SDCC 2022: Black Adam’s secret supervillain revealed to be Sabbac

At every San Diego Comic-Con, fans line up in droves to get a seat in Hall H, because they know they’ll get to lay eyes on stuff that nobody else in the world will see — at least not until the movie or show actually comes out. Today’s Warner Bros. panel was no different: The studio gave a private, quick look at the mysterious, demonic villain of Black Adam.

The New Black Adam The trailer for Hall H featured a stinger, which was missing from the wide release. It showed a short shot of an extremely reddish, horned head emerging from some liquid or ground. Combine that with other leaks. Black Adam We have an idea about the head of the person in merchandize.

[Ed. note: But we’ll put it behind a spoiler jump, just in case you want to wait until Black Adam is released, or there’s a trailer that officially reveals the villain.]

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Given Dwayne Johnson’s grumpy demeanor and the way he keeps punching other superheroes in the trailer, you could be forgiven for assuming that he’s playing Black Adam as the villain. Marwan Kenzari appears to be the likely candidate for that role (from 2019 live-action). Aladdin and Netflix’s The Old GuardSabbac will be played by ),

Sabbac is who?

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Sabbac, like Black Adam and Billy Batson, is a mortal who has been empowered by many celestial beings. SHAZAM is Solomon, Hercules and Atlas for Billy, Zeus and Mercury respectively, while various Egyptian deities are for Black Adam. Sabbac’s powers include Satan, Belial and Beelzebub.

There isn’t much else to say about his sporadic appearances in DC Comics — a few different mortal beings have claimed the powers of Sabbac and battled Shazam, as well as the Outsiders. But here’s an interesting fact: In his classic appearances, his greatest weaknesses were the cowardly natures of the demons who empowered him. When Billy Batson’s family was able to intimidate the demons sufficiently, they began leaving their mortal host one at a time, making him powerless.

Perhaps that will be Sabbac’s ultimate undoing in Black AdamIt could be, but it is possible. Until the movie comes out and we know for sure, you can find all of Polygon’s coverage of SDCC 2022 news, trailers, and more here.