This article contains spoilers for Dark Crisis #7, on sale now from DC Comics.
Despite his villainous origins, Black Adam reveals he would die for Nightwing/Dick Grayson and Jon Kent/Superman's Teen Titans team in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.
In Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7, Black Adam joins heroes from across the DC Universe in fighting Deathstroke/Slade Wilson and his army outside of the Hall of Justice. During the fight, Black Adam finds himself sharing his powers with the Justice League, Teen Titans and other superhumans before he and Slade proceed to continue punching one another until a victor rises.
Slade taunts Black Adam during their fight, telling him he's surprised at how he's aligned himself with the Teen Titans. "You know as well as I do these kids are not worth our time," Slade says. "And now you would fight alongside them? Protect them?" An angered, bruised but still unbroken Black Adam responds, "I would die for them."
Black Adam's Road to Dark Crisis #7
While Black Adam has long been an enemy to Billy Batson/Shazam, the character has turned toward heroism in recent years and became a member of the Justice League. Black Adam was the sole survivor of Pariah's attack in Justice League #75, which then set the events of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths into motion.
When Dick and Jon began forming a new team of heroes to protect the Earth in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, Black Adam initially wanted nothing to do with them. He eventually decided they were all he had to work with and tried to turn them into killers; however, he became frustrated with the team and left to work with the Legion of Doom when they wouldn't follow his orders. When the Legion of Doom was attacked by Deathstroke and infected with the Great Darkness, Black Adam wound up returning to Dick and Jon's Teen Titans and joined the fight outside the Hall of Justice in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #5.
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 comes from Joshua Williamson, artists Daniel Sampere, Jack Herbert, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith and Rafa Sandoval, colorists Alejandro Sánchez, Alex Guimarães, Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Matt Herms and letterer Tom Napolitano. The issue features cover and variant art by Sampere and Sánchez and additional variant cover art by Clay Mann, Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey, Felipe Massafera, Ian Churchill, Kyle Hotz, Dan Brown, Viktor Bogdanovic and Dan Mora. The issue is on sale now from DC.
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