Black Adam’s Post-Credits Scene, Four Years Later: Henry Cavill’s Strange Last Flight as Superman

Some goodbyes are planned. Others sneak up on you. Four years after Black Adam hit theaters, one short post-credits scene is still sparking debate about how Henry Cavill’s time as…

By Reetam Bodhak

November 1, 2026

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Some goodbyes are planned. Others sneak up on you. Four years after Black Adam hit theaters, one short post-credits scene is still sparking debate about how Henry Cavill’s time as Superman really ended.

Black Adam: Recap

Detail	Info
Film	Black Adam
Release Date	October 21, 2022
Star	Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam
The Cameo	Henry Cavill’s Superman
Cavill’s Last Line	“Black Adam, we should talk.”
Later Update	James Gunn confirmed Cavill wouldn’t return
Cavill’s Next Big Role	Amazon’s Warhammer 40K series

The Scene That Raised Hopes

By 2021, many fans felt Cavill’s run ended on a high note, after the campaign that led to Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Justice League. Then came Black Adam. In its post-credits scene, a drone descends into a ruined temple and plays a hologram of Viola Davis’s Amanda Waller, who warns Teth-Adam that leaving Kahndaq will get him put down.

Adam brushes it off, saying no one on the planet can stop him. Waller replies that she can send people who aren’t from this planet. After he blows up the drone, Cavill’s Superman floats down through the smoke. His final line as the character is a quiet one, and the two never get to have that talk.

Why The Direct Calls It a Stain?

According to The Direct’s retrospective, the cameo served what it calls The Rock’s long-held wish to fight Superman. It also reportedly misled Cavill into thinking he was returning. The piece argues he was given only verbal assurance, not a contract, until co-CEO James Gunn confirmed he wouldn’t be back.

The article adds that Cavill made two more voiceless cameos, in The Flash and a silhouetted appearance in Peacemaker, before the next season retconned him out and replaced him with David Corenswet’s Superman. These are the writer’s opinions, and plenty of fans see the cameo differently.

Cavill’s Silver Lining

The Direct argues Cavill came out ahead. Two months after Black Adam, he landed his dream job, starring in and executive producing a live-action Warhammer 40K series for Amazon Prime Video. He’s also an executive producer on a related animated series, spun off from the Secret Level episode. A big franchise he’s a huge fan of might not have been possible if Superman had kept him busy.