After 52 and World War III, when DC announced that there was going to be a 6-issue miniseries featuring Black Adam, I was skeptical.

This is a guy that killed a country. A country. Killed it stone dead. Almost every man, woman and child within the country died because of this man. Regardless of the reasons, it takes some balls to make Teth-Adam the focus of a miniseries.

The miniseries deals with Black Adam’s quest to return the love of his life, Isis, back to the land of the living. Really, that’s touching; but Kandaq is dead. There are some good character moments within — if you can get past the whole mass-murderer thing, this would be a good comic. Ignore 52 and WWIII and it’s rather enjoyable.

The reveal of Black Adam’s new word is priceless. I did like that. Won’t spoil it for you. (And for those that don’t know, Black Adam is one of the Marvel Family group of enemies. DC’s Captain Marvel everyone knows as Shazam, Mary Marvel, etc. They have a magic word that they say to transform into their powered state. The word to this point has been Shazam – but Captain Marvel changed Black Adam’s after the Kandaq thing).

Get the trade — there’s some good bits, and a betrayal at the end that would make you feel sorry for Adam . . . if he wasn’t, y’know, a genocidal freak.