Manuel Ortega

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Manuel Ortega
First appearance: "Tiger's Blood Part 1"
Created by: Mike Bullock and Gabriel Rearte


Manuel Ortega is a former kick boxing champion who blames the Phantom for the death of his fiancé, Maria.

Fictional Character Biography

Five years ago the Phantom was battling terrorists in the Bangalla streets. Manuel and Maria were caught in the midst of the battle and, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, Maria was struck down by the explosion which killed her instantly. Manuel, believing the Phantom to be a pawn of the Bengalla government he sees as corrupt, swore to avenge Maria's death.

Manuel formulated a plan to lure the Phantom to him. Creating a new type of drug called Cupid, Manuel knew that the Phantom would investigate. Manuel was able to capture the Ghost Who Walks and bring him to his hidden drug factory in the jungle where he injected him with the powerful hallucinogen, Manic.

Able to escape from his bonds the Phantom soon encountered Manuel. Still effected by the Manic drug the Phantom engaged Manuel in a fight. During the scuffle some of the chemicals in Manuel's workshop caught fire and exploded. The Phantom was able to get out of the road of the explosion but Manuel took the brunt of it. After the fire had died down the Phantom was not able to find Manuel's body. Believing him to be dead the Phantom took Manuel's men to the police.

Manuel had not perished in the explosion, however he did suffer extreme burns and is now badly deformed. Filled with a renewed rage Manuel is now more desperate to extract revenger on the Phantom than ever before.

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