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Manta

Shi'ar Imperial Guard

118 appearancesSince 1980

Manta first appeared in The X-Men #137 (1980-09), published by Marvel. 118 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

First appearance: X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #137 (December 1980).

Character history

Key issues

3 issues

The X-Men
#137
first appearance
1980-09-00
What If...?
#56
death
1993-12-00
Exiles
#87
death
2006-12-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Mr. and Mrs. X
2018–2019
5 issues →
The Uncanny X-Men
1981–2011
3 issues →
What If...?
1989–1998
3 issues →

Exiles cover

Exiles

2001–2008

3 issues →

XEVCape Archive 2007

X-Men: Emperor Vulcan

2007–2008

3 issues →

ROKCape Archive 2010

Realm of Kings Imperial Guard

2010–2010

3 issues →

Guardians of the Galaxy cover

Guardians of the Galaxy

2013–2015

3 issues →

OMQCape Archive 2019

Old Man Quill

2019–2020

3 issues →

X-Men Adventures [III] cover

X-Men Adventures [III]

1995–1996

2 issues →

NXCape Archive 2001

New X-Men

2001–2004

2 issues →

Exiles cover

Exiles

2002–2008

2 issues →

Avengers: Galactic Storm cover

Avengers: Galactic Storm

2006–2006

2 issues →

WOKCape Archive 2009

War of Kings

2009–2009

2 issues →

Avengers Assemble cover

Avengers Assemble

2012–2014

2 issues →

All-New X-Men cover

All-New X-Men

2013–2015

2 issues →

Avengers cover

Avengers

2013–2015

2 issues →

MTCape Archive 2016

Mighty Thor

2016–2018

2 issues →

TCape Archive 2017

Thanos

2017–2018

2 issues →

Fantastic Four cover

Fantastic Four

2018–2022

2 issues →

FFCape Archive 2019

Fantastic Four

2019–

2 issues →

ABJCape Archive 2020

Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection

2020–

2 issues →

The X-Men cover

The X-Men

1963–1981

1 issue →

What If? cover

What If?

1977–1984

1 issue →

TUXCape Archive 1984

The Uncanny X-Men

1984–1984

1 issue →

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TDPCape Archive 1984
The Dark Phoenix Saga: The Uncanny X-Men
1984–1984
1 issue →
PCape Archive 1984
Phoenix
1984–1984
1 issue →
Classic X-Men
1986–1990
1 issue →
Quasar
1989–1994
1 issue →
XSOCape Archive 1990
X-Men Spotlight on... Starjammers
1990–1990
1 issue →
BOWCape Archive 1991
Best of What If
1991–1991
1 issue →
Essential X-Men
1996–2013
1 issue →
XICCape Archive 1996
X-Men Interactive Comic Book
1996–1996
1 issue →
MCCCape Archive 1998
Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men
1998–1998
1 issue →
NXCape Archive 2001
New X-Men
2001–2004
1 issue →
T1GCape Archive 2001
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time
2001–2001
1 issue →
NXCape Archive 2002
New X-Men
2002–2004
1 issue →
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men
2003–
1 issue →
MVCCape Archive 2005
Marvel Visionaries: Chris Claremont
2005–2005
1 issue →
FFTCape Archive 2006
Fantastic Four: The End
2006–2007
1 issue →
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
2006–2006
1 issue →
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus
2006–
1 issue →
Nova
2007–2010
1 issue →
FFTCape Archive 2007
Fantastic Four: The End
2007–2007
1 issue →
UXRCape Archive 2007
Uncanny X-Men: Rise & Fall of the Shi'ar Empire
2007–2007
1 issue →
XEVCape Archive 2008
X-Men: Emperor Vulcan
2008–2008
1 issue →
WOKCape Archive 2009
War of Kings Saga
2009–2009
1 issue →
WOKCape Archive 2009
War of Kings: Road to War of Kings
2009–2009
1 issue →
FF
2011–2012
1 issue →
Captain Marvel
2012–2014
1 issue →
Infinity
2013–2014
1 issue →
ACape Archive 2013
Avengers
2013–2015
1 issue →
Deadpool
2013–2015
1 issue →
Deadpool
2013–2015
1 issue →
Avengers Epic Collection
2013–
1 issue →
GOTCape Archive 2013
Guardians of the Galaxy
2013–2015
1 issue →
X-Men Epic Collection
2014–
1 issue →
ICape Archive 2014
Infinity
2014–2014
1 issue →
ATRCape Archive 2015
Avengers: Time Runs Out
2015–2015
1 issue →
TTICape Archive 2015
Thanos: The Infinity Relativity
2015–2015
1 issue →
Guardians of the Galaxy
2015–2017
1 issue →