In ancient Kahndaq, the slave Teth Adam gains divine powers. However, when he uses them for revenge, he ends up imprisoned for 5,000 years. When he is finally freed in the present day, he returns with a vengeance to continue his dark work.

Unyielding and relentless, Black Adam faces a group of modern heroes who form the Justice Society. Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Atom Smasher, and Cyclone want to take him back to eternal captivity.