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A new champion has arrived: Black Adam.
Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell), and Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo).
Kahndaq
The home of Black Adam is actually a relatively recent addition to DCs mythos.
The character originally hailed from Egypt.
The Wizard Shazam
Djimon Hounsou reprises his role as the wizard Shazam from, you knowShazam!
(2019) bestowing powers on Kahndaqs champion.
Hounsou will reprise the role inShazam!
Fury of the Godsin 2023.
While they are typically Supermans adversaries, they ran into trouble with Black Adam in the comic maxi-series called52.
The show served as the second half ofThe Shazam!
She was later brought into the comics and reimagined in52as Adrianna Tomaz, a refugee captured by Intergang.
After being saved by Black Adam, she helped him realize how he could change Kahndaq for the better.
Gifting her with the Amulet of Isis, Adrianna developed powers of her own and married Black Adam.
Another member of that family is Amon (Bodhi Sabongui).
In the movie, hes Adriannas superhero-obsessed son, though in the comics, he was her brother.
The latter version became the teenager superhero, Osiris, and gained his powers by speaking Black Adams name.
In the film, Rothstein reveals that his costume is a hand-me-down from his uncle.
Cyclones comic origin is the same.
The name of that scientist is T.O.
Morrow, creator of the android Red Tornado, the second individual to use that moniker.
As referenced inBlack Adam, the helm has possessed different bearers over the centuries.
Occasionally, two or more iterations of themselves exist at the same time across different dimensions.
The end result is the same.
Gregor is transformed into a beastly, horned demon whose powers stand in opposition to those granted by Shazam.
In the comics, Shazam once threatened to trap Black Adam there if he did not stop his rampage.
The Original Champion
The film reveals that Teth-Adam was not chosen as Kahndaqs champion.
Rather, it was his son, Hurut (Jalon Christian).
His subsequent form, The Champion, is played by Uli Latukefu who plays Dwayne Johnson on NBCsYoung Rock.
Talk about keeping it in the family.
If those barriers were broken, the DCEU would have a crisis of infinite proportions on their hands.
But thats another story best saved for a later sequel.
