Hailed as the slave who became Champion, the mortal Teth-Adam was given the powers of the gods, transforming into a fearsome superpowered being at the utterance of a single magic word: SHAZAM. He freed his people from the king of Kahndaq before grief over the loss of his family turned to cold fury, and he was entombed for his vengeful actions.

Nearly 5,000 years later, Black Adam is freed from his slumber and finds himself in a world he does not recognise. Now he must try to see himself not as Kahndaq’s destroyer, but its saviour.