Yooo....
The origin story for Black Manta is sad as fukk but fascinating.
Apparently he was from Baltimore Maryland and loved the water; he was kidnapped and forced to work on a ship where
he was sexually abused by the crewmen. One day, he saw Aquaman and tried to signal to him... but Aquaman didn't see him.
He eventually killed one of the men himself and swore hatred for Aquaman and vowed to rule the sea.
Fuuuuuuuck that's grim as hell. I might need to read up more. I love 3 dimensional characters.