Book of Doom: Black Adam: The Dark Age #1
Remember back when Black Adam was the baddest man alive? Public Enemy #1? The cause of World War III? Well, so do I. This new mini-series is supposedly going to fill in the gap between the last time we saw a very angry, hell-bent on revenge, de-powered Teth-Adam in Week Fifty-Two of 52, and when we caught back up with him to find a wimpy, mopey, fully-powered but not wanting to be Black Adam that gave his powers away to Mary Marvel in Countdown: Forty Seven.
I have high expectations for this series, because, if you recall, when they changed his character completely for Countdown, all of the people involved who were interviewed by various media responded by saying that it’ll all be explained in the Black Adam mini-series. Hope they’re right. Come back on Saturday for a roundtable discussion where you can throw in your thoughts on the first issue. Here’s what DC has to say:
Spinning out of the weekly series 52 comes an epic 8-issue mini-series that follows Black Adam, the new über-villain of the DCU!
With the power of the gods stripped from him, Teth-Adam is on a quest to find not only the magical word that will restore him as Black Adam, but also the one thing that always kept his heart from turning completely black with rage.
Black Adam is a man responsible for the deaths of thousands of Bialyan citizens and wide spread destruction across the globe. He is a man on the run from Earth’s heroes, who want to see him brought to justice. Some want him tried before a world court, while others want retribution; to exact a pound of flesh for the lives he has snuffed out. And some simply want him dead as quickly and as quietly as possible.