(W) Christopher Priest (A) Rafael Sandoval. Black Adam is dead* and the Mesopotamian gods of Akkad are having a field day. Are the gods real or are they merely figments of human imagination? Accepting death but denied redemption* Black Adam becomes an ersatz Gilgamesh as he journeys through Akkadian Hell while Malik* his young descendant* goes to extreme and unethical measures to try and revive him* all the while wondering if he should save the life of one of the greatest evils the world has ever known.