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So, things are starting to make a bit more sense with this issue of Black Adam as we learn that Adam never actually fought against Desaad, and is instead being put through some kind of trial from a bunch of gods.
Whilst this reveal makes a bit more sense, and brings Adam back into his more closely related realms of magic and gods, rather than space gods, it does feel a bit off that two issues ago we thought he was fighting Darkseid, only for it to be revealed it was a fake Darkseid made by Desaad; which has now been revealed to be a fake Desaad made by an ancient god. Are we supposed to be able to trust anything we're seeing?
I don't know if I'm supposed to be expecting everything that I'm seeing to be fake, or some kind of trick now, but thanks to these fake outs I'm left very sceptical of everything that's happening. If that's the goal, fair play, it certainly means that I'm going to be reading things very carefully and always going to be second guessing stuff from now on.
I liked the introduction of the Mesopotamian gods though, I think it's an interesting direction to take things; and as far as I'm aware we've not really had them appear before so it adds something new to the DC universe. However, it's still not clear why things are happening. Why did these gods infect Adam, why did they cause him to get sick and die, and what do they want with him? All still a mystery; but hopefully one that we'll start to get answers to soon.
Back in the real world, Malik seems a lot more in his element now that he's in a hospital working on a patient. He's less 'in your face' and more focused, and a lot of the issues that I had with him from the first two parts of the series don't really seem to be here now as he's less quipy, he's not leaving sentences half finished, and seems less of a dick about things.
I like that he's not willing to fail, that whilst those around him have shrugged their shoulders and said 'well, guess Black Adam's dead' he's refused to accept that and is fighting for his patient. He's showing a stubbornness that's perfect for a character wanting to be a doctor, and him using the magical lightning whilst shocking Adam back to life with a defibrillator is a pretty cool move.
This series seems to be getting stronger with each issue after a bit of a shaky start. I'm still not the biggest fan of the way the book is written, but I'm willing to see where it goes and what's going to happen to Adam over the course of the series.
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