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Warning : contains despoiler forShazam#8 !
DC’sBlack AdamversusShazamrivalry has change forever with one pearl chill threat . Since Black Adam ’s first appearing almost 80 years ago , he has been one of the Captain ( Shazam ’s ) majuscule foes . The two have come to an intellect in late years , but inShazam#8 , the rivalry almost reignite , but Black Adam shut out it down as only he can , and it forever modify his moral force with Billy .
Shazam#8 is written by Mark Waid and draw by Goran Sudzuka . After Black Adam helps convince Zeus to fix the menage of Billy ’s foster house , the Captain holds court with Black Adam . He tells Black Adam he owes him one , but Black Adam will not learn it , telling him he was only doing his duty . The Captain take leave of Black Adam , but before he does , Adam stops him .
Black Adam tell the Captain if he ever strikes him again , it will be the last time he does so .
Black Adam’s Rivalry With Shazam Has Changed Over the Years
Black Adam Has Become More of an Anti-Hero
While Black Adam is considerably know as one of the Captain ’s foeman , he really only made one appearance during comics ’ Golden Age , only becoming a regular fictitious character in the seventies after DC obtained the rights to make Shazam comics . When DC develop the character outright in the early nineties , Black Adam was given a significantoverhaul in the pages of Jerry Ordway’sPower of Shazam , which made him far more sympathetic . Over time , Black Adam has transformed into an anti - hero , one not afraid to apply deadly force , which puts him at betting odds with the Captain .
Despite their differences , and years of bad blood between them , Black Adam and Shazam have , by and tumid , leave each other alone in late times . Black Adam has been concerned with the affair of his home of Khandaq , safeguarding them from imperialistic force that seek to spoil the country . While Black Adam is engaged being a headway of state , the Captain ’s power of late perish out of control , thanks to the manipulations of his patron gods . Black Adam and Shazam have not physically fought each other in class , but the contention persist .
Superman and Shazam ’s most bitter combat revealed their long - standing score , killed a major hero , and for good damage the satellite Earth .
The Dynamic Between Shazam and Black Adam Has Changed Forever
Should Shazam Take Black Adam’s Threat Seriously?
Black Adam ’s terror at the death ofShazam#8 always flips the scripton their moral force . Adam gives this engagement a sensation of finality , and that their next throwdown will be their last . He tells the Captain their “ business is finish , ” entail that he is done being the Captain ’s baddie , and he will conclusively finish it next time . Furthermore , Black Adam knows the Captain is a child , and still menace to kill him . The rivalry betweenShazamandBlack Adammay have cooled in recent years , but DC has now alter the dynamic to something far darker .
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Shazam#8 ( 2024 )
