Black Adam
admonition : contain spoilers forBlack Adam # 2 !
hauteur is one ofBlack Adam’sbiggest reference flaw , and it may prove to be his undoing . The monarch of Khandaq , and one timefoe of Shazam , is die , and inBlack Adam # 2,when his “ successor ” attempt to give him potentially animation - save aesculapian treatment , readers learn Black Adam ’s arrogance led to a crucial fault – one that might cost Adam his life .
A former superstar of the wizard Shazam , Black Adam was debase by the wizard ’s tycoon , and was banished to the deepness of space . Over the years , various creatorshave redefined Black Adamas a brutal anti - hero , and a benevolent authoritarian of the nation of Khandaq . Now , Black Adam is pop off and in issue one , chose Malk , a medical student who is seemingly Adam ’s descendent , as his replacement . Malik would rather save Black Adam ’s lifetime , but in issue two , he learns that will not be potential – all thanks to Black Adam ’s haughtiness and hubris . The egress is written by Priest , illustrated by Rafa Sandoval , colored by Matt Herms and letter by Willie Schubert .
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Black Adam has become infected with a sickness that is down him , and after a scrap with Darkseid , is even unsound for wear . Malik finds Adam in his sleeping room , die on his bed , look by his “ MD . ” Malik asks for Adam ’s aesculapian chart , or any kind of data that could pull through his life . One of Adam ’s physicians is puzzled by Malik ’s attitude , asking why one would “ try a prophet,”referring to Black Adam . Finally , Malik expect if Adam ’s palace has an infirmary , and readers learn that in his arrogance , Adam never set one up , feeling it unnecessary in light of his power and intellect . After in the end accepting Shazam ’s king , Malik teleports Adam to an American infirmary , where Adam is pronounced dead .
The issue ends on that bank bill , leaving readers waiting until next calendar month to seeif Black Adam returnsfrom the dead – but it is clear his lordliness and hubris led directly to his last . These are Adam ’s worst qualities , the ace that led to his precipitation M of days ago , and these traits persist to the present day . Adam is so sure of himself , so confident in his abilities , that he did not deem a medical facility of any form a necessity . Adam ’s arrogance will not set aside him to comprehend licking , thus there was no need for an hospital – a decision that would cost him his life . Black Adam ’s decision toforsake an infirmary for his palace , while in line of merchandise for him , runs counter to his foreign mission as a protector for the people of Khandaq ; since his palace lacks aesculapian facilities , any of his citizenry who are injured there would thus be deprived of life - saving attention .
Black Adam ’s lordliness proceed to be one of his defining characteristic , one that he has been ineffective to lick through for thou of years , and as seen in last year’sFuture Stateevent , it continues to haunt him into the 853rd one C . Now , this flaw has show fateful , as it has indirectly lend toBlack Adam’sdeath .
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