LASTOfTheDodos
Noob
This is partly true but it's not the only reason. People have been riding Mantas stinger every since Geoff Johns started writing Aquaman all those years ago. Young Justice also helped things along.No Zatanna or Raven.
People want an Aquaman villain or I guess the theory is "Every main JL character should have a corresponding villain." Seems whack to me, but casual fans seem to eat it up.
He's basically and aquatic iron man/Deathstroke.