Now in the 21st-Century, Black Adam must face off against the Justice Society of America and its heroes: Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Atom Smasher and Cyclone. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.

But because of assorted commitments, including Showtime's City on a Hill and the DC movie Black Adam, Hodge has only ... Was that a deft ad-lib from Hawkman himself? "No, not at all.