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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Black Adam was basically a one-dimensional villain for almost the entire span of his existence. It wasn't until the early 2000s that Geoff Johns retconned his entire origin and personality (Geoff Johns was doing that to a lot of characters in the 2000s, usually for the better) and made him that sort of "honorable villain" sort of character who has more justification for being the way he is.

The idea that he could actually be something of an antihero didn't really come until the mid 2000s, when they introduced Isis as a character/love interest that helped redeem Black Adam and lead him more towards being a benevolent dictator of his home nation. But that's more or less become the default interpretation of the character now

The comic run I mention was from the 90s but the art was done like old ass comics. Think the run was called the powers of Shazam. Adam was a villain kinda but only towards Shazam iirc. Not liking Shazam had the powers iirc. And Shazam didn't like him cause his mortal body was his parents killer.

It was definitely different even like his mortal body had his voice removed so he couldn't say Shazam but he found a magic artifact or something that allowed him to transform.

That run was my main exposure to black Adam as Shazam comics for me anyways haven't been easy to find.