‘Black Adam’ Post-Credits Scene With [SPOILER] and More Easter Eggs Explained

SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses several major plot elements throughout“Black Adam,” now playing in theaters.

Dwayne Johnson has long promised that “the hierarchy of power in the DCUniverse is about to change” with his movie “Black Adam.” Now that it’sfinally released in theaters…will it change anything?

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The post-credits scene certainly hopes so. Fans had long been clamoring forJohnson’s super-strong villain to face off against another all-powerful DChero: Henry Cavill’s Superman. Johnson himself had been teasing the showdownat this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and on the “Black Adam” world premiere redcarpet. Much to the fans’ delight, Johnson and the “Black Adam” team listenedto their request.

Cavill’s Superman does appear in the post-credits scene, and there seems tobe some hostility between him and Black Adam. But first, the scene starts outwith Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller (who’s been pulling the strings behind theSuicide Squad in not one, but two movies) sending over a drone to talk withBlack Adam. Waller isn’t too happy with Black Adam after he escaped from herunderwater prison — which was run by “Peacemaker” character Emilia Harcourt(Jennifer Holland) in a fun cameo.

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Waller tells Black Adam that he has her attention, and she’ll let him go freeas long as he doesn’t step foot outside his home country, Kahndaq. Black Adamsmirks, saying, “There’s nobody on this planet who can stop me,” which promptsWaller reply that there’s someone not from this world who can help her. Sureenough, Superman, the last son of Krypton, crashes down from above in a cloudof dust. As the Man of Steel emerges from the smoke, he tells Black Adam, “Weshould talk.” And then the movie cuts to black.

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Does this mean we’re getting a Black Adam-Superman fight in a prospectivesequel? As with most things in the DC Universe right now, it’s unclear. Whilemany of the upcoming movies on DC’s slate — “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” “TheFlash,” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” — do exist in the same cinematicuniverse, these movies are largely unconnected, and the chances of anothercameo from Cavill or Johnson in them seem pretty slim. There have beenunconfirmed reports about a second Superman movie with Cavill, but nothing hasbeen announced, let alone greenlit.

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“Black Adam” producer Hiram Garcia has said that a Superman battle wouldn’tjust be a one-off movie, however. “It’s never been about a one-off or justabout a fight,” he recently told CinemaBlend. “No, it’s about so much morethan that. We really want to craft a long-form of storytelling and show thatthese two characters exist in the same universe and are going to have to dealwith each other often, either on the same or opposite sides. Hopefully they’regoing to clash at some point, but it’s not just about a ‘one fight’ situation.That was never our dream. That does not reward the fans. Fans want to feel ajourney between these guys knowing that these guys exist in the sameuniverse.”

Outside of Superman, “Black Adam” has a few more Easter Eggs up its sleeves.The Justice Society of America heroes, made of Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), DoctorFate (Pierce Brosnan), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) and Cyclone (QuintessaSwindell), make their big-screen debuts and have some comic-book nods.

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Atom Smasher explains that his suit allows him to change the structure of hisatoms and grow to a gigantic size. As we’re introduced to him, he gets aFaceTime call from his uncle Al Pratt, who was the older hero Atom in the DCComics and passed down his suit. In a hilarious cameo, the Fonz himself, HenryWinkler, plays Pratt.

Hawkman, the leader of the Justice Society, has a comic-accurate costume,complete with wings and a hawk helmet. He mentions that his spaceship is madefrom Nth metal, the precious alloy from the planet Thanagar that’s also usedin his mace.

In the comics, Cyclone is the granddaughter of Abigail Mathilda “Ma” Hunkel,who was the first superhero to go by Red Tornado. As a child, Cyclone waskidnapped by the mad scientist TO Morrow, who also created an android namedRed Tornado, and has nanobytes injected within her, which are the source ofher elemental powers. In “Black Adam,” Cyclone briefly mentions her past,particularly the nanobytes, to Atom Smasher, who’s shocked by her originstory.

Though he sadly dies, Doctor Fate puts up a fight against Marwan Kenzari’svillain Ishmael, who turns into the demonic monster Sabbac. When Doctor Fatedons his gold helmet and uses his magical powers, his voice is deeper andotherworldly. That could be because his powers come from an ancient, cosmicbeing named Nabu, who grants the mystical abilities to whoever wears theDoctor Fate helmet. With Brosnan’s Doctor Fate dead, there may be someone elseto take up the mantle in a second, like the current DC character KhalidNassour.

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