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Warning ! spoiler for Black Adam - The Justice Society Secret Files : Hawkman # 1 by DC Comics
A surprise Greco-Roman DC Comics baddie just became DCEU canon in the latestBlack Adamtie - in star Hawkman . InBlack Adam - The Justice Society Secret Files : Hawkman # 1,Hawkman ’s escapade lead him into a tragic battle with a piece named James Craddock . While the name might not fathom intimate to some , the character is the original identity of the classic supervillain Gentleman Ghost , who makes his DCEU launching in the story .
Dwayne Johnson will playBlack Adamin his coming self - title DCEU film , as the antihero , and the Justice Society of America are set to defend against the half - devil Sabbac . In promotional material of the movie , DC Comics is release four one - shots tie-up - atomic number 49 , which will service as introductions to dissimilar members of the JSA , including Hawkman , Doctor Fate , Cyclone , and Atom Smasher , as well as the fiber Adrianna Tomaz . In addition , the canyon comics will precede several new faces to the DCEU , include Gentleman Ghost , a classical supervillain who debuted more than 70 years ago and has repeatedly sparred with Carter Hall .
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InBlack Adam - The Justice Society Secret Files : Hawkman # 1by Cavan Scott , Norm Rapund , Scot Eaton , Andrew Dalhouse , and Rob Leigh from DC Comics , Carter Hall is at a museum during a looting , as a man named James Craddock unleash a gas attack while steal a thousands - year - old relic made of Eternium ( shape like Shazam ’s logo ) . However , after trying to hightail it and dying in a fervid plosion being dog by Hawkman , Craddock is rise by an entity appear to kill the hero . When he emerges , Craddock refers to himself as Gentleman Ghost .
Gentleman Ghost , who becomesDCEU andBlack Adamcanon due to the appearance , seek to take down Hawkman , using his ghost power to trap him inside an exhibit as he toys with world . However , the hero finds Doctor Fate likewise trapped . After being told the past tense is gone , and the future is recede by the magical Heron , Carter Hall finds the strength to break free and stop Gentleman Ghost by stabbing him with the Eternium relic . The villain fades into the darkness , warning of a more significant threat soon arriving .
In the end , the association - in comic offers Hawkman a fun , drab adventure . The story also show up the JSA exist in the DCEU cosmos before reform in the forthcoming film and aims to fill in gaps by explaining where they ’ve been . Gentleman Ghost might have a celebrated story splice to Hawkman , but it ’s still surprising to see the scoundrel become canyon outside of the film itself . Regardless , it ’s great to see DC Comics and the DCEU work out together to build a macrocosm out front ofBlack Adam . Black Adam- The Justice Society Secret Files : Hawkman#1by DC Comics is in comic book stores now .
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