Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Stingray Vs. Black Manta in: "Wake The Death Dealer!"

 

Well, it's no wonder that these two keep finding themselves at odds!  Their head-concealing get ups really don't allow for much in the way of facial cues, so I have to imagine that leads to a lot of misunderstanding.

Stingray first battled Black Manta in STF #3452...

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Black Manta looks as if he's high-stepping, at the head of an unseen parade. ;)

Alaric said...

Battle of the Rays!

Kid Charlemagne said...

Why bother, Stingray? Just swim away and let DDD eliminate Manta!

Is DDD vs Mr. Universe gonna happen eventually?

Div Cvetic said...

Sting-y needs to be careful when facing two villains at the same time.

He just may be.....out of his depth!

Carycomic said...

Great pun; astute observation. :-)

Carycomic said...

He'd be smarter to high-tail it the heck out of there! Because, for the two seconds I looked at this cover-sim, I thought they were being menaced by a four-headed sea monster. But, a giant four-fingered hand?!

The rest of the body must look like a cross between Galactus and the Creature From The Black Lagoon.

Carycomic said...

That should, of course, have read "...first two seconds..." Brilliantly dramatized action scenes like this always get my fingers typing faster than my brain can think.

Consider that high praise, Ross! :-)

Anonymous said...

We can only hope, Kid. :-)

Bob Greenwade said...

Somewhere in the future -- not soon, but eventually -- I hope to see a cover the "Mr. Universe vs. The Death-Dealer of the Deep"! No published heroes; just those two villains original to the STFU.

Then again, I'm also just short of holding my breath for another appearance by Iron Beetle.

Ross said...

I'm not even sure what the Death Dealer of the Deep looks like - So far we've only seen bits and pieces of him.

Simreeve said...

Unrelated team-up suggestion: Max Mercury (who was known as 'Quicksilver' in the WW2 era) and the later-originating Quicksilver (Pietro).

Bob Greenwade said...

Well, yeah, Ross, I pretty much understand that; it's one of several reasons that I'd expect that to be a ways off in the future, so you can flesh DDD out a bit, both figuratively and literally.

PS: An afterthought -- The Watcher vs. a certain Batman villain, in: "The Bane of My Existence!"

Ross said...

Simreeve, that one is already on the blog: https://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/2016/04/max-mercury-and-quicksilver.html

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't Darth Bane be a more space-worthy antagonist?

Anonymous said...

Then, how about a four-way rematch? Those two vs. each other...and Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Speedy Gonzales!

Please note: I said "...four-way rematch." As in, one sequel for all 4.

Wolfhammer said...

Great image. It would be cool to see a Stingray / Wildfire team-up.

Detective Tobor said...

I thought it was watered down for public consumption!.

Detective Tobor said...

Death Dealer could be like Swamp Thing, moving around and creating new bodies as needed. As for Stingray, good going.P.W.O.R. (TV21)

Anonymous said...

Tobor -2

Cary-0

;-)

Anonymous said...

Drake Burroughs of the 31st century? Or Carol Vance-Martin of the Golden Age?

Simreeve said...

Oops!
Thank you for the link.

Anonymous said...

Shouldn't that be W.A.S.P. (World Aquatic Security Patrol)?

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