplicates of him form and speak to people nearby, announcing that the oceans now belong to Black people. The duplicates explode, destroying targets around the world including Black Manta's ocean floor base.

Appearing in "Assassin of the Sea, Part Two"

Featured Characters:

• Black Manta

Supporting Characters:

• Gallous the Goat

Antagonists:

• Gentleman Ghost

Other Characters:

• Amazons of Paradise Island
  • Queen Nubia
• Devil Ray (First appearance as Devil Ray)
• Dr. Shin
• Manta Men
• Sam (Unnamed)
• Torrid (Unnamed)
  • Orisha (First appearance) (Unnamed)
• Aqualad (Behind the scenes)
• "Aquaman" (Cosplay)
• Atlanteans (Mentioned only)
• Brad/"Superman" (Cosplay)
• Pirates (Mentioned only)
• "Wonder Woman" (Cosplay)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Earth 0
    • Prehistoric Era (Mentioned only)
      • Atlantis (Mentioned only)
    • 21st Century
      • Atlantic Ocean
      • Pacific Ocean
      • Themyscira
      • United States of America
        • Boston
        • Hamptons
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • Underworld (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Orichalcum

Vehicles:

• Manta-Sub
  

Notes

• Devil Ray lists the names Turner, Zanj, Louverture and Garvey; referencing Nat Turner's slave rebellion, the Zanj rebellion, Toussaint Louverture and Marcus Garvey.
• The bolo Balack Manta uses against Gentleman Ghost presumably contains Nth Metal but this is never stated within the comic.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Black Manta series
• Images from Black Manta Vol 1 2