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Black Adam

Real Name
Teth-Adam
First Appearance
The Marvel Family # 1 (December 1945)
Creators
Otto Binder, C. C. Beck
Team Affiliations
Justice Society of America, Injustice Society, The Society, Suicide Squad, Monster Society of Evil, Black Marvel Family
Aliases
Theo Adam, Mighty Adam, Khem-Adam
Base of Operations
Mobile
Powers
The Stamina of Shu, The Speed of Haru, The Strength of Amon, The Wisdom of Zehuti, The Power of Aton, The Courage of Mehen, Longevity
Skills and Abilities
Fighting Experience
Paraphernalia
None

Black Adam is a supervillain (and for a time, a superhero) in the DC Universe and a long time enemy of Captain Marvel. The goal was for him to be the hero that Captain Marvel is now, but the Wizard judged his personality badly and he was banished away in space, because Wizard Shazam cannot remove the super powers he gives, but he found the way back.

Origin[]

Teth-Adam was a hero of ancient Egypt chosen for his purity of spirit by the wizard Shazam to hold his powers. However, Adam eventually became corrupt and power-hungry, becoming the entity Black Adam.

Powers & Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Divine Empowerment/Calling: After his resurrection, Adam was no longer powered by the Wizard, instead he gained his power from six Egyptian deities — Shu, Horus, Amun, Zehuti, Aten and Mehen. Like before, Adam activates these powers by uttering the magic word "Shazam".
    • Bless Power Link / Lightning-Induced Power Summoning
      • Power of the Ancient Egyptian Gods: Upon saying the magic word, Shazam, Adam can transform into a new body with powers directly granted by the Egyptian Gods
        • "S" for the Stamina of Shu (god of the wind and air): Upon his resurrection, Adam was imbued with the stamina of Shu, the Egyptian God of the air and light. Because of this blessing his highly advanced musculature produces almost no fatigue toxins, granting him almost limitless physical stamina during physical activity.
          • Self-Sustenance: Because of Shu's blessings, Adam is able to survive without food, water or any other sort of sustenance while in his empowered form.
          • Superhuman Stamina
          • Superhuman Endurance: His godly metabolism provides him with far greater than human endurance in all physical activities.
          • Combat Empowerment
        • "H" for the Speed of Heru / Horus (falcon god of revenge, falcons, hunting, the sky, war, the sun, life and pharaohs): Black Adam was bequeathed hyper-speed after his resurrection by the Egyptian God of the sky Horus. He can run 2 times the speed of light (the speed of light is 671,000,000 miles per hour)
          • Flight: Due to the blessing of Horus Adam can resist the pull of a planet's gravity and navigate through the sky unaided by technology.
          • Superhuman Speed
            • Superhuman Agility: Black Adam's agility, balance and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels.
            • Superhuman Reflexes
        • "A" for the Strength of Amun / Ammon-Ra / Atum Ra ( Sun god & Ruler of the Egyptian Gods): Black Adam was gifted vast superhuman strength by the King of the Egyptian Gods, Amun. With this power Adam is able to lift tanks with ease, crack stone, and land powerful blows on the likes of Ultraman. He can lift 73 quintillion tons.
        • "Z" for the Wisdom of Zehuti/Thoth (god of knowledge, wisdom, magic, ibises, writing, calculation, scribes, knowledge, moon, science, and baboons): Upon his resurrection, Adam was blessed with the wisdom of Zehuti, the Egyptian God of learning.
          • Enhanced/Superhuman Senses: Black Adam's senses are far greater than any normal human.
            • Enhanced Hearing
          • Superhuman Knowledge: Can recall knowledge and facts that he normally should not and/or would not know.
          • Clairvoyance: An uncanny awareness of his circumstances that allows him to turn disadvantages into advantages, an understanding of divine interactions with the mortal world.
          • Omni-lingual
          • Hypnosis: Can hypnotize people as well, through this power.
          • Divine Grace: Innate luck and divine guidance that allows finesse in actions and dealings with others.
          • Eidetic Memory
          • Enhanced Intellect: Intellect and wisdom are heightened to superhuman levels. This also provides great or comprehensive knowledge in many areas, including:
          • Tactics of War
          • Mathematics
          • Instant Learning
          • Superhuman widsom: Black Adam possesses wisdom beyond the human level, guiding him to make better decisions and improving his intellect. This is shown when Black Adam instinctively saved Adriana Tomaz even without knowing who she was and how important she will be to him in the near future, as well as how he quickly mastered the English and the sarcasm.
        • "A" for the Power of Aton / Aten (disk of the sun, and an aspect of Ra): After his resurrection, Adam was no longer fueled by the Wizard's magical abilities, but rather the light of Aten, an aspect of the Egyptian sun God Ra.
          • Electrokinesis: Black Adam is able to manipulate the magical lightning that fuels his power. He can summon powerful bolts of lightning by yelling "Shazam" and letting the transformative bolt of lightning hit the opponent rather then himself. His lightning was also capable of recharging Flash's powers after he was depleted of energy.
          • Magic: As the wielder of the Gods of Egypt's power, Black Adam can use magic spells for various purposes. He used the blood of a magical creature in order to gain insight on where Billy Batson was located in the Magiclands.
            • The Power of Isis: He has recently acquired the Power of the Goddess Isis (try not to be confused with Adrianna Tomaz). When Black Adam utters the magic word he not only gains his usual powers but all of his original powers are greater in strength because of the extra power he gains from Isis. The Power of Isis also grants him:
              • Nature Control: Ability to control various aspects of nature. Although Black Adam has never used this power, Isis's power grants him control over all of the elements. This power should allow him to summon a mighty wind to sweep across the land, or cause geysers of molten lava to spontaneously rise from the ground.
              • Telekinesis: Ability to move objects with the power of the mind.
            • Teleportation: The ability to access the Rock of Eternity.
            • Mystical Transformation: The ability to transform from a mortal to the entity empowered by the six.
            • Advanced Healing: The ability to use the transformative lightning to heal others or ones self instantly.
            • In addition, Black Adam could merge his own lightning bolt with all other lightnings on Earth, forming an electrical barrier around the planet; this prevents any mystical attempts to track him and will kill any members of the Marvel Family that crosses the barrier.
            • Physical Enhancement
            • Spell Source
            • Power Bestowal
            • Magic Resistance
            • Dark Arts
            • Spell Casting
            • Elemental Summoning
            • Energy Projection: Chosen ones can project their transforming lightning bolts as offensive weapons.
            • Magical Attacks
            • Spell Creation
            • Magical Energy Manipulation
          • Divinity
          • Magic Warrior
          • Egyptian Mysticism
          • Mysticism Combat
          • Force Transformation
        • "M" for the Courage of Mehen (the snake-god who coils around Ra): Black Adam was bequeathed both physical and psychological resilience by Mehen, an Egyptian snake-god. Black Adam can withstand bullets with no difficulty, as well as withstand massive blunt force.
          • Accelerated Healing: Black Adam can recover from wounds at a much faster pace then regular humans thanks to the blessing of Mehen. He once completely healed a broken jaw in a few hours after it was broken by Ultraman.
          • Immortality: As long as Adam remains in his empowered state, he doesn't age.
          • Superhuman Inner Strength: He is always supported by an innate and harmonious presence of goodwill and strength of perseverance that he never backs down from a challenge.
          • Invulnerability: If he were somehow wounded, his godly energies would enable him to recover instantly. It would take an injury of such magnitude that it dispersed a major portion of his bodily molecules to cause him a physical death. Even then, it might be possible for a god of significant power, such as Ra, Anubis, and Osiris or for a number of Egyptian gods of equal power working together to revive him.
            • Ice resistance: Black Adam also has another trick up his sleeve he also can resist the cold and other certain temperatures kind of gets in line with his invulnerability since also his lightning glasses have a certain temperature.
            • Toxic Immunity
            • Telepathic Resistance
            • Energy Resistance: Chosen has immunity to all magical attacks and can take such attacks full on without sustained damage, such as; being hit with spells from magical opponents, even the magic of other chosen ones.
            • Magic Immunity
            • Exhaustion Immunity
          • Indomitable Will
          • Superhuman Bravery
          • Supernatural Durability
      • Supervillain Physiology

Abilities[]

  • Historiography
    • Egyptology: Since he lived through the time period, Adam has a rich understanding of ancient Egyptian culture.
  • Master combatant: Even without his powers, Teth-Adam was able to single-handedly defeat an entire squad of A.R.G.U.S. guards. He was also able to defeat Sabbac, who equaled him in power.
    • Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Adam has admitted he's had a lifetime of experience as a Champion of the Wizard. He also battled against an alien invasion, who had come to subdue Kahndaq and the rest of the World centuries before the modern day. Defeating their champion in single combat, provoking the other aliens to flee Earth.
    • Supernatural Unarmed Combat Mastery
  • Intimidation: Adam was considered intimidating enough to be conducted in the Sinestro Corps.
  • National Leadership: Adam rules the African nation of Kahndaq.
    • National Villain: His draconian methods grant him effective leadership abilities and have allowed him to rule his own country without considerable dissent.
  • Meditation
  • Multilingualism: Adam speaks English, ancient Egyptian, Kahndaqi, and Arabic.
  • Occultism: Due to the nature of his powers, Adam has a decent understanding of magic.
  • Firearms
  • Knife Proficiency
  • Swordsmanship
  • Supervillain
  • Patriotic Hero; sometimes

Weaknesses[]

  • Magical Vulnerability: Only significant magic can affect him.
  • Vulnerable to Lightning/Electricity: Lightning attacks that cause damage and can cause Black Adam to revert back to Theo Adam.
  • Vulnerability to Vulnerability: Black Adam is vulnerable to powers that nullify or surpass his own magic. He is also unable to transform back to his mortal form without fading into dust.
  • An former weakness of Teth-Adam is that he couldn't revert to normal because if he did, he would age all the years he didn't, meaning he would die. But after his first defeat, magic made the dust return to his body, which in turn was rejuvenated to the age he was when he gained his powers.
  • Eternium: Weapons made with the substance can damage him; an eternium missile caused him to fall unconscious for hours.
  • Vocal reliance: The spell that allows him to transform is purely vocal. Therefore, if he is prevented from speaking, such as being gagged, he will not be able to transform.
  • Demonic powers: Even in his empowered form, Black Adam is vulnerable to those who are empowered by demons. Sabbac was able to almost kill him with his demonic powers.

Paraphernalia[]

Weapons[]

  • Yellow Power Ring (Formerly)
    • Energy Construct Creation
      • Force Field
    • Energy Projection
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