While production for the Justice Society of America will make their long-awaited silver-screen debut.
Henry Cavill's Superman has also been blessed with renewed life recently, between the highly anticipated announcement of Zack Snyder's Justice League as well as official reports that titanic clash between the two characters eventually. And if the two powerhouses do come to a clash, who exactly would win?
For starters, let's examine the two actors playing the larger-than-life characters. Clocking in at 6'1 and 198 pounds, Henry Cavill's physique has made him one of the most demanded actors in Hollywood when it comes to playing physically imposing characters. His Justice League training resulted in a body fat percentage of 14.8% and a muscle index of 6.5, making him without a doubt the biggest actor to ever play the character on-screen. The Rock, however, might just be a bit bigger. With a height of 6'3, he's got a good 2 inches on Henry, as well as 38 extra pounds of mass. His body fat percentage is 10.5% and his muscle index is 10.8, showing him to be slightly more built than Cavill is. The difference between the two actors in of stature isn't huge, but it's a noticeable edge for Adam.
In of the characters' power sets, both have a similar range of powers with some important distinctions. Superman has arguably the most recognizable collection of superpowers of all-time, including flight, super-strength, super-speed, heat vision, ice breath, and occasionally new powers introduced and then stripped by DC. Adam is granted similar powers by the mystic word "SHAZAM," including super-speed, phenomenal strength, godlike stamina, and even lightning manipulation. On a purely technical level, their power sets seem to be equivocal, but one important distinction sets them apart: magic. With Superman's powers being derived from the rays of Earth's yellow sun, he has very few vulnerabilities, and one of his easiest to exploit his lack of resistance to magic-based attacks.
This is something that has factored into some of their confrontations in the past, as well as Superman's occasional battles with Adam's rival Shazam. Superman has beaten Adam in the past, mostly due to the edge that Clark carries in of raw speed, but there's a catch: DC rarely shows us the upper limit of Black Adam's power.
The only event that has ever really depicted Adam as a bloodthirsty warrior and master of combat is World War 3. In it, Adam is enraged over the death of his family and launches into a worldwide campaign against the world's metahumans. He handily takes on groups such as the Science Squad, the Doom Patrol, the Teen Titans, the entire Shazam Family, and the combined might of the Justice Society along with several other superheroes. He was only stopped as the result of a spell created by Zatanna and the Phantom Stranger to turn him human. While Cavill's Superman and The Rock's Adam aren't exactly the same as their comic book counterparts, the stats of their actors and Adam's proclivity for magic lean towards Black Adam coming out on top; however, as the hero of the story, Superman usually finds a way to come out on top in the end.
