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DuringFuture State , readers were introduced to a succeeding personification ofBlack Adam , one that had in the end notice peace . But it was not to last as a great evil swept through the galax and to stop it , Black Adam was sent backwards in time to the present day . InShazam # 4 , on sale now in mark and digital , Shazamfinally meets the succeeding variant of his old foe — and learns he has taken on a surprising new name .
Black Adam is usually depicted as wrathful and quick to ire , but by the 853rdcentury , he had mellowed out well , move to a remote world andmarrying the Wonder Womanof that era ; he also reverted to his original name : Teth - Adam . His life of peace and tranquility was shattered when the Unkindness , an malign force spawn in the 21stcentury , attacks , leveling his home base planet and killing his wife . In a bid to stop the Unkindness , the Wizard Shazam gives Adam his might — leading to therebirth of Black Adam — before post Adam back to the 21s one C . This next variant had been missing in action until the conclusion ofShazam # 3 . ground in Hell , Shazam finds there the miss Rock of Eternity — as well as the future Black Adam variant , who now resemble a teen boy . With this unexampled look occur a new name , as get a line inShazam # 4 , written by Tim Sheridan , with art by Clayton Henry , color by Marcelo Maiolo and letters by Rob Leigh .
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Shazam is surprised to see his old antagonist in this physical body , and even more surprised over the change in attitude . Black Adam impart Shazamup to speed on why he has devolve , order him the Unkindness must be stopped . The two walk and talk through the Rock of Eternity , before arriving in a section that strangely resemble a roadside café . Shazam , still in skepticism over everything he has seen , wonder that Black Adam can remain so unagitated . Shazam can not think he is sitting in a diner having burnt umber with ateenage Black Adam , at which stop Adam corrects him , say “ mayhap call me Teddy . ”
For a barbarous antihero with a reputation for fierceness and kill , the name “ Teddy ” might seem leftover , and out of place . Yet this is a dissimilar Black Adam , one whose moody side has been tempered . The Black Adam of the 853rd Century has find peacefulness , and the motivation for intimidate name calling such as “ Black Adam ” has passed . Shazam was puzzled over Adam ’s on the face of it perfunctory position towards the event that were transpire , but it shows justhow far Black Adamhas add up in his journeying . Losing his wife was a traumatic experience for him , but he did not regress to his quondam and savage ways when she break down , and or else keep a level fountainhead , which will come in ready to hand as he and Shazam employment to stop the Unkindness .
The DC Universe has been introduced to a kinder , gentler , but no less powerful , Black Adamand in keeping with this new outlook , he has chosen a new name .
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