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Black Adam: The Dark Age!
If you feel 52 didn't give enough BA....
BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE #1
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Doug Mahnke, Norm Rapmund & Christian Alamy
Cover by Mahnke
Variant cover by Alex Ross
Spinning out of the weekly series 52 comes an epic 8-issue mini-series that follows Black Adam, the new über-villain of the DCU!
With the power of the gods stripped from him, Teth-Adam is on a quest to find not only the magical word that will restore him as Black Adam, but also the one thing that always kept his heart from turning completely black with rage.
Black Adam is a man responsible for the deaths of thousands of Bialyan citizens and wide spread destruction across the globe. He is a man on the run from Earth's heroes, who want to see him brought to justice. Some want him tried before a world court, while others want retribution; to exact a pound of flesh for the lives he has snuffed out. And some simply want him dead as quickly and as quietly as possible.
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers that may be ordered separately. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Doug Mahnke) ordered, retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Alex Ross). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale August 8 • 1 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Edited by Michael Siglain
Why do they have to call him an uber-villain?
Putting aside Adam's recent mad rampage, it's plain DC has no balls to have an anti-hero who dishes out martial justice in their universe. They are so whitebread & picket fenced...
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I was thinking they'd use his mini-series to wrap up his story for a while, but he made an appearance in this weeks Countdown so it looks like he's gonna be around for a while.
I think Darksied is going to be the major villain for the next year though anyway.