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Character/DC

Black Adam

Fawcett / DC, Teth-Adam

790 appearancesSince 1945

Also known as Teth-Adam

Character history

Key issues

6 issues

Shazam!#28Cape Archive1977
Shazam!
#28
origin retold
1977-03-00
DC Comics Presents
#49
origin retold
1982-09-00
Villains United
#3
death
2005-09-00
Sinestro
#18
death
2016-02-00
Bombshells: United
#9
origin retold
2018-03-00
Marvel Family 1 (Facsimile Edition)#1Cape Archive2022
Marvel Family 1 (Facsimile Edition)
#1
origin retold
2022-12-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

JSA
1999–2006
37 issues →
52
2006–2007
25 issues →
Justice League
2018–2022
21 issues →

BB&Cape Archive 2008

Billy Batson & the Magic of Shazam!

2008–2010

13 issues →

Justice League cover

Justice League

2011–2016

13 issues →

BACape Archive 2022

Black Adam

2022–2023

12 issues →

The Power of SHAZAM! cover

The Power of SHAZAM!

1995–2010

10 issues →

SCape Archive 2019

Shazam!

2019–2020

10 issues →

JSA cover

JSA

2000–2007

9 issues →

The New 52: Futures End cover

The New 52: Futures End

2014–2015

9 issues →

Countdown cover

Countdown

2007–2008

7 issues →

Trinity cover

Trinity

2008–2009

7 issues →

DC Universe Online Legends cover

DC Universe Online Legends

2011–2012

7 issues →

The Flash Giant cover

The Flash Giant

2019–2019

7 issues →

Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (Dark Crisis) cover

Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (Dark Crisis)

2022–2023

7 issues →

BATCape Archive 2007

Black Adam: The Dark Age

2007–2008

6 issues →

Justice Society of America cover

Justice Society of America

2007–2011

6 issues →

Forever Evil cover

Forever Evil

2013–2014

6 issues →

Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes cover

Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes

2022–2022

6 issues →

Villains United cover

Villains United

2005–2005

5 issues →

HATCape Archive 2012

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

2012–2013

5 issues →

Bombshells: United cover

Bombshells: United

2017–2018

5 issues →

Doomsday Clock cover

Doomsday Clock

2018–2020

5 issues →

JSA by Geoff Johns cover

JSA by Geoff Johns

2018–2023

5 issues →

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