Snyder's version of Watchmen is referenced here too, but it will be tedious to list all the comic book movies that Black Adam borrows from when there are so many other movies from which it cribs. Marvelman/Miracleman was a title that Alan Moore was once reputed to be willing to give his eye-teeth to work on, but whatever the wizard of Northampton would give to be disassociated from this sort of pablum is between him and the snake in his attic. There are times when what's on screen appears to be directly lifted from his art style, though more often it's as interpreted by Zach Snyder in 300. I mean, not specifically for this, it's not as bad as The Spirit. If you took long enough that you thought about getting a cup of tea and maybe a biscuit that'd be more effort than appears to have been expended making Black Adam distinct. If you want to go really into the weeds you can look at how Marvel Man and Marvel's Captain Marvel and Marvel Boy (not be confused with Superboy who appeared a year or so after Black Adam) and, heck, throw in the whole Marvelman/Miracleman thing and you'll spend a while looking at how various superheroes and their adventures are differentiated. Black Adam first appeared in Fawcett Comics in 1945, in what was then known as the Marvel Family, as an antagonist to Billy Batson's Captain Marvel, now known as Shazam after it became clear that it was confusing for one of DC Comics' stable of heroes to share their name with a rival publisher.
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