Black Adam

Black Adam is a major supervillain in dc comics

* Black Adam vs. Namor

## History

During the time of Ancient Kahndaq, there lived a prince named Teth-Adam who was hero of his time before he ended up in slavery alongside his nephew Aman whose moral purity impressed the high priest Shazam who made the boy into his magically-endowed champion. But when Aman gave his uncle a bit of power to save his life, Teth-Adam was revealed to have been broken by his years of slavery and wanted nothing more than revenge as his killed his nephew to become the sole possessor of the power of Shazam. Angered by this betrayal, Shazam christened the errant usurper "Black Adam" and banished him to another planet. It would take Black Adam five millennia to return to Earth, with Shazam finding a true champion in Billy Batson.

## Information

### Background

* Real Name: Teth-Adam
* Alias: Mighty Adam, Yellow Lantern, Teddy, Shazadam
* Affiliation: Council of Immortals, Kahndaq, Shazam Family, formerly Justice League, Secret Society of Super-Villains, Injustice League, Sinestro Corps, Legion of Doom
* Occupation: Protector of Kahnaq
* Age: Thousands of years old
* Height: 6'3
* Weight: 250lbs
* Like Billy Batson, activates his powers by shouting "Shazam"

### Powers and Abilities

* Divine Empowerment
	+ Stamina of Shu
		- Self-Sustenance
	+ Speed of Horus
		- Flight
		- Superhuman Agility
		- Superhuman Reflexes
	+ Strength of Amun
	+ Wisdom of Zehuti
		- Enhanced Senses
			* Enhanced Hearing
	+ Power of Aten
		- Electrokinesis
			* Electro-Blast.
	+ Courage of Mehen
		- Accelerated Healing
		- Immortality
	+ Magic
* Egyptology
* Hand-to-Hand Combat
* Intimidation
* Leadership
* Meditation
* Multilingualism
* Occultism

### Feats

* Ripped a chunk of stone out of the ground and threw it at someone, crushing them, and then flew through the stone ceiling
* Flew through an asphalt road
* Caught a punch from Shazam
* Threw a bus out of the city
* Helped Sinestro move the moon
* Tossed a truck into a building with one hand
* Threw a tank, wrecking it
* Threw a stone statue through a wall and lifted a stone throne and then smashed it into the ground
* Him and Sinestro stopped an eclipse by pushing the moon
* Tore a mummy in half and used a sarcophagus as a melee weapon
* Punched a large hole through an asphalt road
* Sent Shazam flying through a building with a punch
* Tackled Shazam through a concrete wall and then knocked a tiger away
* Knocked away the Shazam family trying to restrain him
* Tackled Shazam through the ceiling and out of a brick wall
* Tackled Ultraman through a building and into the ground, cratering concrete and sending steel containers flying
* Sent Giganta flying out of a building
* Beat down on Ultraman
* Hurt Mongul with his strikes
* Gave Ultraman a big nosebleed by calling Shazam
* Made Superwoman scream in pain by calling Shazam
* Blasted Wonder Woman with lightning, sending her flying into a stone wall and cracking it
* Backhanded Maser
* Thrashed Shazam and broke his arm
* Broke out of Kyle Raynor's constructs
* Traded blows with Orion
* Overpowered Atom Smasher
* Snapped Jace's neck
* Knocked back Superman
* Tore out War's heart
* Strikes harder than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
* Casually tossed an aircraft carrier
* Defeated Hawkman
* His sonic clap can one-shot Power Girl
* Beat Billy even as the new Wizard
* Physically overpowered Death (Death was amped by millions of people's destruction)
* Killed Famine
* Can't be restrained by Shazam
* Ripped the head off of AMAZO
* Killed Psycho Pirate by poking through his eyes
* One-shotted Martian Manhunter
* Struck Supergirl, leaving her dazed and reeling
* Consistently fights and harms the Marvel family (Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr.)
* Matched Superman’s strength on multiple occasions
* Broke out of Green Lantern Kyle Rayner’s construct
* Sent Sand flying with a punch and can crush his gun
* Can arm wrestle and choke out Atom Smasher
* Broke a force field which could withstand the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
* Snapped Eclipso’s neck
* Was capable of drawing blood from King Shazam
* Knocked out Superboy-Prime with his and Shazam’s lightning
* Knocked down Darkseid while he was controlled by the Great Darkness, with his lightning, and destroyed the chains binding him
* Knocked out Pariah with his lightning
* Went from ground level to the thermosphere in a matter of seconds
* Flew into space with Sinestro
* Dodged Mary Marvel
* Caught and threw a bomb while tearing a guy's arm off before it detonated
* Moved several hundred miles in a couple seconds
* Speed-blitzed Shazam
* Speed-blitzed Ultraman
* Decapitated a terrorist faster than the eye could see
* Caught Darla, the fastest member of the Marvel family
* Blitzed Power Girl and tags Jay Garrick
* Blitzesd Hal Jordan faster than he could react
* Repeatedly stated to be able to fly at light-speed
* Flew from the farthest star in the universe to Earth in 5,000 years
* Was able to hurl himself out of the normal universe and into the Rock of Eternity within a few moments
* Blitzed a group of policemen
* Kept up with Jay Garrick’s speed, pushing it to its limits
	+ Jay could adjust his internal vibrations faster than human calculations could even measure to reach the sixth dimension in an infinitesimal fraction of a second
	+ Jay was able to momentarily run through the timestream with Barry Allen and Wally West while they were outpacing Death
	+ Jay, along with Superman and Wally, was able to travel through the timestream from the 64th century back to the present
* Scales to Shazam who has flown to the Rock of Eternity which exists beyond time and space
* Has kept up with Wonder Woman, who:
	+ Once blocked pieces from the Shattered God, which came from the corner of the universe in seconds
	+ Has thrown her lasso into the Speed Force
* Has kept up with Martian Manhunter, who spread his telepathy across Earth within the span of Planck time
* Scales to the likes of Green Lantern, who:
	+ Could send probes across the universe, scanning it within a heartbeat
	+ Could casually travel across the universe within hours
	+ Could potentially create a Speed Force singularity by forcing his ring to go too fast
* Scales to Superman, who:
	+ Can fly fast enough to burst the bonds of infinity (infinite)
	+ Can react to and destroy reality blitzing missiles which were traveling from conceptual Monitor nanotechnology into the multiverse before Lois’ heart could beat once
	+ Could exist in an ‘eternal now’ where all moments existed simultaneously, allowing him to move across a quantum sea to push through the boundaries of space, memory, and emotion, bringing him to the ‘final barrier’ that could not be passed, the concept of death itself
	+ According to Batman, can halve distances in Planck time
	+ Can react in an attosecond
	+ Can escape a prison of weaponized Hypertime, which is the temporal equivalent of the “omniverse”

* Bulletproof
* Unbothered by a car crashing into him
* Unharmed from being hit by a speeding truck
* Took a punch from Shazam and Mary Marvel into a building, creating an explosion
* Took a hit from Ultraman, who was amped by Kryptonite
* Can shrug off attacks from the Marvel Family
* Took attacks from Martian Manhunter, including a point-blank laser directly to his face
* Stood back up after taking a blow from a bloodlusted Superman
* Simply walked off Power Girl's heat vision
* Laughed off lightning from Doctor Fate
* Tanked Superman’s best blow, with Superman stating that Black Adam could stalemate him for days
* Tanked Hawkgirl knocking him away, sending him flying
* Tanked a blow from Orion
* Survived a tesseract the size of a football field being teleported directly into his brain
* Tanked a 300 decibel Canary Cry
* Endured a hit from Superboy-Prime
* Can take hits from Wonder Woman
* One of Shazam's longest running villains
	+ Consistently gives him a run for his money
* Impressed the wizard Shazam with his fairness and decency
* Killed the evil priest known as Ahk-Ton in revenge for killing his people
* Overthrew the government of Khandaq
* Helped Shazam in the War of the Gods
* Joined the Justice Society of America
* Systematically joined and betrayed the Injustice Society to help the JSA
* Killed Kobra
* Joined the Secret Society of Super-Villains to protect Khandaq
* Brought Atom-Smasher back to life after the Spectre killed him
* Did acts of good will while in the United States
	+ Even attended a charity dinner at the Sivana estate
* Killed Sobek, a talking crocodile that destroyed Khandaq
* Defeated Death, who was amped by all the souls Black Adam had killed
* Defeated the Great Ten
* Fought against the combined efforts of the Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, and Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter of the JLA
	+ Killed Terra and mutilated a young Frankenstein in the battle
* Resurrected his wife Isis with the Lazarus Pit
* Worked with Felix Faust to escape the Tower of Fate
* Battled against Hawkman
* Saved two doctors that treated his wounds while powerless
* Defeated the Seven Deadly Sins
* Killed Aman, his nephew
* Murdered the members of the Council of Eternity
* Took in metas who were shunned from reality after the Metahuman Theory set in
* Defeated Shazam, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Atom Smasher, Eclipso, Psycho Pirate, Superboy-Prime, Pariah, etc
* Killed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
* Singlehandedly held his own against entire superhero teams
	+ Took on the entire JSA team by himself

* Has consistently been a powerful foe to the entire Marvel Family
* Became a valuable member of both the Justice Society of America and Justice League
* Was the sole survivor of the initial battle between the Justice League and the Great Darkness
* Was the first champion of the Wizard Shazam
* Snuck past the binding spell of the Tower of Fate while he was a human
* Managed to fight and defeat Santa Claus because he didn’t give presents to the children of Kahndaq

### Weaknesses

* Still has limits
* Easily defeated by Superboy-Prime
* Could destroy himself if he reverts to his human state upon saying "Shazam", causing the years to catch to his body and reduce him to dust
	+ He appears to have overcome this weakness following his resurrection and empowerment by the Gods of Egypt, however
* Susceptible to speed stealing
* Greatly corrupted
* Arrogant
* Lost his powers for a time
* Can be affected by magic