Black Manta #[nn]

In "Assassin of the Sea," Black Manta hunts down Captain Demo and his crew for stealing a mysterious stone from him, but as the hunt unfolds, a shadowy stranger begins assembling a team with their own agenda—intent on awakening the stone’s power. The sea becomes a battlefield of secrets, and with stakes rising beneath the waves, loyalties will be tested and destinies rewritten.

In "Assassin of the Sea Part Two," Black Manta grapples with a strange, debilitating pain tied to a mysterious stone—its effects seemingly reserved for those with Atlantean blood. With Dr. Shin's warning ringing in his ears, Manta teams up with Gallous to seek answers from the enigmatic Gentleman Ghost, while above the waves, Nubia and the Amazons face an otherworldly stranger emerging from the Underworld and the Devil Ray begins his relentless campaign against the surface.

In "Assassin of the Sea Part Three," Black Manta, aided by the spectral Gentleman Ghost, ventures into Atlantis’s past to uncover secrets of the Orichalcum. Back in the present, as Manta and Gallous investigate the mysterious Devil Ray’s assault on Manta’s base, they’re suddenly confronted by an enigmatic woman—leaving both their mission and the fate of Atlantis hanging in the balance.

In "Assassin of the Sea Part Four," Manta teams up with Gallous and Torrid in a desperate hunt for technology that might shield them from the Orichalcum’s power, while Aquaman grapples with the fallout of Devil Ray’s assault on Atlantis—where Devil Ray is already scheming to craft a weapon from the legendary metal.

In "Assassin of the Sea Part Five," Devil Ray confronts his past, recalling how Black Manta first inspired him—and how their shared quest led to the discovery of Orichalcum’s power. Now, with Manta and Torrid healed by Doctor Mist, the fragile peace shatters as Devil Ray strikes again.

In the climactic conclusion of "Assassin of the Sea," Black Manta finds himself torn between survival and vengeance as he’s compelled to aid Devil Ray in forging a trident powered by the legendary Orichalcum. With Gallous the Goat’s fate hanging in the balance, Manta must navigate a deadly alliance that threatens to consume both him and the entire Atlantean people.