Black Adam
TheShazam scoundrel , Black Adam , is aDC Comicspowerhouse with many dissimilar powers , but one of his most terrifying attributes is n’t a superpower at all ; in fact , it ’s an ability Adam ca n’t even weaponize if he wanted to ! Suffice it to say , Black Adam ’s shrieking is so frightening that it even stopped the infamously shivery Green Lantern villain , Sinestro , in his tracks at the auditory sensation of it .
Seen right smart back in 2015’sSinestro # 17 , by Cullen Bunn , Brad Walker , Neil Edwards , and Szymon Kudranski , this issue pluck up in the center of a team - up between Black Adam and theYellow Lantern variation of Sinestro . struggle a villain named the Pale Bishop , the pair believe they have the upper hand until the gloves fall off and the battle escalates into something else entirely .
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incinerate Pale Bishop with a well - identify treble - handed electric slug , the mystical foe begin to mend himself , with Black Adam vowing to finish the scrap once and for all . warn by Sinestro as he jump into the fray that Pale Bishop ’s tendrils of light are dysphemistic weapons that wo n’t hurt him physically but are instead “ most dangerous to one ’s psyche , ” Adam is immediately hit by one and lets loose something more terrifying than anythingBlack Adam ’s superpowershave wrought yet – at least according to Sinestro .
watch as Black Adam writhes in pain sensation as he witnesses memories of duties unfulfilled , Sinestro think to himself , “ I have visited many horrors upon the universe … but I have rarely hear anything so scary as Black Adam ’s scream , ” order fans that Black Adam ’s most terrifying ability is n’t a superpower , but his agony and anguish certify in a ancestry - curdling scream . fit on to almost suffer himself to the visions Pale Bishop forces him to see , Black Adam is saved by Sinestro after quickly being induce into Sinestro ’s very ownYellow Lantern Corps , with Adam ’s guttural roar being the moment Sinestro knew this overmaster hero needed aid .
Being the ultimate scoundrel of the Green Lantern Corps , Sinestro has construe and committed some truly atrocious acts in his life-time , and him admitting that Black Adam ’s vociferation of pain is one of the most scarey things he ’s ever find shows that sometimes it is n’t a great power that can strickle fear into an enemy , but the pure , raw emotion of a man that has seen and experience more dire things than most in his long year . walk the Earth since Ancient Egyptian times while making the slow journeying from unlimited villain to anti - hero to almost hero as of belated , Black Adam has a lot of baggage to work through , and if Sinestro is to be believe in his assessment of Black Adam ’s scream , Adam still has a long way to go before resolving any of these issues .
So while this scarey scream is n’t something Black Adam will need to systematically repeat doing , the fact that it chilled the already terrify Sinestro to the bone is something worth note . Black Adam ’s most frightening move was one born out of pain in the neck and suffering , and although it can not be weaponize , it ’s just as brawny as any of his Superman - level powers .
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