The more observant Injustice 2 players had already figured out that Black Manta and Raiden were on the way, thanks to their very distinctive fashion choices - Raiden really knows how to work a hat - making their silhouettes on the fighter screen easy to decode.
You'll know plenty about Hellboy from the recent movies, and Raiden is a Mortal Kombat legend, but who the hell is Black Manta and what's with the fetish suit? He's one of DC's supervillains - most often seen battling Aquaman - and he has a couple of origin stories. The first features sexual abuse at sea, dolphins and murder and the second isn't much cheerier, a life as an autistic orphan trapped in Arkham Asylum. Creating a slightly bonkers, bug-eyed costume that can shoot death rays seems like a pretty reasonable reaction to either of those pasts.
Expect to see a lot more of Mr Manta in the future, because about to hit the big time in the upcoming Aquaman movie starring Jason Mamoa. There he'll be played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, AKA Clarence "Cadillac" Caldwell in the Netflix show The Get Down.
You'll get to see Black Manta gameplay on Twitch on August 27 at 4pm PT. Injustice 2 is available now on Xbox One and PS4.
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