New Black Adam book by Priest & Sandoval Coming!

[millernumber1]

How do we know that the new guy's codename is "Bolt"?

[sifighter]

How do we know that the new guy's codename is "Bolt"?

This exclusive article is how I learned

https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/news/dc...ers-exclusive/

[millernumber1]

Thanks. Seems a bit silly

[sifighter]

Thanks. Seems a bit silly

Yeah it’s a bit generic, but sometimes the names are just taken up. Plus I imagine it was meant to be classic heroic in nature to counter Black Adam.

I hope that if Malik survives, because looking at Adam’s family track record he might not, that he gets to meet Jon Kent. How cool would that be if Superman’s son got to meet and team up with Black Adam’s descendant trying to be a superhero.

[millernumber1]

I personally just hope to meet and fall in love with the dude, like I did with Hosun and so much of Priest's other characters.

[Frontier]

I want to see Osiris again.

[sifighter]

I want to see Osiris again.

I mean is he alive/existing. I know in Dark Crisis Adam mentions Adriana.

[TheCasualReader]

I like the look of Malik. I think it makes sense that he uses a "casual" name: he's a descendant of Black Adam that seems to at best, not know how to feel about his ancestor, and at worst doesn't exactly think well of him.

I want to see Osiris again.

Spoilers for Black Adam: The Justice Society Files
spoilers:

Amon is mentioned in the solicitation for Atom Smasher #1, but he's Adrianna's son, not her brother.

end of spoilers

[Vordan]

Here’s a new interview with Priest about the book (some minor spoilers for issue 1).

Awesome. So on the subject of Black Adam being kind of a Thor, demigod kind of character, there was a line that struck me right at the beginning of the book. Black Adam says, “even an immortal can grow.” How can a villain grow?

What I mean in terms of his villainy is not so much that he's returning to be a villain, but that his past villainy has come back to haunt him. All the dirt that he's done over the centuries. Once I started researching this character, I read that he had thrown a temper tantrum and basically laid waste to a neighboring country. I called my editor, Paul Kaminski, and Paul was like, “Yes, well, he’s an antihero.” And I said 'No. This guy can't be an antihero.'

'I know you’re DC, I know you want all the heroes to like each other and hold hands and sing Kumbaya, but with all due respect to other writers who make way more money than I do, I just violently disagree with the idea that you can redeem this character. This character is irredeemable. You can't have this character kill mothers and sons and fathers and daughters and children and old men and lay waste to a country and then just go, “Well, I just woke up this morning and decided to be a good guy.” That is utter, complete nonsense. I don't buy it.'

So Paul and I have a gentleman's agreement. We agree to disagree. Either Paul or DC or both want to see this character as an antihero, because they want to produce a movie and they want the lunch boxes and Black Adam dolls. But this guy is a villain, a villain facing his own mortality. He is an immortal facing his own mortality. He's trying to clean up his act because he is obsessed with his legacy, but he's haunted by the original sin of how he got his powers in the first place, plus all the crap that he's done over the years.

The thing that I keep hammering over and over again with DC is that there is no redemption for Black Adam. That's basically the theme of the book. He is trying for redemption but, spoiler alert, it is not working. This guy is a bad guy.

Lot of interesting info in there about Priest’s approach to the character, to Kahndaq, and some tidbits about Malik. Part that really surprised me is Priest is apparently not a history buff and he actually hates having to do all the research lol. Shows his dedication to his craft that he knuckles down and does it anyway.

Really getting nervous about poor Malik’s survival odds though, especially given how Priest keeps bringing up how Black Adam has killed children.

[sifighter]

Here’s a new interview with Priest about the book (some minor spoilers for issue 1).



Lot of interesting info in there about Priest’s approach to the character, to Kahndaq, and some tidbits about Malik. Part that really surprised me is Priest is apparently not a history buff and he actually hates having to do all the research lol. Shows his dedication to his craft that he knuckles down and does it anyway.

Really getting nervous about poor Malik’s survival odds though, especially given how Priest keeps bringing up how Black Adam has killed children.

Yeah Priest seems to really be hammering home that Malik was chosen purely because he’s on Adam’s family tree at a time and place when Adam isn’t choosy. But who knows, we’ve some characters survive from less.

[millernumber1]

That interview is awesome. I just love the way Priest thinks, and I can't wait to read this. I really hope it does well so he can get a season 2, like Swamp Thing by Ram V got.

[Frontier]

Spoilers for Black Adam: The Justice Society Files
spoilers:

Amon is mentioned in the solicitation for Atom Smasher #1, but he's Adrianna's son, not her brother.

end of spoilers

That's a weird change to the family dynamic.

spoilers:

I guess movie Adam is going to be his step-dad now? Huh.

end of spoilers

[Vordan]

Yeah Priest seems to really be hammering home that Malik was chosen purely because he’s on Adam’s family tree at a time and place when Adam isn’t choosy. But who knows, we’ve some characters survive from less.

And of course it’s comics, so Malik dying wouldn’t mean he couldn’t come back. But I’ll make a prediction. This is going to be 12 issues of making the reader connect with and like Malik, more so than Adam who I think will remain an intimidating figure. We’ll see him grow into being a decent person, someone you think might be a good influence on Adam.

Then it’s going to end with Adam killing him, just to rub it in the reader’s face what kind of person Adam is. That to me would cement that there’s no redemption for Adam. People really seem to be interested in Malik however, so if he’s popular I think he’ll get resurrected at the end, or after Priest leaves just like how Damian returned.

[Frontier]

And of course it’s comics, so Malik dying wouldn’t mean he couldn’t come back. But I’ll make a prediction. This is going to be 12 issues of making the reader connect with and like Malik, more so than Adam who I think will remain an intimidating figure. We’ll see him grow into being a decent person, someone you think might be a good influence on Adam.

Then it’s going to end with Adam killing him, just to rub it in the reader’s face what kind of person Adam is. That to me would cement that there’s no redemption for Adam. People really seem to be interested in Malik however, so if he’s popular I think he’ll get resurrected at the end, or after Priest leaves just like how Damian returned.

Maybe Mary can bring him back now that she's the Champion.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I'm looking forward to reading it.