Um... Why is Captain Marvel in space?

[Silvermane]

I thought he was sealed away safe as houses inside the Rock of Eternity. But that's clearly him right below the panel of Alex Luthor looking at his severed finger.

[Jkid099]

I'm going to just guess an artist mistake.

[Joe Acro]

Wait! Do we get a No-Prize if we give a good enough response? Oh, crap, it's DC...

Maybe there was a shape-changing alien that took the form of Captain Marvel to temporarily confuse a few of the heroes. Without the issue handy, I don't really know how he was acting, but I'll just assume that he was floating through the air.

A better question is why all those in space that were part of a different Earth (like Alan Scott) were not affected by Luthor's device.

[phantom1592]

Actually When the worlds got seperated, the marvel family got shunted off into Earth S. There is nothing saying that he is trapped in the rock on Earth S.


(In fact from what I heard somewhere, way back pre-crisis, Shazam had been dead for years. His ghost was the advisor of Cap.)


That's at least my reasoning
:)

[Lex]

Wait! Do we get a No-Prize if we give a good enough response? Oh, crap, it's DC...

Maybe there was a shape-changing alien that took the form of Captain Marvel to temporarily confuse a few of the heroes. Without the issue handy, I don't really know how he was acting, but I'll just assume that he was floating through the air.This is why I hate the idea of No-Prizes. If it's truely a creator's mistake, then call it what it is. Having the fans do their work for them breeds a bunch of lazy writers, artists and editors.

[phantom1592]

Actually When the worlds got seperated, the marvel family got shunted off into Earth S. There is nothing saying that he is trapped in the rock on Earth S.



Never mind, I was thinking of a different part, THAT was a mistake :D

[Cayman]

I was re-reading the issue today and kind of wondered, if Deadman wasn't inhabiting a body, can he really hold someone's hands?

Cay

[LordEd1976]

I was re-reading the issue today and kind of wondered, if Deadman wasn't inhabiting a body, can he really hold someone's hands?

Cay

He hanging out with almost every magic user in the world at freakin Stonehenge. I'm sure someone there knows a spell that can enable Boston Brand to hold hands, either that or maybe one of the mgic users there has part of themeselves attuned with the spiritual plane so they can hold Deadman's hand. Or Deadman is possessing one of the magic users while holding hands and exited the bosy when the Spectre killed Star Sapphire.

Just pick whichever one of the above explanations works for you.

[LtMarvel]

No Prize Entry #1:

The Rock of Eternity is the center of space and time. So that Captain Marvel is either a Captain Marvel of the past (he sent himself on that mission) or the future (Captain Marvel just watched himself do the job, so he knows exactly what to do!

[hotrodimus]

uhmm.... i think that was red tornado... not capt marvel...

[Joe Acro]

uhmm.... i think that was red tornado... not capt marvel...

Doesn't the Red Tornado have a blue cape?

[PatrickG]

Couldn't have been an alternate Captain Marvel?

Or one of the Marvel family?

[gorosaurus]

Couldn't have been an alternate Captain Marvel?

Or one of the Marvel family?
It definitely could be one of the Lt. Marvels; especially since you can only see him from behind.

[Paul Newell]

It's Red Tornado...And a colouring mistake.

[G.O.K.I.]

I thought he was sealed away safe as houses inside the Rock of Eternity. But that's clearly him right below the panel of Alex Luthor looking at his severed finger.DUHHH....that's what happened with the final RETCON PUNCH!

[Guts/Batman]

I thought he was sealed away safe as houses inside the Rock of Eternity. But that's clearly him right below the panel of Alex Luthor looking at his severed finger.

Actually, it was only hinted that he went into the RoE...

We don't actually know if he volunteered to be the next "Shazam" yet or not...

[phantom1592]

Ok, but we do know he never went with Donna into space....

[LtMarvel]

Captain Marvel was last seen at the Rock of Eternity, the very center of Time and Space. Cap can go anywhere and anywhen from there.

[Peter M.]

A better question is why all those in space that were part of a different Earth (like Alan Scott) were not affected by Luthor's device. Because Brother Eye, the device used to separate the Earth-2 elements from the regular DCU, was located around Earth.