It happened in the present but he wasn't in control, Xanadu saw the aftermath.



but do you think there's any significance to:
- Pandora's box having 3 eyesockets,
- Despero showing up and taking a dive (cause unless Despero's been SEVERELY depowered, Martian Manhunter shouldn't be soloing him any more than any Marvel hero should be soloing Thanos)
- Supes growing a third eye all of the sudden,
- Them referencing this super old school issue:

really, it's almost like they're setting up to retell JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice. Shazam, Despero, multiple Justice teams and the Seven Deadly Sins.

If anybody else is reading this but have never read this story, please do. Hell of a read.
maybe I just did a Quantum level of reaching, though.
