Ivan Reis draws a great Black Manta, Siren, and Aquaman. I definitely miss his art on the title. Post the DCnU reboot, I think Reis made Black Manta look great.
Ivan Reis draws a great Black Manta, Siren, and Aquaman. I definitely miss his art on the title. Post the DCnU reboot, I think Reis made Black Manta look great.
We are the Dora Milaje. We are the daughters of the 18 tribes of Wakanda. We are the teeth of the Panther God. Out of 10,000 years of sweat and bloodshed and battle are we born. We are the women of this ancient land. Deadliest of the species. And our time has come!
Black Manta always look great in comics (at least since the New 52 but even his prior looks were great to me), but I wonder if DC will try to synergize his look with the movie's in the future ?
I mean, as far as the Aquaman books goes, the last time he played a major part was early Rebirth with N.E.M.O. and more recently, he was left for dead during Drowned Earth, if I remember right.
He needs to make a triumphant come back sooner or later.
Lots of superheroes have sidekicks, why not Manta? It would give Aqualad a natural enemy of his own.
That's a sad waste. It would be difficult to navigate without making an anti-hero of him, but it could make for really interesting stories.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
How about a 6-issue Black Manta Team-Up mini-series? It could be kinda like Marvel's old Super-Villain Team-Up title, except with Black Manta every issue teaming up with one strange DC character after another.
That would be great! Having him paired off with different villains would be a really interesting read. But not the go-to's like Lex or Joker, have him try to weaponize Solomon Grundy or utilize Black Hand (bring him out the source wall) to counter Aquaman's Life Force, or team-up with Cheetah to find some amazonian/atlantian relic or something. It could be interesting.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
See we got a good start here with the arm gauntlets...just need to angle the helmet more and throw on some chest armor. BUT this is a great look. No disrespect to the great Alex Ross, but his Manta went the way of the Superfriends look. I had always wondered why his helmet sat so high...like does he see out of the neck part and not the eyes( man I hope that makes sense)? I like the helmet to sit lower.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
This is my favourite piece of Black Manta art. I love how Joshua Middleton draws him.
Geoff Johns is my favourite Black Manta writer. His origin for Manta was great and added a great dimension to his hatred of Arthur. I also love how savage his Manta is.
Last edited by KC; 01-28-2019 at 11:59 AM.
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