Weisbogg was the first chief scientist during the reign of Aquaman and was constantly out of the realm. Arthur asked him to create a robot duplicate of it. While Aquaman was taking care of political affairs, Weisbogg was secretly hired by Black Manta to build a device capable of destroying the dome that protects Atlantis, he was instructed to build the device relying on Bugala and if discovered, he should never tell who hired him.