Wonder Woman vs. Black Adam

[Flâneur]

Who would like to see Diana smash him up? Raise your hands!

[SJNeal]

Black Adam is awesome. I never would have given him a second thought before 52, but that series and his subsequent appearances have really made him shine as a complex... I dunno? Is anti-hero an appropriate description? He's like the Gul Dukat of the DCU (sorry for the random Deep Space Nine reference; he was the first comparison that came to mind).

Anyway, I'd love to see Black Adam and Diana rumble. It's rare she gets to fight someone she can really go apeshit on.

[Spiffy]

It's hard to sell him as an anti-hero when he's been shown as a mass murder on a Stalin/Hitleresque scale...

Short of some kind of total reboot of the character, there's really no way "back" from that to ANY kind of hero stance, even an anti-hero, who's supposed to be someone we identify with but who ain't so nice. Identifying with the slaughterer of millions got pretty hard.

[Alex Smith]

Who would like to see Diana smash him up? Raise your hands!

You think Diana would smash everyone. Black Adam means business. It would be a great fight to read, though.

[BnL]

You think Diana would smash everyone.

LOL, that reminds me of a parody of the Justice League cartoon I read a while back. Wonder Woman's dialogue was pretty much limited to "DIANA SMASH!" A fairly accurate representation of her character on that show, I'd say.

I found it humorous.

Anyway, I suppose a fight between Wonder Woman and Black Adam would be interesting to see, but there's lots more I'd rather read first, like good stories with her own rogues gallery.

[Flâneur]

You think Diana would smash everyone. Black Adam means business. It would be a great fight to read, though.

He is definitely up there but it's one of the times that I think you could really let loose with Diana. He's also one which isn't iconic enough that DC would flinch about it.

Anyway, I suppose a fight between Wonder Woman and Black Adam would be interesting to see, but there's lots more I'd rather read first, like good stories with her own rogues gallery.

I'd actually like it if the Black Marvel family was partially integrated into her rogue gallery. It's a way of introducing new villains which won't just fade away and we have strong links there with the presence of Isis (who spun out of the WW TV show) and the Bana's religion.

Plus, we've heard it said that people buy into Wonder Woman more when it's more about standard superhero fare and well, at least in this case the superhero stuff would tie into the myth aspect. I'm also kind of tired how the extent of Diana's links to other heroes seems to be restricted to her as an almost love interest for Clark and Bruce. Who else, of note, from the DCU could we mix her with?

[nightforce]

I love the idea of Wonder Woman taking on Black Adam

[SJNeal]

It's hard to sell him as an anti-hero when he's been shown as a mass murder on a Stalin/Hitleresque scale...

Short of some kind of total reboot of the character, there's really no way "back" from that to ANY kind of hero stance, even an anti-hero, who's supposed to be someone we identify with but who ain't so nice. Identifying with the slaughterer of millions got pretty hard.

Ok, granted. I'll replace "anti-hero" with "mass murderer"! Lol. I guess when I first took notice of him and started to enjoy the character was pre-genocide, when he was still on the fence about some things. And the fact that he's done such horrific things make it that much easier to justify Diana pounding him.

[Superbeast]

I'd like to see it but I don't think Diana would win. They are equal in many ways but Diana gets ruthless when pushed to the limit, Black Adam will toss buildings full of innocent people at you and keep it moving. If anything I'd expect an entire city to be wrecked by the end of it with only one person left barely standing, then giving the other one a hand up and thanking them for a worthy battle before KOing them so they can be hauled in. Sort of like the Kid Miracleman vs Miracleman fight without the infanticide at the end.

[FeminineMystique]

It's hard to sell him as an anti-hero when he's been shown as a mass murder on a Stalin/Hitleresque scale...

Short of some kind of total reboot of the character, there's really no way "back" from that to ANY kind of hero stance, even an anti-hero, who's supposed to be someone we identify with but who ain't so nice. Identifying with the slaughterer of millions got pretty hard.

No no, you don't understand! The country was working with Intergang! He was MAD! That makes it okay to commit genocide!

[shanejayell]

I'd like to see this fight. He's a interesting fusion of barbarian man and superbeing, both like and unlike Diana.

[Karl O'Neill]

No. and BOO!

Black adam is one of the most badass and complex villains in comics period.

[Jim Thompson]

Absolutely would love to see this confrontation!

[4PointOh]

One artist gave his opinion on the matter.

From WIZARD:

WONDER WOMAN VS. BLACK ADAM
"Black Adam would more than likely clean her clock," Ross asserts. "All a guy like that has to do is grab her by the back of the hair where she has no leverage, fly up in the sky, out into space and throw her into the Sun. So it's not a really fair match. She would just have to be smart enough to figure out how to get away form him - or make that lasso move really damn quick."

EDGE: Black Adam

-Alex Ross

[rab082154]

Yes, he would sure do that to the Superfriends Diana. That is the only one that would happen to.