Shazam!
As one of the most powerful theatrical role in all ofDC Comics , there are few threats to whichBlack Adamis unfeignedly vulnerable . With his incredible strength , fastness , and mystical power , the ruler of Kahndaq is truly a force play to be bet with and lacks the obvious weaknesses thatSuperman or his fellow Kryptoniansshare . But while his immortal exterior is all but imperviable to outside threats , Black Adam ’s mighty physical body is indeed vulnerable to subtler methods of onset – including monomania by otherworldly characters like the one and onlyDeadman .
Well - cognise for his appearance in the DCAU , Boston Brand – a ghostly circus acrobat with the ability to possess others – may not be the first hoagy fans may cogitate of to abide against Teth - Adam , but the Deadman is no stranger to going against all - muscular foes . And inFuture State : Shazam # 2by Tim Sheridan and Eduardo Pansica , he even wield to pock his might against the titulary bomber andAdam ’s old contender , Shazam . But while Deadman ’s skills were merely an incommodiousness for Billy Batson , they could potentially spell doom for the Wizard ’s original champion .
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While Black Adam and Shazam are two very different characters , they at last deal the same power – and the same weaknesses . And inFuture State : Shazam # 2 , their majuscule helplessness is exploited when Billy Batson goes toe - to - toe with the Deadman . When a apparently out of control Shazam is confronted by the mystical Question in the dormitory of Titans Academy , he has no thought who he ’s facing . Ultimately , it become out not to be the faceless vigilance man at all , but rather the spectral Cuban sandwich Boston Brand in self-will of the Hub City vigilante . In an effortto diffuse Shazam ’s rampage , Brand launch himself into the godly signifier of one of the World ’s Mightiest Mortals , thereby forcing the Wizard ’s Champion to speak his word of mogul and transform . Things do n’t of necessity go as planned form there , but it ’s a normally executable plan and could indeed have devastating impression if it were essay on one such as Black Adam himself .
As he ’s really a healthy teenage male child , transforming Shazam back into Billy Batson is one thing . But reckon on the continuity , turn Black Adam human again could have disastrous import . After all , in many incarnations , including both his original appearance inThe Marvel Family # 1by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck and his debut during theNew 52 in the pages ofShazamby Geoff Johns and Gary Frank , Black Adam ’s man formaged during his thousands of years of imprisonment . In instances such as these , a rapid translation back to his truthful age frequently turns the World ’s Mightiest Mortal into nothing but a pile of debris . And while he typically find a way back to the farming of the living , getting plough into a hill of ash is still quite the impediment to Black Adam ’s success in a encounter . Thankfully , this does n’t seem to be much of an issue with Black Adam ’s current status quo . But even so , Deadman still presents a pretty grave menace to his person in a one - on - one throwdown as even a sizeable human Adam is piffling match for the threats he typically face .
For now , Black Adam is on the side of the Angel , or at least the Justice League , but his true form is one of the ancients . And with Deadman ’s power to not only possess someone of Adam ’s ability but to overlook them to transform on a whimsy , Teth should go for he never gets on Boston Brand ’s regretful side . But even ifDC Comics’Deadmandoes superintend to putBlack Adamdown , chances are the ruler of Kahndaq will wax again as he always does .
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