Dwayne Johnson brings 'Black Adam' to Comic-Con after 10-year quest

Actor Dwayne Johnson arrives on stage to present his film 'Black Adam' during the Warner Bros. panel at Comic-Con in San Diego. – Photo: AFP

Actor Dwayne Johnson made a dramatic entrance at the annual Comic-Con pop culture convention on Saturday, hovering above a smoke-filled stage in a sleek superhero costume and promising "the DC Universe will never be the same."

Johnson previewed his upcoming Warner Bros film Black Adam, a story inspired by DC Comics about a former slave who is granted god-like powers and awakens 5,000 years later in modern times.