Black Adam is defending Kahndaq from a border assault when the deadly nightmare wave sweeps the planet, putting all men, women, and children into the nightmare realm…including the fierce monarch! But what are his deepest, darkest nightmares? What horror can put fear into the heart of Black Adam?! Knight Terrors begins!
Knight Terrors: Black Adam #1 shows how to terrify a man who looks fearless. Black Adam is perhaps the most powerful being among this first wave of heroes and villains affected by Insomnia, and so it is fascinating to see how he is brought crashing down and humbled. Read Full Review
This Adam seems more like the wild card of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths rather than a villain, and the cliffhanger nicely positions him as a key player in the coming battle. Read Full Review
As an addition to the Knight Terrors event, this didnt feel like it added much, however, Black Adam fans might enjoy the character having more of a presence in the DC Comic Universe. It remains to be seen if the story ends up better in the second half than the first half. Read Full Review
The Knight Terrors crossover event has been an interesting exercise in its opening week. Everything has hit the page with a particularly memorable impact. Haun finds some level of intensity in what he's putting to the page. So much of it seems to rest on the surface, but Haun is subtly placing deeper horrors in and around the edges of everything, which makes the Black Adam entry into the crossover well worth a look. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: Black Adam #1 is cool, it's intriguing, and it is short. Very short. 22 pages to be exact. And just when it starts getting good, it ends. There is a cliffhanger that raises more questions than it answers (on purpose of course). This is a teaser issue through and through. Fortunately, it does pique the curiosity to find out what happens next. Read Full Review
ConclusionKnight Terrors: Black Adam #1 feels like a generic tie-in to the larger event. It's not doing anything particularly special beyond confirming that Isis and Osiris are canonical characters post-Flashpoint and Huan script and art are both serviceable but nothing to write home about. While Batman's appearance at the end of the issue does pique my interest, I'm guessing that this tie-in won't matter in the larger scheme of the Knight Terrors story. Read Full Review
This is one that can be skipped. Read Full Review
Is someone still a hero when their suffering is either too deserved and/or unappealing? Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: Black Adam primarily serves to remind readers what they're missing with Priest's Black Adam on hiatus. Read Full Review
In perhaps the most obvious sign that DC’s approach to these standalone stories was to push quantity over quality, Jeremy Haun’s KNIGHT TERRORS BLACK ADAM #1 was a completely forgettable and unnecessary read. Apparently Black Adam’s worst nightmare is losing his powers? Not very deep or complex if you ask me. The book is panel after panel of Black Adam fighting off random druid-like beings with little text to put things into context and a lackluster approach to artwork to help create any sense of world-building. Oh, Batman shows up at the end to try and get us interested for the next issue. Having to read that might be my nightmare.
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