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    Black Adam

    Character » Black Adam appears in 850 issues.

    The original champion of the Wizard, Teth-Adam was a former slave who channeled the power of six Egyptian Gods to fight evil. But when his family was murdered during the conquest of his people, he developed more ruthless methods to protect innocents. Seeing him as corrupt, the Wizard banished "Black Adam" to the tomb of Ramesses II. After centuries of imprisonment, he would finally escape to overthrow Kahndaq's tyrant by force, becoming the country's defender and a natural enemy to the world's heroes.

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    IrishX

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    #1  Edited By IrishX

    This may be a dumb question but I was wondering why he has the pointy elf ears? I thought he was human.
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    #2  Edited By Push

    Nah, he's from Vulcan.
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    #3  Edited By IrishX


     
    From what I've read it's as simple as trying to make him look more "evil".
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    #4  Edited By The_Ghostshell

    Cause they ripped Namor off

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    #5  Edited By AdamBloom

    The Ears are a manifestion, from the egyptian gods, ment to send fear into mortals.Make him look less human, more like a god

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    #6  Edited By Achilles.
    @AdamBloom said:
    "

    The Ears are a manifestion, from the egyptian gods, ment to send fear into mortals.Make him look less human, more like a god

    "
    nice answer
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    #7  Edited By karrob
    @AdamBloom said:
    "

    The Ears are a manifestion, from the egyptian gods, ment to send fear into mortals.Make him look less human, more like a god

    "
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    #8  Edited By ~The Wanderer~

    None of Black Adam's patron gods have pointed ears, so that answer doesn't make much sense either.

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    #9  Edited By IrishX
    @~The Wanderer~ said:
    "None of Black Adam's patron gods have pointed ears, so that answer doesn't make much sense either. "

    True but maybe he's onto something. Maybe someone was just thinking of Egyptian and Anubis and said hey lets give him pointy ears....

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