The Excalibur was a doomed LexCorp space shuttle; its explosion during the arrival of Doomsday created the Cyborg Superman.
History
The members of the Excalibur crew (Henry Henshaw, his wife Terri Henshaw, along with Steven and Jim Garrison) were exposed to cosmic radiation, resulting in the crash of their shuttle. As a result of the radiation exposure, the human bodies of two crew members were destroyed. However, their minds survived, enabling to construct new bodies out of pure cosmic radiation and pieces of earth and the shuttle (homages to the Human Torch and the Thing, respectively). Initially, Henshaw and his wife suffered no ill effects from the radiation and the crew travelled to Metropolis, in the hope of using LexCorp facilities to cure their transformed crewmates. During a brief battle with Superman, the crew member now composed of radiation became unhinged and flew into the sun. By this time, Henshaw's body had begun to rapidly decay while his wife was beginning to phase into an alternate dimension. With Superman's help, Henshaw was able to use the LexCorp facilities to save Terri, but died immediately afterwards. The remaining member of the shuttle crew committed suicide using an MRI booth.
See Also
- Appearances of Space Shuttle Excalibur
- Vehicle Gallery: Space Shuttle Excalibur
- Catalogued images related to Space Shuttle Excalibur
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