DC Comics Infinite Frontier ties into Future State in surprising ways
By Mark Lynch
Black Adam isn’t a villain?
Elsewhere, Superman appeared on-scene after a superpower fight. When he arrived, however, he was informed that they were saved by SHAZADAM. The Man of Steel assumed they meant Shazam but he was wrong. The survivors showed Superman their phones to reveal that it was actually Black Adam who saved them.
The Flash, Barry Allen, thinks this is a supervillain team-up gone bad but Superman believes otherwise. He believes that this may be who Black Adam wants to be now. Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen.
Black Adam isn’t always a supervillain. Even when he is, sometimes his motives are to protect Kahndaq. Maybe Superman’s need to believe in people is correct this time.
Dark days or Bright beginnings for Jonathan Kent?
While Wonder Woman and Spectre are looking over this new universe, they come across Jonathan Kent. Spectre looks at him and sees something bad waiting to happen. His time spent with a twisted version of his father, Superman, and thousands of years in the future may cause him to become nothing like his father. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman sees the courage and strength of his father. As she’s explaining, Jon displays that strength. Saving the day like his father would.
Will Jon become a hero or future villain? Just because his mother and father are good people, who knows what his future holds. We’ve seen the best heroes turn evil. If Black Adam can become a hero, who’s to say Jon can’t turn into the next major villain?