Did Captain Marvel ever weaponize his lightning before Kingdom Come?

[Riv86672]

A friend at a different site swears he remembers it happening in an old comic way before 1996 but he can’t remember the book.

[Jon Clark]

It came up in a Superman/Captain Marvel story Pre-Crisis. I don't think he actually used it, but Captain Marvel had the idea of saying the magic word and then dodging the lightning so it would hit Superman. I think IIRC that the wizard talked him out of it. Superman and Cap had been tricked into battle when Black Adam and the Sand-Superman had each attacked one of the heroes while disguised as the other hero.

[Riv86672]

It came up in a Superman/Captain Marvel story Pre-Crisis. I don't think he actually used it, but Captain Marvel had the idea of saying the magic word and then dodging the lightning so it would hit Superman. I think IIRC that the wizard talked him out of it. Superman and Cap had been tricked into battle when Black Adam and the Sand-Superman had each attacked one of the heroes while disguised as the other hero.

^^^Cool! Thank you very much.

[Buried Alien]

Until KINGDOM COME, I never thought this was even possible because I had always assumed that whenever Billy/Captain Marvel yelled, "Shazam," the lightning would hit precisely the spot where Billy/Cap was at that instant, even if he were moving...the lightning just wouldn't stop until it hit and transformed him from one form to the other.

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[SuperX]

Until KINGDOM COME, I never thought this was even possible because I had always assumed that whenever Billy/Captain Marvel yelled, "Shazam," the lightning would hit precisely the spot where Billy/Cap was at that instant, even if he were moving...the lightning just wouldn't stop until it hit and transformed him from one form to the other.

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This is how I see it also.

Course black Adam has been shown to use lightning as a weapon, so it's a thing now

[Buried Alien]

This is how I see it also.

Course black Adam has been shown to use lightning as a weapon, so it's a thing now

And of course, there's "Captain Sparklefingers."

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[superduperman]

Wouldn't you have to be faster than lightning in order to get out of the way of it?

[Stanlos]

Yes, OF uses the lightning ambush first proposed years earlier in a story where Cap hypothesized that it would kill Superman

[Stanlos]

Yes, OF uses the lightning ambush first proposed years earlier in a story where Cap hypothesized that it would kill Superman

I think it was in SUPERMAN VS SHAZAM

[Jon-El]

That’s right. Superman vs Shazam 1978

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[Lee Stone]

It was also a major plot point in Legends.

[Stanlos]

It was also a major plot point in Legends.

Well, sort of.

But not really.

That was a case of MacroMan having caught Cap in such a way that he couldn't immediately get free. In the name of expedience, he planned to change back to Billy reasoning that Billy would slip right out.

The Lightning Ambush is more an intentional summoning of the bolt so that he could use the Speed of Mercury to evade it and cause it to strike his opponent instead.

[Riv86672]

Well, sort of.

But not really.

That was a case of MacroMan having caught Cap in such a way that he couldn't immediately get free. In the name of expedience, he planned to change back to Billy reasoning that Billy would slip right out.

The Lightning Ambush is more an intentional summoning of the bolt so that he could use the Speed of Mercury to evade it and cause it to strike his opponent instead.

^^^I actually came in to say something similar.
I pulled out my old Legends issues, as Lee Stone’s comment didn’t ring a bell for me. Def. an example of how dangerous the lightning can be though.

[Lee Stone]

Well, sort of.

But not really.

That was a case of MacroMan having caught Cap in such a way that he couldn't immediately get free. In the name of expedience, he planned to change back to Billy reasoning that Billy would slip right out.

The Lightning Ambush is more an intentional summoning of the bolt so that he could use the Speed of Mercury to evade it and cause it to strike his opponent instead.

Yes. I considered elaborating a bit more, but the point was that it was used as a weapon (although unintentionally), as Darkseid had anticipated.

[Riv86672]

Yes. I considered elaborating a bit more, but the point was that it was used as a weapon (although unintentionally), as Darkseid had anticipated.

I'd forgotten all about it though till you brought it up.