Black Manta Doesn't Give a Crap What You Say, Joan Rivers!!!
This post is just a reminder of how cool Black Manta looks. ToyFare did a wonderful job with it. Go ahead and click on it to get the full effect.
I know some people aren't fond of Black Manta's look, but what I love about the costume is:
A. It is completely original. There is no other character with a costume quite like his. Most characters have slight variations of colors, style of mask, or length of boots, but this helmet is unlike anyone else’s.
B. The helmet divorces him from humanity. It looks alien, inhuman. Not only does that enhance the idea that he’s some beast from 20,000 fathoms down into the depths of the sunless ocean, but when you look at this guy, you see no humanity, no possibility of mercy. You won’t see a smile on his lips because he doesn’t have any goddamn lips!
C. There is a simplicity to the design. Smooth lines and a lack of superfluous detail, all the while, different from anyone else.
D. It’s fucking nuts! You know the guy that put this thing on is not playing by anyone’s rules. It says, “Screw you, Tim Gunn! Go fuck yourself, Nina Garcia! I’ll design whatever the hell I want! I don’t give a shit what I look like! I’ve got Chris’s costume sense with Santino’s attitude! And Michael Kors, you know you’ve got to keep your mouth shut because no one orange can criticize anyone! You hear that, Aquaman!?! Orange is out! Auf Wiedersehen, bitch!” Yeah, that's totally what this costume says ... you know, if you read between the lines and you watch too much Bravo. This guy wouldn’t even obey the fashion police, so you know he couldn’t give a sardine’s fart about what Interpol or the US Navy thought.
Anyway, you know this toy would beat the shit out of your other toys and laugh some hollow, echoing in a tin can laugh while he did it. DC, it is time for you to push Black Manta as a major bad ass!
