History:  Fang Zhifu served in China's PLA, and was called in when a Durlan spacecraft crashed in China. the Durlans infected Fang and the rest of his team. only an experimental procedure saved his life, but he found his entire body converted to rusty metal.

(52 / WWIII Part Four: United We Stand #1) <Week 50, Day 7> Black Adam arrived in China, and prepared to destroy the entire country for their government's role in his family's death. He defeated August General and the Great Ten before China allowed the American superhero community to square off against him. Black Adam was a god with nothing left to lose, and each punch he threw was intended to kill. His savagery was winning the day until Martian Manhunter reappeared and flooded his brain with his own loss, the death of the entire Martian species. Black Adam was distracted long enough for Captain Marvel to hurl a Shazam bolt at him. Theo Adam was powerless, and left with amnesia. He staggered away unnoticed from the end of WWIII.

Comments: Created by Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, Keith Giffen & Joe Bennett

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