COMICS • COLLECTOR GUIDES
DC antihero from Kahndaq empowered by ancient magical forces. This page collects the live-action films in the watchlist in which the character or team has a principal role, making it easier to follow their screen appearances and connected movie series.
Start with the essential comics, follow the character through the movie library, then continue into related stories and live shop inventory.
Teth-Adam is an ancient champion empowered by magical gods, but his immense power and uncompromising methods lead to tragedy, corruption and exile. Re-emerging in the modern age as Black Adam, he becomes both an adversary and uneasy ally to heroes, especially the Shazam family, while fiercely defending the nation of Kahndaq according to his own severe sense of justice.
Important comic-book milestones for the character and why each issue or story matters.
Major key · 1945The Marvel Family #1Major key — first appearance of Black Adam.Read collector guide →
Major key · 2001JSA #21Major key — modern return that begins a major rehabilitation of the character.Read collector guide →
Minor key · 2003JSA #45Minor key — key chapter in Black Adam's rise as a complex antihero.Read collector guide →Additional source-material touchpoints from the movie guides below. Essential character keys already shown above are not repeated here.
Ancient champion Teth-Adam awakens and violently challenges foreign control of Kahndaq. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
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