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[edit] He should never have forgotten the thunder
As the "anti-Captain Marvel", Black Adam is very probably the model for Alan Moore's "anti-Miracleman", Johnny Bates. In fact, Bates is defeated only because, at the height of his triumph, he accidently speaks the name of his nemesis and suffers a fate reminiscent of that which destroyed the original (Fawcett) Black Adam.
[edit] Powers
One thing I've never really understood is Black Adam's powers. I understand how he got them -- granted to him by the wizard Shazam -- but I don't understand how he's kept them. In The Power of Shazam! series that ran in the 90's, Shazam made a point, on several occaisions that his power was finite. I recall this most notably when Mary and Billy want to grant some of their powers to Freddy after Freddy is badly hurt by Captain Nazi.
So how, then, does Black Adam retain superpowers after Shazam grants them to someone else? And why, unlike the Marvel family, don't his abilities count toward the finite source?
The only thing I can think of is that for Black Adam, "SHAZAM" entails a different set of gods (therefore a different source), but to the best of my knowledge that explanation isn't substantiated in the comic. It seems to me that Black Adam and Captain Marvel both draw their abilities from the same source with no penalty. -- Broken Arms Gordon 13:58, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- IIRC early in the Power of Shazam series he has his powers restored by Blaze. It happens off-panel, so anyone is free to fill the details. Maybe it is somehow Blaze instead of Shazam (who, I read, has been revelead to be her father) who empowers Adam. Luis Dantas 22:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Exactly how strong is he? Class 100? same as Cap. Marvel?
- If you ask me, DC's power levels make even less sense than Marvel's. But Black Adam has been known to fight Captain Marvel and Superman one-on-one, so he must be a close match for either. Luis Dantas 22:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I presume that Black Adam is in the same class as Superman, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman and all of the other strongest heroes. Allegedly, his powers are meant to be greater than those of Captain Marvel because they are never shared out with the rest of the Marvel Family. Given that Adam draws his powers from a different set of benefactors, it is presumable that his capabilities are derived from a portion of Shazam's power seperate to that of the Marvel Family. -Sh@z@m
I'd like to see a citation for Black Adam's clarvoiant powers; I don't recall any examples of this from the comics. Similarly, if his top speed has been established, it should be cited; otherwise it should be sufficient to say "super-speed" in the ambiguous way his writers do. 66.223.58.254 23:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Theo Adam - operatic superstar
It's outrageous that "Theo Adam" gets directed to this ridiculous article. Theo Adam (born 1926) is a great opera singer who deserves his own article.
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Adam-Theo.htm
http://www.iclassics.com/artistBio?contentId=1789
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam
http://www.jenskleemann.de/wissen/bildung/wikipedia/t/th/theo_adam.html
Fusspot 20:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Feel free to change it. --DrBat 22:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Poor li'l opera buff got their sensabilities offended. Awwwww. :) CovenantD 22:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Theo Adam is also the civilian name of Black Adam. That was never meant as a slight against the opera singer. One would think that actually building an article for him (which I intend to do albeit as a stub) is far more respectful for him than just pretending that we do not know Black Adam's name. Luis Dantas 21:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Khandaq/Kahndaq
I don't know if putting the h after the first a is a misspelling. In the first issue of 52, the sign on the embassy distinctly said "KAHNDAQ"... Coyote42 21:33, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's spelled Kahndaq pretty consistently throughout JSA as well. I'm changing it here and in other articles as well. --Patrick T. Wynne 20:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you. I may have made the error elsewhere, after checking this article to be sure. --Chris Griswold 07:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- I've seen both. It should matter since it's the anglican version of a fictitious Arabic word.
- Thank you. I may have made the error elsewhere, after checking this article to be sure. --Chris Griswold 07:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Extraneous pic:
Okay, folks, this pic to the right here needs to stay out of the article. I know some fanboy(s) out there think(s) that it's, "like, so kewl" to see Black Adam snap a woman's neck with his bare hands...but the image (a) serves no educational purpose in the context of this article and (b) doesn't have a place to neatly fit besides. Leave it out and let it stay out: this article is more than sufficiently illustrated as it is. --FuriousFreddy 07:35, 20 May 2006
[edit] Section expansion.
Well, I can see this article is quite large and people want to keep it at a reasonable size. However, there's such a thing as over summarization. 52 (comics) is a big thing and to simply cut out so much data from BA's appearances for the sake of a "short section" will be all for nought. I recommend an article be made for his appearances in 52 and linked back here. The summarization is reaching a point of inaccurately displaying information. With another article, shortness nuts can do what they like here, but the reader will still have a better source to turn to. Also, note the other character actuals with "52" sections. ACS (Wikipedian) 18:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
An entire article that would basically dup information found here and in the 52 article? I don't think it's necessary. Just because people want to include more than summary info is no reason to give them an article with which to play. Where would it end? CovenantD 18:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, I wouldn't put it that way. I just don't think "Black Adam currently appears as a featured character in DC's weekly 52 comic book. Depicted as the violent protector of the nation of Khandaq, Adam has killed several super-villians in public and on telelvision to demonstrate his views. As a result, he is distrusted by several of the superheroes he claims a place beside, including Power Girl and Green Lanterns John Stewart and Hal Jordan.
Recently, Black Adam has created a coalition, based on metahumans from Iran, Uzbekistan, China, and Pakistan, against the perceived metahuman supremacy of the United States of America. He seems confident that Russia will soon accept his alliance too." is an accurate discription of the events. It reaks of bias and infers inaccyrate information. Whatev. ACS (Wikipedian) 19:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
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- How is it biased? Why would this section need to be large? Because it is current? --Chris Griswold 19:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Namor/Black Adam
Three other editors have separately reverted your recurring uncited comparison of the two characters. Your addition is WP:POV and WP:OR. Please discontinue this disallowed edit. Thanks. -- Tenebrae 17:35, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clairvoyance
Anybody have a recolection of BA having this power? It's in tne table of gods, but I can't remember an instance of it. CovenantD 02:56, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- I can't think of a single occurance of it. Definately not enough to warrant his inclusion in a catagory for precogs. -mordicai. 13:28, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
