Who Is Black Mamba? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Black Mamba is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Tanya Sealy, with over 205 comic issue appearances. Former call girl and member of many organizations, most notably the Serpent Society and B.A.D. Girls Inc.

Who is Black Mamba?

Origin Tanya Sealy was born in Chicago but little else has been reveled about her past. While working as a call girl, Roxxon Oil Company hired her, Anaconda , Death Adder and Sidewinder to form a new Serpent Squad and go on a covert operation to retrieve the mystical Serpent Crown . Tanya was given a cerebral implant that granted her low-level telepathy as well as the ability to manipulate the extradimensional energy known as the Darkforce . Now creating a persona for herself as Black Mamba, she would combine these newly given abilities to telepathically pluck the image of an opponent's loved one out of their mind and then manifest a darkforce illusion which would lure her opponent in and suffocate them. Black Mamba proved herself to be a dangerous foe, facing off against heroes such as the Thing , Captain America , and Iron Man . Creation Black Mamba first appeared in Marvel Two-In-One #64 in June 1980 and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio . Major Story Arcs Serpent Society Black Mamba vs Captain America Although the Thing, Stingray and Triton managed to defeat the Serpent Squad, Sidewinder escaped with the Serpent Crown and Anaconda was able to free Black Mamba and .

Key facts

Black Mamba is of human origin and first appeared in "From the Depths". The character is published by Marvel. With 205 recorded issue appearances, Black Mamba ranks among the most featured characters in comics.