Black Adam's New Role May Officially Make Him DC's Strongest Sorcerer
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Justice League #72
While Black Adam's new role in the latest issue of Justice League is bad news for his continued membership on the team, it's seemingly made him the most powerful sorcerer in the DC Universe. Having been chosen to become a vessel against his will, the antihero/ruler of Kahndaq is now a Lord of Chaos, being set up as a major threat to more than one League in the issues to come. While Black Adam joined the Justice League to do some good, it seems as though those days are coming to an end if his team can't find a way to save him.
In previous issues of Justice League, the team of heroes concluded that they needed some new blood among their ranks to prevent a too singular collective mindset. As a result, Wonder Woman's mother Hippolyta joined the team along with newcomer Naomi who's classified as a «mega-power» metahuman. However, Black Adam himself was recruited by Superman despite his past as a rival to the League. Believing that he could prove himself and do some good, Superman brought Adam onto the team amidst some warranted reservations. However, Black Adam has done nothing but prove himself to be a valuable member of the team...until now.
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In the latest issue of Justice League from writer Brian Michael Bendis and artists Emanuela Lupacchino, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Szymon Kudranski, several powerful magicians simultaneously receive a dark vision. Zatanna, Madame Xanadu, and Doctor Fate all see Black Adam laying waste to the world with the Justice League seemingly dead at his feet. Sure enough, the issue sees the forgotten Lord of Chaos Xanadoth appearing before Adam, having chosen him to be her vessel as she begins
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