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    Character » Black Adam appears in 853 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.

    Pronunciation of "Adam"

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    I don't know if anyone else does this, but I know at least a few people do, myself included. See if this fits you--

    When I pronounce Black Adam, I say "blak ah-dum".

    However, when I say Teth-Adam, I pronounce it "teth-ah-dahm".

    They're both Adam, the same word, spelled the same way... why does the Teth make it so much more exotic? Is that the way it should be said? Or should it always use exotic pronunciation? Should it be "blak ah-dahm"? Or "teth-ah-dum"? Because both of those would be weird.

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    #3  Edited By Ubersoldier

    K and Th, the cause for the differential, soft and hard tones. Common in pronunciation of any language.

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    nope...not me....I read both of them as Adam....but to be fair the only reason I know pronounce Ra's Al Ghul's name the way I do is because of B:TAS....and I can't think of any time I've heard Black Adam's name being pronounced any differently than just plain Adam

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    I always pronounce it like "atom," or "adom." That's probably wrong, though.

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    I guess that's just how it rolls off the tongue hehe

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    I always pronounce it like "atom," or "adom." That's probably wrong, though.

    That may actually be right, seeing as he is Egyptian Kahndaqian. Either Atom/Atum or "ad-DAHM" is likely the most accurate, I think.

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    Doesn't matter, Rogue still wins.

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    #9  Edited By warlock360

    Oh if it's the Egyptian pronunciation then i believe it's "Atum" (Ah-Tuum)

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