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His next appearance showed him acting irrationally and violently, and opposed by the Justice Society, who were only able to stop him by bringing lightning from ancient Egypt to the present and transforming Adam back to mortal form. Hereafter there is confusion as to whether Black Adam’s real persona is Theo or Teth-Adam.
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He eventually returned and claimed to be free of the influence of Theo. Theo/Teth-Adam was then sent to a far-flung part of the cosmos. When her brother Satanus interfered and released his sister’s soul, Black Adam turns on Blaze and she was defeated by the wizard. Holding the soul of his sister hostage in hell, she coerced Theo to serve her in a plot against the wizard. This solution proved short-lived, however, as Shazam’s daughter Blaze again intervened and restored Theo’s faculties and thereby his powers. Marvel achieved victory by snatching away the scarab from Theo and took him to the wizard Shazam who removed his memory and voice.
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Batson, the empowered Theo Adam revealed himself as the murderer of Billy’s parents, and the two battled. Recognizing Captain Marvel’s resemblance to C.C. Theo Adam discovered he was a descendant of Black Adam and learned to speak the magic word that bestowed upon him the powers of Black Adam, and eventually released the ancient warrior’s spirit. Becoming immediately obsessed with the amulet, the unscrupulous assistant killed the Batson's to claim it for himself. Batson led the expedition and discovered the amulet along with his wife Marylyn and assistant Theo Adam. Sivana served as the vehicle for fate’s intercession. The scarab amulet found its way into the tomb of Ramses II and remained there until an archeological expedition financed by Dr. Made cautious by this failure, Shazam does not empower another champion until modern times when Billy Batson was made into Captain Marvel. Having been unnaturally supported past his normal lifespan, Adam’s body disintegrated.
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In any event, Shazam somehow magically transposed Teth-Adam’s powers (and apparently Teth-Adam’s spirit) into a mystical scarab amulet, where they remained for thousands of years. Henceforth, the wizard referred to him as "Khem" (or "Black") Adam. This happened either because Adam became dictatorial towards Kahndaq, he became corrupted and homicidal by his powers, or the wizard believed he was plotting conquest with Blaze. Though he went on to serve the pharaoh of Egypt for hundreds of years thereafter, Teth-Adam eventually fell from the good graces of Shazam. Captain Marvel, interacting with his predecessor prior to his fall from grace, was both impressed by the valor and nobility of Adam, and disturbed by the bloody vengeance he exacted upon the murderer of his family. With the assistance of the time-traveling members of the Justice Society of America, the two villains were eventually defeated. The attack was carried out by a rogue priest who used the Orb of Ra to give himself Metamorpho-like powers, and plotted conquest in league with the immortal Vandal Savage. This service however, drew him away from his family and home country of Kahndaq, which was attacked in his absence, resulting in the murder of his family and the devastation of his people. At one point, a time-traveling adventure of the Justice Society showed him in service to Prince Khufu (an early reincarnation of Hawkman) alongside the wizard Nabu. "Teth-Adam" (Mighty Adam) then served the Egyptian Pharaoh as his champion for many years. Blaze struck a bargain with the god Set so that when Adam speaks the word “Shazam,” instead of becoming the avatar of the wizard’s deific patrons, he becomes the avatar of the Egyptian gods Shu, Heru, Amon, Zehuti, Aton, and Mehen. Having determined to make Adam his successor, Shazam’s intentions were altered by the intervention of his half-demonic daughter Blaze. Impressed with his virtue and martial heroism, he chose Adam. While serving as high priest to Ramses II, the wizard Shazam sought a successor to his godly powers. While there are contradictory accounts of the circumstances of Black Adam’s early history, certain elements are consistent: Adam was born to the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II in the neighboring (fictional) land of Kahndaq.