When Theology And Comic Books Collide

[kiya]

So I've been quoting Bishop Spong at the gang again. . . .


Whitney quotes another: "If we take these texts literally, [Jesus] becomes not the incarnate one, 'the perfect God and perfect man,' but a kind of celestial visitor from another planet, not unlike Superman or Captain Marvel."

da Vinci says "And everyone loves Superman!"

I say "Nah. He's too Seelie."
Whitney is not a lawn order kinda gal.

Tesla says "I think Captain Marvel is from Earth, actually, but don't quote me on that."

I say "Gods know; given the sort of things comics do I wouldn't be surprised if you were both right, depending on timeline, retcon, and whether or not there are Twins involved. ;)"

Tesla cackles. Good point.

I say "I mean, given comics, I would be utterly unsurprised if there weren't twins born to different mothers on different planets. ;)"

da Vinci says "With tuning forks made of antimatter!"

I say "Exactly!"

da Vinci says "And now, sleep."

I say "Coward."
Whitney googles absentmindedly. Apparently Captain Marvel is possessed of Superhero Power at the cry of a word, which works for Spong's point almost as well. ;)

Tesla says "Good point. I'd forgotten he was the Shazam! guy. That cape is so gay."

I say "On the other hand, the Captain Marvel that Marvel Comics did seems to be at least . . . half . . . alien. . . thing."
I say "Given that apparently that one was two guys with one life and when they went superhero one of them went pfft into a pocket dimension."
I say "One half was from Titan, and the other half from Arizona."

Tesla finds that oddly hilarious.

I say "Arizona, you mean?"
Whitney mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmushrooms.
I say "And Satriani. Life is good."
Whitney adds that she really, really did not expect to be correct about the twins born of different mothers on different worlds bit.

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[avram]

There are a bunch of different "Captain Marvel" characters. The first was a normal boy, Billy Batson, who was given the ability to become a superhero when he said the magic word "Shazam". The second was an alien warrior, Mar-Vell, of a race called the Kree, who eventually died of cancer. The third was a policewoman, Monica Rambeau, who gained light powers somehow; she eventually changed her name to Photon. I think Mar-Vell's son Genis-Vell is now a fourth Captain Marvel; he's half-Kree, half-Titanian, and has some kind of shared-body thing going with Rick Jones.

The Billy Batson version is a DC character; the others are Marvel Comics characters.

(I only carry some of this information around in my actual skull; the rest is googling. I'd never even heard of Genis-Vell till I hunted around for information about Monica Rambeau.)