In an interesting twist, a retcon revealed that Cyclotron was the reason the Atom gained enhanced powers! Ah, the joy of comics! That makes Atom Smasher a rare double legacy character. That’s not his only (in)famous family connection, though, as his grandfather faced down the Golden Age Atom as a reluctant supervillain known as Cyclotron. But, of course, because Black Adam is intent on bringing the Golden Age to the big screen, Atom Smasher–introduced as Nuklon, a name that stuck around until Kingdom Come–has a cool connection to the era.Ītom Smasher’s alter-ego Albert Rothstein is the godson of the Golden Age Atom. Unlike his JSA counterparts, he’s not a founding member and didn’t hit shelves until 1983’s All-Star Squadron #25, created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway. He also has a connection to the alien world of Thanagar, whose residents were hanging around our world in ancient times, something teased by the fact that we appear to see Carter Hall flying in an alien spacecraft.ĭiverging from the Golden Age of heroes is Atom Smasher. He’s very much a classical romantic hero as throughout time he’s found his reincarnated love who goes by the moniker Hawkgirl. That very same metal is what allows Carter to fly with his impressive golden wings.
So how did he become a pulpy ’40s archaeologist? That would be thanks to a dagger made of Nth metal which Carter touched, reconnecting him with his past lives and the truth that he’s the reincarnation of Khufu. The Arrowverse stuck pretty closely to his classic origin which saw an ancient Egyptian royal, Prince Khufu, killed alongside his lady love by his advisor and priest. Just like Black Adam and Doctor Fate, he has a connection to ancient civilization. In the comics, Carter Hall was the original Hawkman. This is another character choice that proves how dedicated Black Adam is to exploring the origins of the JSA and the Golden Age of these DC heroes.
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In those TV shows–most recently Stargirl–viewers met Carter Hall’s Hawkman, who Hodge will be playing when the character hits the live action big screen for the first time in October. This hero is one of the most well known in Black Adam‘s roster thanks to a version of him appearing in the CW Arrowverse shows. Another founding member of the JSA, he flew onto comics pages in 1940s Flash Comics #1 created by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville. The casting which got fans almost as excited as Johnson as Black Adam was the announcement that Aldis Hodge would be playing Hawkman. He’s an extremely skilled practitioner of the dark arts too, so we’re definitely entering the DC magic arena here.
His years training with Nabu and the amulet, cloak, and helmet gave him magic, immortality, unbelievable strength, telekinetic powers, and more.
He’s also one of the few characters aside from Superman that feels like he could almost match up to Black Adam. So don’t be surprised if we see some deeper history between Black Adam and Nabu. It’s also very interesting as Black Adam’s birthplace of Khandaq was heavily based on Ancient Egypt which sits alongside Mesopotamia as one of the oldest civilizations on Earth.
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With the Black Adam movie relying so heavily on the cosmic lore of the titular anti-hero and the magic that gave him his powers, it makes sense to pit him against and possibly alongside another deity-like hero. It was there that he was taught to wield magic and then eventually bestowed with the artifacts that gave him his powers, including that iconic helmet. When a terrible accident leads to the death of the man who raised him, Kent becomes the charge of the god whose temple he discovered. In an origin that feels like it could definitely come into play in Black Adam, as a child, Nelson was exploring the tomb of the Mesopotamian god Nabu with his father.
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