Is Black Adam a Villain?

In 2009, Black Adam was ranked as IGN’s 16th-greatest comic book villain of all time. Dwayne Johnson voiced the character in DC League of Super-Pets (2022), before starring as the character in his live-action debut in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Black Adam (2022), following a silent digital cameo in Shazam!

Teth-Adam then avenged his family’s death and was imprisoned for 5000 years. Unlike Billy Batson’s Shazam, Black Adam is a lot more brutal and violent. Though they share the same symbol and similar costumes and even have identical superpowers, they are not the same.

These powers include the stamina of Shu, the swiftness of Heru, the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, the power of Aton, and the courage of Mehen. Black Adam using his powers. The power corrupted Teth-Adam and turned him evil.

The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $389 million worldwide against a production budget of $195–230 million, by some estimates failing to recoup its total cost after marketing and distribution costs, resulting in some publications labeling it as a box-office bomb.

Weaknesses. Magical Vulnerability: Only significant magic can affect him. Lightning: Lightning attacks that cause damage and can cause Black Adam to revert back to Theo Adam.

The god Zehuti gave Black Adam his wisdom and access to knowledge from mortal to magical properties, and the god Aton give him his actually power and ability to strike an opponent with a lightning bolt. The last god called Mehan gave him his gift of courage and his ability to resist manipulation.

Adam gains his powers from a council of wizards who empower him with abilities from the Egyptian pantheon of gods. Whenever Adam speaks the word “Shazam!” he is granted godlike powers including superhuman strength and durability, flight, and the ability to generate lightning.

When he says the word ‘Shazam,’ he is transformed into Black Adam, and he uses his powers to kill the pharaoh and take over the throne, for which the Wizard sends him off to a distant star for his betrayal.

But the resulting powers become too overwhelming for Adam, corrupting him and inspiring the ancient wizard to rename him “Black Adam” as a result. (As Johnson explained to Vanity Fair: “The ‘Black’ in Black Adam refers to his soul.”

DC Comics has already confirmed that while Black Adam may not be as strong as Superman, he is still considered far more dangerous. As one of the World’s Mightiest Mortals, Black Adam lives up to his moniker by being one of the fiercest beings in the DC Universe.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, “Black Adam” is a spinoff film set within what is known as the DC Extended Universe. The long-gestating project is most closely associated with “Shazam!” (2019) because of the character’s comic book history, though there are no explicit ties to any of the other DCEU films.

Creators. Black Adam was an ancient Egyptian slave who received the powers of the Wizard Shazam. However, he was imprisoned for millennia by the Wizard after he misused his powers. He was eventually freed in the modern day where he went on to battle the Wizard’s new champion Billy Batson many times.

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