Draft:Black Adam (DC Extended Universe)

Black Adam
DC Extended Universe character
First appearanceSilhouette:
Shazam! (2019)
Cameo appearance:
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Last appearanceBlack Adam (2022)
Based on
Black Adam
by
Adapted byAdam Sztykiel
Rory Haines
Sohrab Noshirvani
Jaume Collet-Serra
Portrayed byDwayne Johnson
Benjamin Patterson (body double while in human form)
Voiced byDwayne Johnson (DC League of Super-Pets)
In-universe information
Full nameTeth-Adam
SpeciesMetahuman
GenderMale
TitleBlack Adam
OccupationSlave (originally)
Champion of Shazam (formerly)
Protector and de-facto ruler of Khandaq
SpouseShiruta (wife)
ChildrenHurut (son)
OriginKahndaq
Abilities
  • The Stamina of Shu:
    • Superhuman stamina and reflexes
    • Invulnerability
    • Agelessness
  • The Swiftness of Horus: Superluminal speed
  • The Strength of Amon: Superhuman strength
  • The Wisdom of Zehuti:
    • Genius-level intellect
    • Clairvoyance
  • The Power of Aten:
    • Control and emission of magical lightning and thunder and magic
    • Flight
  • The Courage of Mehen: Unflinching courage and willpower, and resistance to telepathy

Teth-Adam, later known as Black Adam, is a fictional character played by Dwayne Johnson in the 2022 superhero films DC League of Super-Pets and Black Adam, based on the character of the same name from Fawcett Comics and later DC Comics. Johnson was originally cast as the character as the villain of the 2019 DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Shazam!, before his role was cut to develop an eponymous film following the character first, with Johnson's facial likeness being used in Shazam! to represent the character years ahead of his debut.

In the films, Teth-Adam is a metahuman from the fictional nation of Khandaq bestowed with powers, but due to his rage, is imprisoned for 5,000 years before his re-emergence, and rises to become Khandaq's protector and ruler, before meeting Superman and having their dogs (Anubis and Krypto) meet each other.

Character development and portrayal

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Fictional character biography

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Shazam!

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Black Adam is first alluded to in Shazam! as the Wizard Shazam explains to Billy Batson how the powers of the Champion work, and the previous Champion (represented with a computer-generated silhouette of Johnson's likensss) had unleashed the Seven Deadly Sins upon the world after using his power for revenge.

DC League of Super-Pets

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Johnson's Black Adam makes his first appearance in the post-credits scene of DC League of Super-Pets, where he meets with Superman before being dragged away by his dog Anubis, after the dog is tricked by Superman's own dog Krypto.

Black Adam

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