Mecha Manta (Prime Earth)

Mecha Manta
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Mecha Manta
Main Alias	Mecha Manta
Other Aliases	Grandpa Jesse
Relatives	Jesse Hyde (neural template, deceased)
Affiliation	Apex Lex · Black Manta
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Race	Robot
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Red
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Kelly Sue DeConnick · Robson Rocha
First Appearance	Aquaman Vol 8 #51 (October, 2019)

Mecha Manta is an artificial intelligence created by Lex Luthor as a gift to Black Manta.

History

The A.I. was programmed using D.N.A. and farmed data to emulate the thought processes of Manta's deceased father, Jesse Hyde, essentially bringing him back to life as an A.I.. Furthermore the A.I. is housed inside a gigantic weaponized aquatic casing powerful enough to tear Aquaman apart. However, Black Manta only saw it as a machine and not his real father, so he disabled numerous functions in order to make it stop scolding him. Black Manta, piloted the mech attacked Amnesty Bay with it in an attempt to get revenge on Aquaman. He was able to defeat Aquaman and the other Atlanteans but was defeated by Maurer, a man who could turn into a giant sea monster. Black Manta then ordered Mecha Manta to self destruct, but since Mecha Manta still saw David as his son, and loved him no matter what, he ejected David as he exploded.

Eventually, Jesse's grandson, Aqualad stumbled upon the head of Mecha Manta. Jackson found David and asked him to fix the head in return for planting a portal inside of Xebel. He brought it back to the shore, where Aquaman and Caille used it to search for Aquaman's daughter, Andy. Soon after, Jackson went with the mech to Xebel as part of the deal, but after bonding with the mech that had his grandfather's mind and helping the people of Xebel fight the Trench, Jackson decided not to and that it didn't matter if David was his father. He then left for Amnesty Bay with the mech head in tow.

Black Manta's mech would later join Lex Luthor along with other villains in a showdown against The Batman Who Laughs and his infected army of heroes.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Robotic Head
  • Sound Manipulation: Mecha Manta is able to maipulate a sound frequency that allows it to control the Trench.
  • Energy Projection
    • Electrokinesis: Mecha Manta can send out a burst of energy
• Robot Body(Formerly)
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability

Abilities

• Weaponry

Related

• 15 Appearances of Mecha Manta (Prime Earth)
• 6 Images featuring Mecha Manta (Prime Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Mecha Manta (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Mecha Manta (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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