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Black Adam, real name Teth-Adam (Arabic: تيث آدم), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, and first appeared in the debut issue of Fawcett Comics' The Marvel Family comic book in December 1945. 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. Shazam Family), alongside Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind. Black 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. Since the turn of the 21st century, however, Black Adam has been redefined by DC Comics writers Jerry Ordway, Geoff Johns, and David S. Goyer as an ancient Kahndaqi and corrupted antihero attempting to clear his name and reputation. He came from a fictional Middle Eastern country named Kahndaq, located in the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Portrayed and seen as a hero who liberated his homeland of Kahndaq from slavery. 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. In 2009, Black Adam was ranked as IGN's 16th-greatest comic book villain of all time. Dwayne 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). Publication history Fawcett Comics The canon version of Black Adam appeared only once during Fawcett's initial publication run of Captain Marvel comics. 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. This story is reprinted in DC's Shazam! #8 (1973), which is his first appearance in the Bronze Age. 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. Originally, the wizard Shazam grants Adam powers derived from ancient Greco-Roman deities; later in the series, it was changed to ancient Egyptian deities. Deciding that he should rule the world, the Mighty Adam overthrows and kills the pharaoh and assumes the Egyptian throne. 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. Black Adam spends the next 5,000 years flying back to Earth. 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. Adam's attempts to take over the world cause the Marvels to seek counsel with Shazam, who tells them about Black Adam. Adam succeeds in gagging Billy and Freddy while they are talking to Shazam. He then ties them up, planning to kill them later. Uncle Marvel releases them while Mary battles Black Adam, enabling them to transform. Adam does battle with the trio, known as the Marvel Family, but since all are equally invulnerable, the fight goes on and on without resolution. The non-powered Marvel Family member Uncle Marvel gets an idea from Shazam and tricks Adam into saying "Shazam," reverting him to Teth-Adam. The thousands of years it took traveling to earth catch up to him, and he's transformed into a skeleton. Black 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. DC Comics Pre-Crisis 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. He then destroys the machine so it cannot be used against him, much to Sivana's annoyance. According 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). Black Adam accidentally time-travels back to 1776 while going to the Rock of Eternity to destroy Shazam at Sivana's request, as Sivana felt Adam's powers would be wiped out as well, but Captain Marvel accidentally throws him back in time. He and Captain Marvel battle, during which Black Adam realizes he will have to do something drastic and tricky to defeat Marvel. Adam gets his transformative lightning to strike Captain Marvel, transforming Captain Marvel back to Billy. He then seizes Billy and covers his mouth before he can finish saying his magic word, "SHAZAM!!". He then flies to a nearby ship where he obtains a length of rope which he uses to bind and gag Billy, after which he throws him into the sea. However, Billy swims to the surface, and is rescued by a colonist rebel, and freed. He realizes the rebel is Paul Revere, which was ironic since earlier in the story, he repaired Revere's statue. Billy then returns to his own time where Shazam tells him Black Adam is there. Adam comes to Captain Marvel to exact revenge, when during a short battle, Adam is once again tricked by Captain Marvel into saying "Shazam." Adam then gets amnesia as a result of a powerful punch from Captain Marvel. After that, Black Adam is also involved with Karmang in the All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58 (Black Adam's third appearance, but second new appearance in the Bronze Age) and tries to destroy both Superman and Captain Marvel. After several more defeats at Captain Marvel's hands, Adam joins Mister Mind's final Pre-Crisis version of the Monster Society of Evil which stages an assault on the Rock of Eternity. The evil god of magic Oggar summons an evil army from the sands and dust of Egypt for Adam to lead after muting Billy with his magic. They escape, despite being defeated. When last seen during the Crisis On Infinite Earths (Pre-Crisis version), Adam was fighting the heroes on the five remaining and partially merged Earths. Fictional character biography The Power of Shazam!: revised origin Black Adam is reintroduced to the DC Universe in The Power of Shazam! graphic novel by Jerry Ordway in 1994 (an earlier Post-Crisis version of the character appeared in Shazam!: The New Beginning but this appearance is not considered canonical). In that story and the subsequent Power of Shazam! ongoing series, Adam is a deadly and evil adver.... Discover the Adam Black popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam Black books.
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Innocent Blood
P. D. JamesAdopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor maid. The terrifying truth about her parents and a l...
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No Holding Back
Michael HoldingThe autobiography of West Indies fastbowling legend turned Sky pundit, Michael Holding, author of the awardwinning Why We Kneel, How We RiseAs one of the fastest bowlers the world ...
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Cover Her Face
P. D. JamesThe first in the series of scintillating mysteries to feature cunning Scotland Yard detective, Adam Dalgliesh from P.D. James, the bestselling author hailed by People magazine as “...
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Petrarch in English
Thomas RocheFranceso Petrarch (13041374), creator of the sonnet form, remained for more than three hundred years the most influential poet in Europe, his works more widely read than even those...
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Venomous
Karl HillA Scottish special forces officer is recruited to help rescue the prime minister’s daughter in this thriller by the author of Violation. Tasked with uncovering crucial information ...
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How to Make it Happen
Maria HatzistefanisSuccess is not final and failure is not fatal.Maria Hatzistefanis should know. Having spent 20 years building her own company (described by the press as 'an overnight success'), sh...
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Hearts Touched with Fire
David GergenThis instant New York Times bestseller is an “inspiring and useful” (The Washington Post) guide to the art of leadership from David Gergenformer White House adviser to four US pres...
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Shroud for a Nightingale
P. D. JamesHailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book in bestselling author P.D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh mystery series.The young women ...
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Citizen Quinn
Gavin Daly & Ian KehoeCitizen Quinn tells the staggering story of the rise and fall of Ireland's richest man: Sean Quinn. A few years ago, Sean Quinn was ranked among the two hundred richest people in t...
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The Black Tower
P. D. JamesJust recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called to the bedside of an elderly priest. When Dalgliesh arrives, Father Baddeley is dead. Is it merely his own b...
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The Adam Black Thrillers Books One to Three
Karl HillTogether in one collection: the first three adventures of an exSAS captain turned lawyer who administers his own brand of justice.UnleashedAdam Black, an ex SAS Captain, is randoml...
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
Catherine GrayTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Not remotely preachy' The Times 'Jaunty, shrewd and convincing' Sunday Telegraph 'Admirably honest, light, bubbly and remarkably rarely annoying.'...
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The Cost of Knowing
Brittney MorrisFour starred reviews!Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upsi...
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Tragedy Plus Time
Adam Cayton-Holland“Inspiring, tragic, and at times heartrendingly funny.” People Unsentimental, unexpectedly funny, and incredibly honest, Tragedy Plus Time is a love letter to every family that has...
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Fury
Karl HillAn exSAS captain must investigate the connection between a serial killer, a Hollywood actor, and mysterious book in this actionpacked crime thriller.When a stranger gives Adam Blac...
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The Discourses
Niccolò Machiavelli, Bernard Crick, Brian Richardson & Leslie WalkerFew figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolò Machiavelli. But while his treatise The Prince made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthle...
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Intrinsic
Sharath JeevanAN INSPIRATIONAL MANIFESTO FOR REIGNITING OUR PASSION FOR LIFE AND OUR INNER DRIVE FROM SHARATH JEEVAN, A LEADING EXPERT ON MOTIVATION.'An essential guide for rediscovering our mot...
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The Silence
Don DeLilloFrom the National Book Award–winning author of Underworld, a “daring…provocative…exquisite” (The Washington Post) novel about five people gathered together in a Manhattan apartment...
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Journals and Letters
Peter Sabor & Frances BurneyNovelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 17521840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until t...
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A Mind to Murder
P. D. JamesThe second book to feature Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh, A Mind To Murder is a “superbly satisfying mystery” (Chicago Daily News) from bestselling author P.D. James.On...
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Billionaire Adam
Josie SnowAdam likes clubs and fast cars and using his money to have fun. He's living the VIP lifestyle the first time he meets and is turned down by Kiara. Fast forward five years and she's...
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Hold the Line
Michael Fanone & John ShiffmanFrom a twentyyear police veteran and former Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th, this instant New York Times bestseller is also an urgen...
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Human Happiness
Blaise PascalCreated by the seventeenthcentury philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find sati...
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Paradise Lost
John Milton'An endless moral maze, introducing literature's first Romantic, Satan' John CareyIn his epic poem Paradise Lost Milton conjured up a vast, aweinspiring cosmos ranging across huge ...
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Death of an Expert Witness
P. D. JamesIn yet another pageturning installment in the bestselling Adam Dalgliesh mystery series from P.D. James, “the reigning mistress of murder” (Time), the Inspector must investigate th...
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The Seven Ages of Death
Dr Richard ShepherdThe heartwrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF ...
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The Executioner
Joseph de MaistreSince their first publication in 1821, de Maistre's dark writings have fascinated and appalled critics, with their relentless hatred of the Enlightenment and view of humans as murd...
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Changing Your Story
Bill Beswick'Bill offers you an opportunity to grow your mind and think like a champion. I recommend it to you!' Adam PeatyWe all love stories. They make us feel, help us connect, relate to on...
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The Adam Black Thrillers Books One to Four
Karl HillFour actionpacked thrillers featuring the fearless former SAS captain, now in one volume! Unleashed An exSAS captain fights back and survives a violent attack in his quiet Sc...
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Worthy
Jada Pinkett SmithTime magazine most anticipated books of 2023 Parade magazine mustread books by celebrities 2023"I went through so many emotions reading this book. Reconnecting to one's ancestors a...
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The Metaphysics
AristotleThe Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hardheaded view that all proces...
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Laughing Legends
Jeffrey Gurian, Richie Tienken & Chris RockOnce in a lifetime a venue comes along that changes show business dramatically, that fosters growth and camaraderie, experimentation and freedom. The Comic Strip is one of those pl...
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The Other Side of Night
Adam HamdyFor fans of Matt Haig and Anthony Horowitz, a “strange, compelling, and ultimately moving headspinner of a novel” (John Connolly) in which the lives of a disgraced police officer, ...
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Kiss of Death
Adam CroftBook four in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. An elderly woman collapses and dies during a Sunday morning church service in Oakham. But thi...
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How Confidence Works
Ian RobertsonConfidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance Confidence acts like a miniantidepressant, lifting your mood Confidence is contagious Confidence is anxiety's g...
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Nuff Said
Tyrus, Dana Perino & Billy CorganThe New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Just Tyrus returns in his inimitable style with deeper reminiscences on the life that shaped him and how he views t...
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Unnatural Causes
P. D. JamesThe third installment in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, Unnnatural Causes is another mustread pageturner from bestselling author P.D. James, “the reigning mistress of m...