Summary

admonition : contains spoilers forShazam#8!Black Adam ’s belated save may be his most wholesome , and it ironically cement his status as one of DC ’s best anti - Heron . While he start out life as a villain , Black Adam has over the decades morphedinto a brutal anti - hero . He clashes with his old foe , the Captain ( Shazam ) , and inShazam#8,Black Adam ends up going to thrash for Billy in the most wholesome fashion possible .

Shazam#8 is written by Mark Waid and drawn by Goran Sudzuka . In a previous issue , a competitiveness between the Captain and Black Adam destroy the home of Billy ’s foster family . Adam takes his leave of the Captain , and Billy acquire that , since the business firm was destroy , his surrogate menage may lose detention of the children .

The Captain appeals to Zeus to furbish up his family ’s house , but the god refuse at first .

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Then , Black Adam steps out of the shadows , advocating for Billy and his home , and when devotee next see them , their menage has been rebuilt by Zeus .

Black Adam’s Save Shows How Far He Has Come as a Character

Black Adam Has Become an Anti-Hero

When Black Adam first appeared way back in 1945’sThe Marvel Family#1 , the notion of him helping Billy in any room would have been unthinkable . A former mavin of the wizard Shazam , Black Adam was banished to space for misusing his powers . Jealous and angry , Black Adam will devolve to fight the Captain , and terminate up being banished again . During Jerry Ordway’sPower of Shazamseries , he and his collaborator plant the seed for Black Adam ’s redemption , a plot point Geoff Johns would grab on in hisJSArun , which end with Black Adam taking control of Khandaq .

Ordway and Johns fundamentally changed Black Adam , get hold of him from a one - off baddie into one of DC ’s most popular anti - heroes . They gave Black Adam depth , showing both his cruelness and , at metre , his humanity . Despite his fell manoeuvre , and use of deadly force , Black Adam has proven to be an adept brain of state , draw his domicile country of Khandaq to great superlative . Black Adam has also beena member of the Justice League , as well as star in a live - action flick featuring Dwayne Johnson . The character ’s rise is no doubt thanks to his drift towards being an anti - hoagy .

Black Adam Just Saved Shazam’s Family

Yet He Reminds Shazam They Are Also Very Different

And now , by argue for the refurbishment of Billy ’s star sign before Zeus , Black Adam has wholesomely cemented his position as DC ’s premiere anti - hero . Just day prior to his meeting with Zeus , Black Adam and the Captain were at each other ’s throats . However , Adam realise that there is nothing for him in Billy ’s position , so he eloquently plead his case . When the Captain later brings up owe him one , Black Adambrushes him off , threatening to vote down him if the Captain ever strikes him again , showing that while he has a good side , he is still a violent and remorseless anti - sub .

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Shazam smiles at his rebuilt house while Zeus looks on.

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