Black Adam (Teth/Theo-Adam) is a fictional supervillain and anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, the character is one of the archenemies of the superhero Captain Marvel and the nemesis of the Marvel Family. Black Adam first appeared as a one-time villain for the first issue of Fawcett Comics' "The Marvel Family" comic book (December 1945). However, Black Adam was revived as a recurring character after DC Comics first licensed and then acquired the Fawcett characters and began publishing Shazam/formerly Captain Marvel Family stories under the title "Shazam!" in the 1970s.