Advanced World War 3 #1-4 spoilers within

[Not Jake]

Jake is the 2nd person to say they suck, why? I enjoyed them more than anything Marvel has put out in the last 10 years.

Why? Because they weren't very good.

I also don't think it shoulda been a 4-issue series. It wasn't very substantial, and 4 issues stretched what is essentially a big fight scene pretty thin. Besides, wouldn't 3 issues have made more sense? WW3 = 3 issues.

 

[Kebab gud]

Wow... so is Black Adam really that powerful to do all that?

well he is a marvel....

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

meh, these books we'rent needed. all they did was go into detail about the fight, big whoop. i expected something alot more.

 

[Memphis Slim]

Shouldn't the T-Bolt have taken Adam out?? This just seemed so contrived!! Power girl is Kryptonian!!

 

[BrianWilly]

Kryptonian = vulnerable to magic. As Infinite Crisis showed, Black Adam is capable of channeling his magic straight through his fists.

And all the Marvels have a reasonable degree of resistance to magic themselves, derived from one of their gods (Zeus I believe for the Marvels, and...someone else for Adam). The Thunderbolt isn't a god, his wishes aren't all-powerful; he can't do that much against Adam.

But otherwise, I agree...his power levels were off the charts here. The only explanation I can think of his that his gods were intentionally making him more powerful for this. As we found out in week 50, they fully supported his war.

 

[Not Jake]

Maybe the scientists did better against him than the heroes because the heroes were just aiming to contain him, while the scientists were willing to be more brutal.

 

[Manic]

I think the scientists caught Black Adam while he still only pissed. Capturing and attempting to kill/torture him probably sent Adam from pissed off to ape-s***.

I like BrianWilly's explanation better. It seemed strange that the Egyptian gods would support his wanton destruction of... well, everything. But then I get the impression a lot of old gods resent superheroes for getting all of humanity's praise.