Black Adam: 20 WTF Moments

14. All The Justice League Shade

Black Adam Dwayne Johnson
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Given that Dwayne Johnson spent most of Black Adam's marketing tour claiming that it would change the DC universe's hierarchy of power, it's fitting that the film includes a ton of tongue-in-cheek jabs at the expense of the Justice League.

First off, when a wounded Adam wakes up in the bedroom of Adrianna's son Amon (Bodhi Sabongui), he rouses from a nightmare of his own son's demise and so reflexively fires a lightning bolt at the wall.

This oh-so-coincidentally incinerates a Superman poster on Amon's wall, burning the Man of Steel's face off entirely. This gag is then repeated at the end of the second act when Adam gets into a fight with Hawkman (Aldis Hodge) in Amon's room.

During the brawl, Hawkman's wings slice through a Flash poster, his mace slams into an Aquaman poster, and a pair of Batman and Wonder Woman action figures are catapulted into the air.

To top it off, Adam then punches a hole through a wall, also boring a hole straight through a poster baring the iconic Superman logo. It's not in any way subtle, but it is a fun, cheekily harmless dig at Johnson's "competition" in the DCEU.

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