8 Things You Didn't Know About DC's Black Manta

If the thought of Aquaman and Black Manta being responsible for the deaths of their respective fathers isn’t enough to portray the blood feud between them, the comic book story “Death of a Prince” sheds a light on how deadly this feud has become. Shortly after “The Death of Gwen Stacey” story saw Spider-Man dealing with the passing of his girlfriend at the hands of his arch nemesis, “Death of a Prince” deals with the kidnapping, and subsequent murder, of Aquaman’s infant son Arthur Curry Jr., at the hands of the sadistic Black Manta.

In a moment that would send shock-waves through the Aquaman mythos, Black Manta kidnaps the infant son of Arthur Curry, and forces both Aquaman and Aqualad to battle each other in order to save him. Knowing that Aquababy is unable to survive outside of water, Manta places the child in a bubble that slowly fills with air, causing him to suffocate with no means of extracting oxygen. Desperate to save his son, Aquaman and Aqualad do battle, but to no avail, as the child had already lost his life during the conflict. Holding the lifeless infant in his arms, Aquaman is forever changed by the murder of his only offspring.