Black Adam is currently reigning supreme at the box office both internationally and domestically. The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is did change forever (somewhere Professor Jason’s ears are burning to have this quote featured yet again on the Geek History Lesson blog!). For many who aren’t able to see Black Adam opening weekend you may find yourself going to see the movie for the first time or returning for repeat viewings in the coming week.
Why not bring your geeky friends, Jason and Ashley with you?
photo credit: Cameron Rice Photography
To start out if you don’t know anything about the character of Black Adam we can’t recommend enough beginning with the episode we released into the feed this week being a full Geek History Lesson episode on Black Adam RIGHT HERE!!!!!
Oh, and last week’s episode on Doctor Fate - that’s a good one too!
If you’re looking for a bit more detail about the world from which Black Adam arises, what has shaped him, and some of the other characters who have popped up in the movie we have a full playlist below. To start off we’re throwing back to when we did Book Club episodes and we did a deep dive on the amazing Jeff Smith’s Shazam! the Monster Society of Evil:
Early on in the Geek History Lesson podcast’s lifetime we tackled Hawkman.
Then in time for the OG Shazam movie we tackled the Big Red Cheese, himself - Shazam!
There’s is some future predicting and theories which do revolve around Dwayne Johnson and the Black Adam movie which featured in this episode and the corresponding Geek History Lesson Extra episode where we discussed: Is Shazam More Powerful than Superman? AN INTERESTING TOPIC FOR NO SPOILER REASONS WHATSOEVER!
There was even a time when we were reviewing DC Arrowverse episodes. We had a Geek Theory we might be seeing Black Adam crossover into the Legends of Tomorrow. At the time Justice Society of America characters were popping up all over that show!
Since we’re on the topic of the Justice Society of America … quite a few of their members make appearances in Black Adam! It’s pretty cool we did a Geek History Lesson episode on the entire history of the JSA and mention several of these very character. Check out the thumbnail for this video if you want to know who we’re alluding too!
Or … if you know of Professor Jason’s affection for Atom Smasher … you can probably guess at who we are going to go out of our way to highlight in this episode,
Several characters who appear - or are mentioned! - throughout Black Adam also got shout outs in a super fun discussion episode we did on Geek History Lesson all about 5 DC Comic Book Character That Deserve TV Shows. If you know about our prediction powers - we didn’t get the methods or the pitches right on everything, but most of what we suggested here as being worthy of further on screen exploration did eventually come - or is coming! - to fruition.
Please imagine Professor Jason and Ashley patting each other on the back as you click play for this episode:
Black Adam is still too fresh in the world for us to know how critics and audiences are coming down on it. Above all else we want to empower you to make your own decision about the movie. No matter what we write, no matter what you read, or who may be the most vocal on social media, we live in an incredible world right now where there even IS a Black Adam movie at all.
How cool is that?
We hope these videos and podcasts enriched your experience of the story as much as making them did for us!