![]() ![]() He then destroys the machine so it cannot be used against him, much to Sivana's annoyance.Īccording to Shazam! #28 (Black Adam's first "Bronze Age" appearance, but second actual appearance, after The Marvel Family #1) Black Adam gets his powers from Shu (stamina), Hershef (strength), Amon (power), Zehuti ( Thoth) (wisdom), Anpu (speed), and Menthu (courage). Though Adam is defeated in the same story which he debuted, the DC version of Adam is resurrected and revitalized nearly 30 years later in Philadelphia by Doctor Sivana's reincarnation machine in DC Comics' Shazam! revival of the Marvel Family characters. The thousands of years it took traveling to earth catch up to him, and he's transformed into a skeleton.īlack Adam's costume is almost identical to Captain Marvel's-except that Black Adam's costume is black and golden yellow, instead of red and golden yellow. The non-powered Marvel Family member Uncle Marvel gets an idea from Shazam and tricks Adam into saying "Shazam," reverting him to Teth-Adam. Uncle Marvel releases them while Mary battles Black Adam, enabling them to transform.Īdam does battle with the trio, known as the Marvel Family, but since all are equally invulnerable, the fight goes on and on without resolution. He then ties them up, planning to kill them later. Adam succeeds in gagging Billy and Freddy while they are talking to Shazam. Adam's attempts to take over the world cause the Marvels to seek counsel with Shazam, who tells them about Black Adam. By the time he makes it back, in 1945, Shazam has appointed three new champions to take his place: Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., and Mary Marvel. Angered by this betrayal, Shazam renames his errant champion Black Adam and-unable to revoke the powers he gave Adam-banishes him to the most distant star in the universe.īlack Adam spends the next 5,000 years flying back to Earth. Originally, the wizard Shazam grants Adam powers derived from ancient Greco-Roman deities later in the series, it was changed to ancient Egyptian deities.ĭeciding that he should rule the world, the Mighty Adam overthrows and kills the pharaoh and assumes the Egyptian throne. When Teth-Adam says the magic word "Shazam", he is transformed into the Mighty Adam, a superpowered being possessing the same powers that Captain Marvel would later be granted however, the Mighty Adam is soon corrupted by the vastness of his powers. ![]() This story is reprinted in DC's Shazam! #8 (1973), which is his first appearance in the Bronze Age.īlack Adam's origin, as seen in The Marvel Family #1 (1945). In The Marvel Family #1, Black Adam is an ancient Egyptian named Teth-Adam (i.e., "Mighty Human"), who is chosen by the wizard Shazam to be his successor due to his presumed moral purity. The canon version of Black Adam appeared only once during Fawcett's initial publication run of Captain Marvel comics. ĭwayne Johnson voiced Black Adam in DC League of Super-Pets (2022), before starring as him in his live-action debut in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Black Adam (2022), following a silent digital cameo in Shazam! (2019). In 2009, Black Adam was ranked as IGN's 16th-greatest comic book villain of all time. Featured roles in such comic book series as Justice Society of America, Villains United, Infinite Crisis, and 52 have elevated the character's prominence in the DC Universe, culminating with DC's 2021 line-wide Infinite Frontier relaunch, wherein he joins the Justice League. Goyer as an ancient Kahndaqi and corrupted antihero attempting to clear his name and reputation. Since the turn of the 21st century, however, Black Adam has been redefined by DC Comics writers Jerry Ordway, Geoff Johns, and David S. īlack Adam was originally depicted as a supervillain and the ancient magical champion predecessor of Captain Marvel, who fought his way to modern times to challenge the hero and his Marvel Family associates. Shazam Family), alongside Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind. Since DC Comics licensed and acquired Fawcett's characters in the 1970s, Black Adam has endured as one of the archenemies of the superhero Captain Marvel / Shazam and the Marvel Family (a.k.a. Beck, and first appeared in the debut issue of Fawcett Comics' The Marvel Family comic book in December 1945. Electricity/lightning generation and manipulationīlack Adam, real name Teth-Adam ( In Arabic: تيث آدم), is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Infinite superhuman stamina and endurance.Highly skilled warrior, tactician, and hand-to-hand combatant.
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