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==Publication history== | ==Publication history== | ||
Darkseid was created by writer-artist [[Jack Kirby]] to serve as the chief [[antagonist]] of his "[[Fourth World (comics)|Fourth World]]" [[metaseries]]. The character was first seen briefly in a series of cameos that started in ''[[Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen]]'' #134 (December 1970), before making his first full appearance in ''[[Forever People]]'' #1 (February 1971). Kirby modeled Darkseid's face on actor [[Jack Palance]] and based his personality on [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/11/10/the-palance-darkseid-connection/ | title=The Palance-Darkseid Connection | last=Evanier | first= Mark | work=News From Me | date=November 10, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/best-comic-book-villains-real-life-inspiration/ | Darkseid was created by writer-artist [[Jack Kirby]] to serve as the chief [[antagonist]] of his "[[Fourth World (comics)|Fourth World]]" [[metaseries]]. The character was first seen briefly in a series of cameos that started in ''[[Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen]]'' #134 (December 1970), before making his first full appearance in ''[[Forever People]]'' #1 (February 1971). Kirby modeled Darkseid's face on actor [[Jack Palance]] and based his personality on [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/11/10/the-palance-darkseid-connection/ | title=The Palance-Darkseid Connection | last=Evanier | first= Mark | work=News From Me | date=November 10, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Paul |date=March 30, 2014 |title=Real Life Inspirations Behind Some of the Best Comic Book Villains |url=https://screenrant.com/best-comic-book-villains-real-life-inspiration/ |access-date=October 12, 2020 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> | ||
Though Darkseid was originally conceived as the primary villain for the [[New Gods]], he would eventually be established as an archenemy of Superman and the Justice League.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin | | Though Darkseid was originally conceived as the primary villain for the [[New Gods]], he would eventually be established as an archenemy of Superman and the Justice League.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Greenberger |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |author-link2=Martin Pasko |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |pages=71–73}}</ref> | ||
Darkseid has had a large influence in pop culture and other comics; most notably, Kirby's creation is credited as the inspiration for [[Marvel Comics]]' high-profile villain [[Thanos]] by his creators. | Darkseid has had a large influence in pop culture and other comics; most notably, Kirby's creation is credited as the inspiration for [[Marvel Comics]]' high-profile villain [[Thanos]] by his creators. | ||
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==Fictional character biography== | ==Fictional character biography== | ||
'''Prince Uxas''', the son of King Yuga Khan and Queen [[Heggra]] and the second-in-line to the throne of [[Apokolips]], plotted to seize control over the planet from his older brother, [[Infinity-Man|Drax]].<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |title =The Encyclopedia of | '''Prince Uxas''', the son of King Yuga Khan and Queen [[Heggra]] and the second-in-line to the throne of [[Apokolips]], plotted to seize control over the planet from his older brother, [[Infinity-Man|Drax]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rovin |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Rovin |title=[[The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains]] |date=1987 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=0-8160-1356-X |location=New York |page=76}}</ref> When Drax attempted to claim the fabled Omega Force, Uxas murdered him and claimed its power for himself. His skin turned to stone, and Uxas rechristened himself as Darkseid.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]]|penciller=Byrne, John|inker=Byrne, John|story=Apokolips Then|title=Jack Kirby's Fourth World|volume=|issue=#2|date=April 1997|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]]|penciller=Byrne, John|inker=Byrne, John|story=Mothers & Sons|title=Jack Kirby's Fourth World|volume=|issue=#3|date=May 1997|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]]|penciller=Byrne, John|inker=Byrne, John|story=Alpha and Omega|title=Jack Kirby's Fourth World|volume=|issue=#4|date=June 1997|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]]|penciller=Byrne, John|inker=Byrne, John|story=O, Deadly Darkseid|title=Jack Kirby's Fourth World|volume=|issue=#5|date=July 1997|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> At some point, he fell in love with an Apokoliptian scientist and sorceress named Suli, with whom he had a son, [[Kalibak]]. However, Heggra ordered [[DeSaad]] to poison Suli out of the belief that she was corrupting her son. | ||
Following Suli's death, Darkseid's heart grew even colder and his disdain for his mother intensified when she forced him to marry a woman named Tigra, with whom he had another son, [[Orion (character)|Orion]]. Seeking vengeance against Heggra for killing the one he loved, Darkseid ordered | Following Suli's death, Darkseid's heart grew even colder and his disdain for his mother intensified when she forced him to marry a woman named Tigra, with whom he had another son, [[Orion (character)|Orion]]. Seeking vengeance against Heggra for killing the one he loved, Darkseid ordered DeSaad to poison her so he could finally become the supreme monarch of Apokolips. Darkseid then tried to force Tigra to eliminate Orion, but the latter was ultimately traded with [[Highfather]]'s son, [[Mister Miracle|Scott Free]], as part of a peace treaty between the warring planets of Apokolips and [[New Genesis]].<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]]|penciller=Kirby, Jack|inker=[[Mike Royer|Royer, Mike]]|story=The Pact|title=[[New Gods]]|volume=|issue=#7|date=February 1972|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> This trade eventually became a setback for Darkseid, with Orion growing up to value and defend the ideals of New Genesis as a powerful champion in opposition to his father. The prophecy foretold that Darkseid would meet his final defeat at the hands of Orion in a cataclysmic battle in the fiery Armaghetto of Apokolips. Likewise, Darkseid and his training minion, [[Granny Goodness]], were unable to break Scott Free's spirit after a long, torturous upbringing and Free ultimately managed to escape Apokolips, taking with him the [[Female Furies|Female Fury]] [[Big Barda]], as his wife. Free, now known as the superhero Mister Miracle, and Barda began living on Earth, and Darkseid used this "betrayal" as a pretext to declare the treaty with New Genesis abrogated so the planets could resume their conflict. | ||
Darkseid's goal was to eliminate all [[free will]] from the universe, supplanting the [[Presence (DC Comics)|Presence]] as its Supreme Being. To this end, he sought to unravel the mysterious [[Anti-Life Equation]], which gives its user complete control over the thoughts and emotions of all living beings in the universe. Darkseid had tried on several other occasions to achieve dominance of the universe through other methods, most notably through his minion [[Glorious Godfrey]], who could control people's minds with his voice. He had a special interest in Earth, as he believed humans possess collectively within their minds most, if not all, fragments of the Anti-Life Equation. | Darkseid's goal was to eliminate all [[free will]] from the universe, supplanting the [[Presence (DC Comics)|Presence]] as its Supreme Being. To this end, he sought to unravel the mysterious [[Anti-Life Equation]], which gives its user complete control over the thoughts and emotions of all living beings in the universe. Darkseid had tried on several other occasions to achieve dominance of the universe through other methods, most notably through his minion [[Glorious Godfrey]], who could control people's minds with his voice. He had a special interest in Earth, as he believed humans possess collectively within their minds most, if not all, fragments of the Anti-Life Equation. | ||
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===The Great Darkness Saga=== | ===The Great Darkness Saga=== | ||
{{Main|The Great Darkness Saga}} | {{Main|The Great Darkness Saga}} | ||
One thousand years in the future, Darkseid has been absent for centuries and is almost completely forgotten. He returns and comes into conflict with that era's champions, the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]. After using both scientific and magical methods to enhance his power, Darkseid transposes the planets Apokolips and Daxam—which places Daxam under a yellow sun and gives each of its inhabitants Kryptonian-like superpowers equal to those of Superman. Placing the Daxamites under his mental thrall, he uses them in a massive attempt to conquer the known universe. However, he is eventually defeated by the Legion and many of its allies.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter One: And the Servant Shall be a Sign...|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#290|date=August 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter Two: ... A Sign of Darkness Dawning|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#291|date=September 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter Three: Darkness Transcendent|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#292|date=October 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter Four: Within the Darkness...|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#293|date=November 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Conclusion: Darkseid|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#294|date=December 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}} | One thousand years in the future, Darkseid has been absent for centuries and is almost completely forgotten. He returns and comes into conflict with that era's champions, the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]. After using both scientific and magical methods to enhance his power, Darkseid transposes the planets Apokolips and Daxam—which places Daxam under a yellow sun and gives each of its inhabitants Kryptonian-like superpowers equal to those of Superman. Placing the Daxamites under his mental thrall, he uses them in a massive attempt to conquer the known universe. However, he is eventually defeated by the Legion and many of its allies.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter One: And the Servant Shall be a Sign...|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#290|date=August 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter Two: ... A Sign of Darkness Dawning|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#291|date=September 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter Three: Darkness Transcendent|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#292|date=October 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Chapter Four: Within the Darkness...|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#293|date=November 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]|penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|inker=Mahlstedt, Larry|story=Great Darkness Saga, Conclusion: Darkseid|title=Legion of Super-Heroes|volume=2|issue=#294|date=December 1982|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> | ||
Seeing other deities as a threat, Darkseid invades [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Themyscira]] to discover the secret location of the Olympian deities, planning to overthrow the Olympians and steal their power. Refusing to aid Darkseid in his mad quest, the Amazons battled his Parademon troops, causing half of the Amazon population's death. [[Wonder Woman]] was able to gain her revenge against Darkseid for killing so many of her sisters by placing a portion of her own soul into Darkseid. This supposedly weakened the god's power as he lost a portion of his dark edge. | Seeing other deities as a threat, Darkseid invades [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Themyscira]] to discover the secret location of the Olympian deities, planning to overthrow the Olympians and steal their power. Refusing to aid Darkseid in his mad quest, the Amazons battled his [[Parademon]] troops, causing half of the Amazon population's death. [[Wonder Woman]] was able to gain her revenge against Darkseid for killing so many of her sisters by placing a portion of her own soul into Darkseid. This supposedly weakened the god's power as he lost a portion of his dark edge. | ||
===The Seven Soldiers and "Boss Dark Side"=== | ===The Seven Soldiers and "Boss Dark Side"=== | ||
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===Final Crisis=== | ===Final Crisis=== | ||
{{Main|Final Crisis}} | {{Main|Final Crisis}} | ||
As prophesied, | As prophesied, Orion returns to Earth via boom tube for his final battle with Darkseid. During the massive fight, Orion ultimately kills him by ripping his heart out, which created a firepit of Apokolips from Darkseid's chest cavity (in reference to the prophecy of their final battle). As Darkseid dies, a battered, wounded Orion walks away from the battlefield having "won" the battle against his father once and for all. However, Darkseid's life essence endured even the death of his body and fell back in time, where he was reborn as "Boss Dark Side", aided by his resurrected minions and the supervillain [[Libra (DC Comics)|Libra]]. | ||
Once again bound to the form of a human, "Boss Dark Side" began to appear in a number of titles in the run up to ''Final Crisis''. In ''[[Flash (DC Comics character)|The Flash]]'' vol. 2 #240, he led an army of fanatics, their will broken by the "spoken form" of the [[Anti-Life Equation]], to kidnap the Tornado Twins. In ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' #118, he runs his Dark Side Club where superhumans fight to the death, brainwashed by drugs produced by [[Bernadeth]]. In ''[[Teen Titans]]'' #59, it was revealed that he had employed the [[Terror Titans]] to capture the Teen Titans and use them in his club fights. | Once again bound to the form of a human, "Boss Dark Side" began to appear in a number of titles in the run up to ''Final Crisis''. In ''[[Flash (DC Comics character)|The Flash]]'' vol. 2 #240, he led an army of fanatics, their will broken by the "spoken form" of the [[Anti-Life Equation]], to kidnap the Tornado Twins. In ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' #118, he runs his Dark Side Club where superhumans fight to the death, brainwashed by drugs produced by [[Bernadeth]]. In ''[[Teen Titans]]'' #59, it was revealed that he had employed the [[Terror Titans]] to capture the Teen Titans and use them in his club fights. | ||
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In ''Final Crisis'', Darkseid has begun to take over Earth and corrupt the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|Multiverse]] with the aid of his herald Libra, a reborn supervillain and [[antichrist]]-like figure who soon converts much of the [[Secret Society of Super Villains]] to his cause with the aid of the [[Crime Bible]] and the [[Holy Lance]]. Darkseid is also joined by the souls of his fellow evil New Gods, who, like Darkseid, now possess either modified human bodies or the bodies of other superpowered beings, such as [[Mary Marvel]]. | In ''Final Crisis'', Darkseid has begun to take over Earth and corrupt the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|Multiverse]] with the aid of his herald Libra, a reborn supervillain and [[antichrist]]-like figure who soon converts much of the [[Secret Society of Super Villains]] to his cause with the aid of the [[Crime Bible]] and the [[Holy Lance]]. Darkseid is also joined by the souls of his fellow evil New Gods, who, like Darkseid, now possess either modified human bodies or the bodies of other superpowered beings, such as [[Mary Marvel]]. | ||
Darkseid also arranges for detective [[Dan Turpin]] to be lured into the Dark Side Club, where Turpin is turned into Darkseid's "final host", as his Boss Dark Side body has begun to mummify due to Darkseid's foul astral presence. With his legion of followers and allies aiding him as he undergoes his latest "rebirth", Darkseid successfully conquers the Earth with the unleashing of the Anti-Life Equation onto mankind. However, the rebirthing process is still far from complete as | Darkseid also arranges for detective [[Dan Turpin]] to be lured into the Dark Side Club, where Turpin is turned into Darkseid's "final host", as his Boss Dark Side body has begun to mummify due to Darkseid's foul astral presence. With his legion of followers and allies aiding him as he undergoes his latest "rebirth", Darkseid successfully conquers the Earth with the unleashing of the Anti-Life Equation onto mankind. However, the rebirthing process is still far from complete as Turpin's mind and soul, while corrupted by Darkseid's essence, still remains in firm control over his body. However, at the same moment [[Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman)|Shilo Norman]], the "Embodiment of Freedom" is shot by [[S.H.A.D.E.]] operatives, thus signalling the "Victory of Evil". Darkseid wins control over Turpin's body, now twisted in a close copy of his Apokoliptan former appearance, and wearing an updated version of his battle armor. Darkseid then gains the fullest of his power, his "fall" having the effect of compressing and crumpling spacetime around Earth. | ||
After escaping from captivity, [[Batman]] shoots Darkseid with the same radion bullet that killed Orion, while Darkseid simultaneously hits Batman with the Omega Beam, sending him back in time and then "infecting" Batman with Omega energy that will cause him to jump forward in time, with disastrous results when he reaches the present. Darkseid is mortally wounded, but not before his Omega Sanction teleports Batman into [[prehistoric]] times. Remains believed to be Batman's (later revealed to be the last of the many Batman clones that Darkseid created) are found by Superman, who confronts Darkseid. As Darkseid mocks his old enemy for failing to defend Earth, it emerges that in Darkseid's fall through the multiverse, he created a doomsday singularity that now threatens all of existence. When Superman attempts to physically assault him, Darkseid reveals that he now exists inside the bodies of all those who fell to the power of the Anti-Life Equation and that killing Darkseid will kill humanity. Darkseid then reloads the gun that was used to shoot him, to kill Orion by way of firing the bullet backwards in time (a move Superman deems to be suicide due to the paradoxical nature of his actions: the bullet used to kill Orion is ultimately fired at him by Batman and is now poisoning him to death). | After escaping from captivity, [[Batman]] shoots Darkseid with the same radion bullet that killed Orion, while Darkseid simultaneously hits Batman with the Omega Beam, sending him back in time and then "infecting" Batman with Omega energy that will cause him to jump forward in time, with disastrous results when he reaches the present. Darkseid is mortally wounded, but not before his Omega Sanction teleports Batman into [[prehistoric]] times. Remains believed to be Batman's (later revealed to be the last of the many Batman clones that Darkseid created) are found by Superman, who confronts Darkseid. As Darkseid mocks his old enemy for failing to defend Earth, it emerges that in Darkseid's fall through the multiverse, he created a doomsday singularity that now threatens all of existence. When Superman attempts to physically assault him, Darkseid reveals that he now exists inside the bodies of all those who fell to the power of the Anti-Life Equation and that killing Darkseid will kill humanity. Darkseid then reloads the gun that was used to shoot him, to kill Orion by way of firing the bullet backwards in time (a move Superman deems to be suicide due to the paradoxical nature of his actions: the bullet used to kill Orion is ultimately fired at him by Batman and is now poisoning him to death). | ||
Before Darkseid can use the Omega Effect to kill Superman, [[Barry Allen]] and [[Wally West]] lead the Black Racer to Darkseid and making contact with him frees Turpin from Darkseid's control. Wonder Woman (having been freed from possession by one of Darkseid's minions) then uses | Before Darkseid can use the Omega Effect to kill Superman, [[Barry Allen]] and [[Wally West]] lead the Black Racer to Darkseid and making contact with him frees Turpin from Darkseid's control. Wonder Woman (having been freed from possession by one of Darkseid's minions) then uses the [[Lasso of Truth]] to bind Darkseid's spirit form, effectively freeing humanity from the Anti-Life Equation and being controlled by Darkseid. In his final effort, Darkseid's disembodied essence appears and tries to seize the Miracle Machine Superman has created; however, Superman uses counter-vibrations to destroy him. Furthermore, the last piece of Darkseid's plan fails when Batman escapes the Omega Sanction. | ||
Doctor Impossible later manipulates the [[Crime Syndicate of America]] into helping him resurrect Darkseid via a machine that draws energy from the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|Multiverse]] itself. The resurrection backfires and creates a new being known as the Omega Man.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Mark Bagley|Begley, Mark]]|inker=Hunter, Rob|coinkers=[[Norm Rapmund|Rapmund, Norm]]|story=Omega, Part 1: Worlds Collide|title=[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]|volume=2|issue=#50|date=December 2010|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> | [[Doctor Impossible (DC Comics)|Doctor Impossible]] later manipulates the [[Crime Syndicate of America]] into helping him resurrect Darkseid via a machine that draws energy from the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|Multiverse]] itself. The resurrection backfires and creates a new being known as the Omega Man.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Mark Bagley|Begley, Mark]]|inker=Hunter, Rob|coinkers=[[Norm Rapmund|Rapmund, Norm]]|story=Omega, Part 1: Worlds Collide|title=[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]|volume=2|issue=#50|date=December 2010|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> | ||
===The New 52=== | ===The New 52=== | ||
In September 2011, [[The New 52]] rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Darkseid's name is first invoked by a Parademon in ''Justice League'' #1.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=Justice League: Part One|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=#1|date=November 2011|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> He is later mentioned again in ''Justice League'' #2,<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=Justice League: Part Two|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=2|date=December 2011|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> and in ''Justice League'' #3 Darkseid makes his first appearance in the series, seen in a vision by [[Cyborg ( | In September 2011, [[The New 52]] rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Darkseid's name is first invoked by a Parademon in ''Justice League'' #1.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=Justice League: Part One|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=#1|date=November 2011|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> He is later mentioned again in ''Justice League'' #2,<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=Justice League: Part Two|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=2|date=December 2011|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> and in ''Justice League'' #3 Darkseid makes his first appearance in the series, seen in a vision by [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Victor Stone]] after he is injured by an exploding Mother Box.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=Justice League: Part Three|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=#3|date=January 2012|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> In the final pages of ''Justice League'' #4, Darkseid himself appears.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=Justice League: Part Four|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=4|date=February 2012|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> In ''Justice League'' #5, the League confronts him but they are overpowered by him, when he severely hurts Superman with his Omega Beams and breaks Green Lantern's arm.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|coinkers=Hope, Sandra, Irwin, Mark, Weems, Joe|story=Justice League: Part Five|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=#5|date=March 2012|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> Finally, in ''Justice League'' #6, Darkseid is driven out when Cyborg activates the invaders' Mother Boxes and Superman forces him through a boom tube. The incidents that occur in these issues make Darkseid the first foe the newly formed League faces as a team. The issue also reveals DeSaad and [[Steppenwolf (character)|Steppenwolf]], referring to Darkseid's daughter and their ceaseless search for her across countless worlds.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|coinkers=Hope, Sandra, Banning, Matt, Irwin, Mark|story=Justice League: Part Six|title=[[Justice League]]|volume=2|issue=#6|date=April 2012|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> Darkseid's daughter escapes containment in ''Justice League of America's Vibe'' #7 after the dampeners on her cage are temporarily disabled.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Sterling Gates|Gates, Sterling]]|penciller=Guinaldo, Andres|inker=Irwin, Mark|story=We Band of Brothers|title=Justice League of America's Vibe|volume=|issue=#7|date=October 2013|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> | ||
In the New 52 continuity, there is only one set of New Gods across the 52 Multiverse. | In the New 52 continuity, there is only one set of New Gods across the 52 Multiverse. As Darkseid invades Prime Earth in ''Justice League'', he sends Steppenwolf to do the same, with greater success, on [[Earth-Two|Earth 2]], resulting in the deaths of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and stranding Helena Wayne and Kara Zor-L on Prime Earth. Five years later, Darkseid once again invades Earth 2, which never fully recovered from his armies' earlier assault, and it is revealed that he and [[Highfather]] of New Genesis struck a deal allowing him the unchallenged right to invade Earth 2. | ||
In ''Darkseid'' #1, his background story was revealed. Formerly a farmer named Uxas, he hated the deities of his world. So he traveled up to their mountain while they slept and tricked them all into fighting each other. As they were all weakened from the war, he killed them one by one with his scythe | In ''Darkseid'' #1, his background story was revealed. Formerly a farmer named Uxas, he hated the deities of his world. So he traveled up to their mountain while they slept and tricked them all into fighting each other. As they were all weakened from the war, he killed them one by one with his scythe and stole their power before destroying his world and creating Apokolips. | ||
In ''Justice League: The Darkseid War'' (after the retirement of the "New 52" imprint), Darkseid comes into conflict with the Anti-Monitor. Darkseid's daughter Grail leads the | In ''Justice League: The Darkseid War'' (after the retirement of the "New 52" imprint), Darkseid comes into conflict with the [[Anti-Monitor]]. Darkseid's daughter Grail leads the Anti-Monitor, who is revealed to be a scientist named Mobius, to Darkseid for the former to kill the latter. Mobius believes that with the death of Darkseid, he will be free from being the Anti-Monitor. After an intense battle, the Anti-Monitor fuses the [[Black Racer (DC Comics)|Black Racer]] with Flash and sends it after Darkseid. Using the fused Flash and his own powers, he kills Darkseid. With Darkseid dead, the universe is unbalanced as it has lost its God of Evil. Lex Luthor later fuses with the Omega Sanction, becoming the new ruler of Apokolips. | ||
After killing the Anti-Monitor using an Anti-Life Equation-powered [[Steve Trevor]], Grail | After killing the Anti-Monitor using an Anti-Life Equation-powered [[Steve Trevor]], Grail resurrects Darkseid through the [[Alexander Luthor Jr.|newborn child]] of [[Superwoman (Crime Syndicate)|Superwoman]]. The child has the same powers as his father Mazahs, with the ability to steal the powers of others. Stealing the new "God" abilities of the Justice League, Grail fuses them with the child and brings Darkseid back to life. However, he is under her complete control. Grail later attempts to redeem herself by seemingly killing Darkseid with the Anti-Life Equation. However, it is later revealed that she reincarnated him back as a baby with the intention of teaching him differently. | ||
In ''[[DC Rebirth]]'', Darkseid kills [[Zeus (DC Comics)|Zeus]] and absorbs his power to return to his original form.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Scott Snyder|Snyder, Scott]]|penciller=[[Greg Capullo|Capullo, Greg]]|inker=Glapion, Jonathan|story=Metal|title=[[Dark Nights: Metal]]|volume=|issue=#2|date=November 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Carlo Pagulayan|Pagulayan, Carlo]]|inker=Parsons, Sean|coinkers=Paz, Jason, Hanna, Scott|story=Children of the Gods, Part 1|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#31|date=November 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Davila, Sergio|inker=Hanna, Scott|coinkers=Morales, Mark|story=Children of the Gods, Part 2|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#32|date=December 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Lupacchino, Emanuela|inker=McCarthy, Ray|story=Times Past: Grail|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#33|date=December 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Davila, Sergio|inker=Hanna, Scott|coinkers=Gray, Mick, Ferreira, Eber|story=Children of the Gods, Part 3|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#34|date=January 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Luppacchino, Emanuela|inker=McCarthy, Ray|story=Times Past: Jason|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#35|date=January 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Carlo Pagulayan|Pagulayan, Carlo]]|inker=Paz, Jason|coinkers=Parsons, Sean|story=Children of the Gods, Part 4|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#36|date=February 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref name="Wonder Woman Vol 5 37">{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Carlo Pagulayan|Pagulayan, Carlo]]|copencillers=Segovia, Stephen|inker=Paz, Jason|coinkers=[[Art Thibert|Thibert, Art]], Fernández, Raúl|story=Children of the Gods, Conclusion|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#37|date=February 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> | In ''[[DC Rebirth]]'', Darkseid kills [[Zeus (DC Comics)|Zeus]] and absorbs his power to return to his original form.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Scott Snyder|Snyder, Scott]]|penciller=[[Greg Capullo|Capullo, Greg]]|inker=Glapion, Jonathan|story=Metal|title=[[Dark Nights: Metal]]|volume=|issue=#2|date=November 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Carlo Pagulayan|Pagulayan, Carlo]]|inker=Parsons, Sean|coinkers=Paz, Jason, Hanna, Scott|story=Children of the Gods, Part 1|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#31|date=November 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Davila, Sergio|inker=Hanna, Scott|coinkers=Morales, Mark|story=Children of the Gods, Part 2|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#32|date=December 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Lupacchino, Emanuela|inker=McCarthy, Ray|story=Times Past: Grail|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#33|date=December 2017|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Davila, Sergio|inker=Hanna, Scott|coinkers=Gray, Mick, Ferreira, Eber|story=Children of the Gods, Part 3|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#34|date=January 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=Luppacchino, Emanuela|inker=McCarthy, Ray|story=Times Past: Jason|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#35|date=January 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Carlo Pagulayan|Pagulayan, Carlo]]|inker=Paz, Jason|coinkers=Parsons, Sean|story=Children of the Gods, Part 4|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#36|date=February 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref><ref name="Wonder Woman Vol 5 37">{{Cite comic|writer=[[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]|penciller=[[Carlo Pagulayan|Pagulayan, Carlo]]|copencillers=Segovia, Stephen|inker=Paz, Jason|coinkers=[[Art Thibert|Thibert, Art]], Fernández, Raúl|story=Children of the Gods, Conclusion|title=Wonder Woman|volume=5|issue=#37|date=February 2018|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|location=New York, NY}}</ref> | ||
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{{see also|New Justice}} | {{see also|New Justice}} | ||
After countless alien planets being held captive by Brainiac's race are freed, they venture into an unknown area of outer space called the "Ghost Sector." After remembering a prophecy his father told him, and [[Dark Nights: Metal|noticing the crack in the Source Wall]], Darkseid lures Cyborg, Starfire, and Azrael to the Ghost Sector in an attempt to use their powers to | After countless alien planets being held captive by [[Brainiac (character)|Brainiac]]'s race are freed, they venture into an unknown area of outer space called the "Ghost Sector." After remembering a prophecy his father told him, and [[Dark Nights: Metal|noticing the crack in the Source Wall]], Darkseid lures Cyborg, [[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Starfire]], and [[Jean-Paul Valley|Azrael]] to the Ghost Sector in an attempt to use their powers to | ||
conquer the Multiverse.<ref>Justice League Odyssey | conquer the Multiverse.<ref>{{Cite comic |date=November 2018 |title=Justice League Odyssey |story="Ghost Sector, Part 1" |issue=#1 |volume= |publisher=[[DC Comics]] |location=New York, NY |writer=[[Joshua Williamson|Williamson, Joshua]] |penciller=[[Stjepan Šejić|Šejić, Stjepan]] |inker=Šejić, Stjepan}}</ref> | ||
Being successful with the team's entrapment, Darkseid reveals to Cyborg that a bond was established between them | Being successful with the team's entrapment, Darkseid reveals to Cyborg that a bond was established between them when Cyborg merged with Darkseid's [[Mother Box]]. According to the prophecy, the alien worlds were hidden because of the [[New Gods|Old God]]s they worshipped. | ||
===Infinite Frontier === | ===Infinite Frontier === | ||
In ''[[Infinite Frontier]]'', Darkseid is trapped in Earth-Omega following the restoration of the multiverse. He regained his original form by fusing with his alternate universe counterparts. Darkseid's former henchmen reunite with him on Earth-Omega and remain by his side as he gains a new follower named X-Tract, [[Chase (comics)|Cameron Chase]]'s [[Earth-Two]] counterpart.<ref>''Infinite Frontier'' #1-6. DC Comics.</ref> | In ''[[Infinite Frontier]]'', Darkseid is trapped in Earth-Omega following the restoration of the multiverse. He regained his original form by fusing with his alternate universe counterparts. Darkseid's former henchmen reunite with him on Earth-Omega and remain by his side as he gains a new follower named X-Tract, [[Chase (comics)|Cameron Chase]]'s [[Earth-Two]] counterpart.<ref>''Infinite Frontier'' #1-6. DC Comics.</ref> | ||
Darkseid battles the Justice League Incarnate, but is defeated by the Great Hand and sent to a mysterious place where he is controlled by [[Pariah (character)|Pariah]] and the Great Darkness.<ref>{{Cite web |last= | Darkseid battles the Justice League Incarnate, but is defeated by the Great Hand and sent to a mysterious place where he is controlled by [[Pariah (character)|Pariah]] and the Great Darkness.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terror |first=Jude |date=February 26, 2022 |title=Justice League Incarnate #5 Preview: Darkseid's Mommy Issues |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/justice-league-incarnate-5-preview-darkseids-mommy-issues/ |access-date=April 2, 2023 |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |language=en}}</ref> He is freed after [[Nightwing]] fends off the Great Darkness and returns to Apokolips. | ||
=== DC All In === | === DC All In === | ||
In ''[[DC All In]]'', Darkseid bonds with the [[Spectre (DC Comics character)|Spectre]] using the Miracle Machine before allowing himself to be killed in battle with the Justice League to become unbound from time and space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Taylor |date=October 4, 2024 |title=Darkseid's Ultimate Form Confirms the 1 Being Whose Power He Actually Respects |url=https://screenrant.com/darkseid-death-axe-hand-spectre-all-in-special/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website= | In ''[[DC All In]]'', Darkseid bonds with the [[Spectre (DC Comics character)|Spectre]] using the Miracle Machine before allowing himself to be killed in battle with the Justice League to become unbound from time and space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Taylor |date=October 4, 2024 |title=Darkseid's Ultimate Form Confirms the 1 Being Whose Power He Actually Respects |url=https://screenrant.com/darkseid-death-axe-hand-spectre-all-in-special/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reaves |first=Dashiel |date=October 2, 2024 |title=Darkseid's Legion Explained: DC Officially Introduces the Justice League's Most Terrifying Opposite, Ever |url=https://screenrant.com/darkseid-legion-of-superheroes-dc-all-in-absolute-universe-explained/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Robert |date=October 2, 2024 |title=Superman Finally KIlls Darkseid Solo, Showcasing His New Magic-Based Powers |url=https://screenrant.com/superman-kills-darkseid-using-magic-all-in-special/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}}</ref> He travels to another universe and corrupts it with his influence, transforming it into the [[Absolute Universe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Epps |first=Justin |date=October 3, 2024 |title=Darkseid's Dying Words Are Perfect, And Officially Begin a Whole New Era of DC Continuity |url=https://screenrant.com/darkseid-death-all-in-final-words-absolute-dc/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=October 4, 2024 |title=DC Kicks Off Both Its All In Initiative and Its Absolute Universe in a Fascinating Spectacular |url=https://www.cbr.com/dc-all-in-special-1-absolute-universe-darkseid-review/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Russ |date=October 3, 2024 |title=DC Finally Brings Superman & Darkseid's Rivalry to a Brutal End |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-finally-brings-superman-darkseids-rivalry-to-a-brutal-end/ |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en}}</ref> Darkseid's death brings imbalance to the universe, leading to the events of ''[[New Gods (vol. 5)|New Gods]]'' (vol. 5). | ||
==Powers and abilities== | ==Powers and abilities== | ||
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===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
====Live-action==== | ====Live-action==== | ||
* Darkseid appears in the [[Smallville season 10|tenth and final season]] of ''[[Smallville]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ign.com/articles/2010/07/25/sdcc-10-smallville-darkseid-blue-beetle-and-more-are-coming | | * Darkseid appears in the [[Smallville season 10|tenth and final season]] of ''[[Smallville]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Peterson |first=Brian |date=July 25, 2010 |title=SDCC 10: Smallville - Darkseid, Blue Beetle and More Are Coming! |url=https://ign.com/articles/2010/07/25/sdcc-10-smallville-darkseid-blue-beetle-and-more-are-coming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105035549/https://ign.com/articles/2010/07/25/sdcc-10-smallville-darkseid-blue-beetle-and-more-are-coming |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2018 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> This version primarily appears as a non-corporeal being with superhuman strength, [[telekinesis]] and the ability to transform into smoke.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |url=https://ew.com/comic-con/2010/07/26/smallville-season-10-spoilers-comic-con/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727052031/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/07/26/smallville-season-10-spoilers-comic-con/ |archive-date=July 27, 2010 |title=Exclusive video: 'Smallville' execs, Erica Durance drop major S10 intel and weigh in on an 11th |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 26, 2010 |access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> According to [[Hawkman (Carter Hall)|Carter Hall]], Darkseid was present on Earth during many of humanity's darkest hours, including the [[Spanish Inquisition]] and [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]. Granny Goodness claims that [[Kali]], [[Hades]] and [[Lucifer]] are all names that Darkseid has been called on Earth. After awakening from a rift in the universe, Darkseid instigates an anti-vigilante movement and corrupts countless humans, including Gordon Godfrey and General [[Deathstroke|Slade Wilson]], to pull Apokolips towards Earth. In the two-part [[Finale (Smallville)|series finale]], Darkseid made a deal involving [[Lex Luthor (Smallville)|Lex Luthor]]'s revival in exchange for possession of [[Lionel Luthor]]'s body in order to confront [[Clark Kent (Smallville)|Clark Kent]], who seemingly destroys him.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Finale|series=Smallville|credits=Al Septien, Turi Meyers, Brian Peterson, & Kelly Souders (writers) Kevin G. Fair & Greg Beeman (director)|network=The CW|airdate=May 13, 2011|season=10|number=21}}</ref> The [[Smallville Season 11|comic book continuation]] reveals that Darkseid survived and restored his physical form.<ref>''Smallville Season 11: Chaos''</ref> | ||
====Animation==== | ====Animation==== | ||
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** Darkseid returns in the ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' episode "Twilight". He works with and later betrays Brainiac before being killed when Brainiac's base is destroyed.<ref name="Twilight, Part 1">{{cite episode|title=Twilight, Part 1|series=Justice League|network=Cartoon Network|season=2|number=1|airdate=July 5, 2003}}</ref><ref name="Twilight, Part 2">{{cite episode|title=Twilight, Part 2|series=Justice League|network=Cartoon Network|season=2|number=2|airdate=July 5, 2003}}</ref> | ** Darkseid returns in the ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' episode "Twilight". He works with and later betrays Brainiac before being killed when Brainiac's base is destroyed.<ref name="Twilight, Part 1">{{cite episode|title=Twilight, Part 1|series=Justice League|network=Cartoon Network|season=2|number=1|airdate=July 5, 2003}}</ref><ref name="Twilight, Part 2">{{cite episode|title=Twilight, Part 2|series=Justice League|network=Cartoon Network|season=2|number=2|airdate=July 5, 2003}}</ref> | ||
** In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episodes "Alive!" and "Destroyer", [[Lex Luthor]] accidentally resurrects Darkseid while attempting to revive Brainiac.<ref name="Alive!">{{cite episode|title=Alive!|series=Justice League Unlimited|network=Cartoon Network|season=3|number=12|airdate=May 6, 2006}}</ref> Luthor and [[Metron (character)|Metron]] retrieve the Anti-Life Equation, which the former uses to absorb himself and Darkseid into the [[Source (comics)|Source Wall]].<ref name="Destroyer">{{cite episode|title=Destroyer|series=Justice League Unlimited|network=Cartoon Network|season=3|number=13|airdate=May 13, 2006}}</ref> | ** In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episodes "Alive!" and "Destroyer", [[Lex Luthor]] accidentally resurrects Darkseid while attempting to revive Brainiac.<ref name="Alive!">{{cite episode|title=Alive!|series=Justice League Unlimited|network=Cartoon Network|season=3|number=12|airdate=May 6, 2006}}</ref> Luthor and [[Metron (character)|Metron]] retrieve the Anti-Life Equation, which the former uses to absorb himself and Darkseid into the [[Source (comics)|Source Wall]].<ref name="Destroyer">{{cite episode|title=Destroyer|series=Justice League Unlimited|network=Cartoon Network|season=3|number=13|airdate=May 13, 2006}}</ref> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', voiced by [[Michael-Leon Wooley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1010/30/index.htm | | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', voiced by [[Michael-Leon Wooley]].<ref>{{cite web |date=October 30, 2010 |title=Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Saturday, October 30, 2010 |url=http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1010/30/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103082852/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1010/30/index.htm |archive-date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=January 15, 2011 |website=Comics Continuum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2629193/denver-comic-con-2013-looking-at-the-past-and-future-of-young-justice/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228224805/http://www.mtv.com/news/2629193/denver-comic-con-2013-looking-at-the-past-and-future-of-young-justice/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2016 |title=Denver Comic Con 2013: Looking At The Past (And Future) Of 'Young Justice' |last=Webb |first=Charles |date=June 2, 2013 |website=[[MTV News]] |access-date=May 23, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'', voiced again by Michael-Leon Wooley.<ref name="btva" /> This version is an ally of [[Vandal Savage]], with whom he made a deal to aid each other in their respective conquests. When Earth and Apokolips are the only two worlds remaining, a final battle would determine who controls the universe. | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'', voiced again by Michael-Leon Wooley.<ref name="btva" /> This version is an ally of [[Vandal Savage]], with whom he made a deal to aid each other in their respective conquests. When Earth and Apokolips are the only two worlds remaining, a final battle would determine who controls the universe. | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', voiced by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Puchko|first=Kristy|url=https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-teen-titans-go-producers-talk-weird-al-justice-league-crossover/ | | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', voiced by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Puchko |first=Kristy |date=August 2, 2015 |title=SDCC: "Teen Titans Go" Producers Talk Weird Al, Justice League Crossover |url=https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-teen-titans-go-producers-talk-weird-al-justice-league-crossover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917210835/https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-teen-titans-go-producers-talk-weird-al-justice-league-crossover/ |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |work=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Justice League Action]]'', voiced by [[Jonathan Adams (American actor)|Jonathan Adams]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice League Action |url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/justice-league-action-the-fatal-fare/EP025471720032?aid=zap2it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729014843/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/justice-league-action-the-fatal-fare/EP025471720032?aid=zap2it |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |work=Zap2it}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Justice League Action]]'', voiced by [[Jonathan Adams (American actor)|Jonathan Adams]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice League Action |url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/justice-league-action-the-fatal-fare/EP025471720032?aid=zap2it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729014843/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/justice-league-action-the-fatal-fare/EP025471720032?aid=zap2it |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |work=Zap2it}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in the ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'' episode "My So Called Anti-Life", voiced by [[John DiMaggio]].<ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in the ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'' episode "My So Called Anti-Life", voiced by [[John DiMaggio]].<ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'', voiced again by Michael Ironside.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a benefactor to [[Harley Quinn]]. | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'', voiced again by Michael Ironside.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a benefactor to [[Harley Quinn]]. | ||
** Darkseid appears in ''[[Kite Man: Hell Yeah!]]'', voiced by [[Keith David]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=September 14, 2023 |title='Harley Quinn' Spin-Off 'Kite Man: Hell Yeah!' Ready to Soar with New Teaser |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/harley-quinn-spin-off-kite-man-hell-yeah-ready-to-soar-with-new-teaser/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website= | ** Darkseid appears in ''[[Kite Man: Hell Yeah!]]'', voiced by [[Keith David]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=September 14, 2023 |title='Harley Quinn' Spin-Off 'Kite Man: Hell Yeah!' Ready to Soar with New Teaser |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/09/harley-quinn-spin-off-kite-man-hell-yeah-ready-to-soar-with-new-teaser/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
====Live-action==== | ====Live-action==== | ||
* In 2014, [[Bryan Singer]] revealed that during early development of the scrapped ''Superman Returns'' sequel, Darkseid was considered to be the main antagonist.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vieira |first=Anthony |url=http://screenrant.com/bryan-singer-superman-returns-criticism-darseid-sequel/ | | * In 2014, [[Bryan Singer]] revealed that during early development of the scrapped ''Superman Returns'' sequel, Darkseid was considered to be the main antagonist.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vieira |first=Anthony |date=February 1, 2014 |title=Bryan Singer Responds to 'Superman Returns' Criticism; Wanted Darkseid for Sequel |url=http://screenrant.com/bryan-singer-superman-returns-criticism-darseid-sequel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202110355/http://screenrant.com/bryan-singer-superman-returns-criticism-darseid-sequel/ |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> | ||
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* The character is first alluded to in ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]''. During a Knightmare sequence, [[Bruce Wayne (DC Extended Universe)|Bruce Wayne]] experiences a vision of the [[future]] in which Darkseid has taken over the Earth and used the [[Anti-Life Equation]] to manipulate [[Clark Kent (DC Extended Universe)|Superman]] into becoming his servant. | * The character is first alluded to in ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]''. During a Knightmare sequence, [[Bruce Wayne (DC Extended Universe)|Bruce Wayne]] experiences a vision of the [[future]] in which Darkseid has taken over the Earth and used the [[Anti-Life Equation]] to manipulate [[Clark Kent (DC Extended Universe)|Superman]] into becoming his servant. | ||
* Darkseid is mentioned in the 2017 [[Justice League (film)|theatrical release]] of ''Justice League'' and appears in [[Zack Snyder]]'s 2021 [[Zack Snyder's Justice League|director's cut]], portrayed by [[Ray Porter]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beasley |first=Tom |date=May 28, 2020 |title=Zack Snyder unveils first look at Darkseid in the Snyder Cut of 'Justice League' |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/snyder-cut-darkseid-justice-league-085635158.html |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=uk.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> In the latter version of the film, Darkseid gives his disgraced lieutenant, [[Steppenwolf (DC Extended Universe)|Steppenwolf]], a chance at redemption by using three [[Mother Box]]es to terraform and conquer the Earth in his name. After the [[Justice League]] defeats Steppenwolf, Darkseid vows to extract the Anti-Life Equation from the Earth himself. | * Darkseid is mentioned in the 2017 [[Justice League (film)|theatrical release]] of ''Justice League'' and appears in [[Zack Snyder]]'s 2021 [[Zack Snyder's Justice League|director's cut]], portrayed by [[Ray Porter]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beasley |first=Tom |date=May 28, 2020 |title=Zack Snyder unveils first look at Darkseid in the Snyder Cut of 'Justice League' |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/snyder-cut-darkseid-justice-league-085635158.html |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=uk.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> In the latter version of the film, Darkseid gives his disgraced lieutenant, [[Steppenwolf (DC Extended Universe)|Steppenwolf]], a chance at redemption by using three [[Mother Box]]es to terraform and conquer the Earth in his name. After the [[Justice League]] defeats Steppenwolf, Darkseid vows to extract the Anti-Life Equation from the Earth himself. | ||
* Darkseid was set to appear in ''[[DC Extended Universe#Canceled and reworked projects|New Gods]]'' prior to its cancellation.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Ava DuVernay |title=Darkseid is. |number=1156293235062583297 |user=ava |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021 | * Darkseid was set to appear in ''[[DC Extended Universe#Canceled and reworked projects|New Gods]]'' prior to its cancellation.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Ava DuVernay |title=Darkseid is. |number=1156293235062583297 |user=ava |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=April 1, 2021 |title=Ava DuVernay's 'New Gods,' James Wan's 'The Trench' DC Movies Not Moving Forward at Warner Bros. (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ava-duvernays-new-gods-james-wans-the-trench-dc-movies-not-moving-forward-at-warner-bros-4159843/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507234029/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ava-duvernays-new-gods-james-wans-the-trench-dc-movies-not-moving-forward-at-warner-bros-4159843/ |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> | ||
====Animation==== | ====Animation==== | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman/Batman: Apocalypse]]'' voiced by [[Andre Braugher]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbr.com/conroy-daly-return-in-supermanbatman-apocalypse/ | | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman/Batman: Apocalypse]]'' voiced by [[Andre Braugher]].<ref>{{cite web |date=June 29, 2010 |title=Conroy, Daly Return In ''Superman/Batman: Apocalypse'' |url=https://www.cbr.com/conroy-daly-return-in-supermanbatman-apocalypse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726013811/https://www.cbr.com/conroy-daly-return-in-supermanbatman-apocalypse/ |archive-date=July 26, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |work=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> He brainwashes [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Kara Zor-El]] into replacing [[Big Barda]] as the commander of his [[Female Furies]], only for Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman to journey to Apokolips to free Kara from his influence. Darkseid then ambushes Superman and Kara at their farm in [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]] but is transported away via [[boom tube]] before he can kill them. | ||
* Darkseid appears in the [[DC Animated Movie Universe]], voiced by [[Steve Blum]] in ''Justice League: War'' and by [[Tony Todd]] for subsequent appearances.<ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in the [[DC Animated Movie Universe]], voiced by [[Steve Blum]] in ''Justice League: War'' and by [[Tony Todd]] for subsequent appearances.<ref name="btva" /> | ||
** In ''[[Justice League: War]]'', Darkseid and his forces attempt to invade and terraform Earth only to be sent back to Apokolips via Boom Tube by a group of heroes that band together to form the [[Justice League]]. | ** In ''[[Justice League: War]]'', Darkseid and his forces attempt to invade and terraform Earth only to be sent back to Apokolips via Boom Tube by a group of heroes that band together to form the [[Justice League]]. | ||
** In ''[[Reign of the Supermen (film)|Reign of the Supermen]]'', Darkseid is revealed to be the mastermind behind the [[The Death of Superman (film)|previous film]]'s events as he is responsible for the creation of [[Doomsday ( | ** In ''[[Reign of the Supermen (film)|Reign of the Supermen]]'', Darkseid is revealed to be the mastermind behind the [[The Death of Superman (film)|previous film]]'s events as he is responsible for the creation of [[Doomsday (DC Comics)|Doomsday]] and the transformation of [[Hank Henshaw]] into [[Cyborg Superman]] as a means of orchestrating a second invasion of Earth. | ||
** In ''[[Justice League Dark: Apokolips War]]'', Darkseid creates an army of "Paradooms" (hybrids of Parademons and Doomsday clones) and brutally kills heroes and villains alike before conquering Earth.<ref name="Trailer">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/justice-league-dark-apokolips-war-trailer/| | ** In ''[[Justice League Dark: Apokolips War]]'', Darkseid creates an army of "Paradooms" (hybrids of Parademons and Doomsday clones) and brutally kills heroes and villains alike before conquering Earth.<ref name="Trailer">{{cite web |last=Mancuso |first=Vinnie |date=March 4, 2020 |title='Justice League Dark: Apokolips War' Trailer Reveals an R-rated DC Comics Epic |url=https://collider.com/justice-league-dark-apokolips-war-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305163852/https://collider.com/justice-league-dark-apokolips-war-trailer/ |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> Years later, Superman and the other survivors of the invasion launch a coordinated attack on Apokolips, freeing several mutilated heroes like Cyborg and Batman from Darkseid's influence and using the demon [[Trigon (comics)|Trigon]] against him. Using the connections to the planet, Cyborg sacrifices his life to send himself, Darkseid, Trigon, and Apokolips into oblivion. | ||
* Darkseid is shown in [[Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths]] in a flashback as an infant | * Darkseid is shown in [[Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths]] in a flashback as an infant | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League]]'', voiced by Tony Todd.<ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League]]'', voiced by Tony Todd.<ref name="btva" /> | ||
* An alternate universe version of Darkseid appears in a flashback in ''[[Justice League: Gods and Monsters]]'', voiced by [[Bruce Thomas (actor)|Bruce Thomas]].<ref name="btva" /> | * An alternate universe version of Darkseid appears in a flashback in ''[[Justice League: Gods and Monsters]]'', voiced by [[Bruce Thomas (actor)|Bruce Thomas]].<ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom]]'', voiced by Tony Todd.<ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom]]'', voiced by Tony Todd.<ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans]]'', voiced again by "Weird Al" Yankovic.<ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans]]'', voiced again by "Weird Al" Yankovic.<ref name="btva" /> | ||
===Video games=== | ===Video games=== | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman: The Game]]''. | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman: The Game]]''. | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Justice League Task Force (video game)|Justice League Task Force]]'', voiced by [[Matt Uelmen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/60997/from-tristram-to-torchlight-an| | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Justice League Task Force (video game)|Justice League Task Force]]'', voiced by [[Matt Uelmen]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breckon |first=Nick |date=October 23, 2009 |title=From Tristram to Torchlight: An Interview with Composer Matt Uelmen |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/60997/from-tristram-to-torchlight-an |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615003226/https://www.shacknews.com/article/60997/from-tristram-to-torchlight-an |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |access-date=October 12, 2020 |website=[[Shacknews]]}}</ref> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman 64]]'', voiced again by Michael Ironside. | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman 64]]'', voiced again by Michael Ironside. | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman: Shadow of Apokolips]]'', voiced by [[Kevin Michael Richardson]].<ref name="btva" /> | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Superman: Shadow of Apokolips]]'', voiced by [[Kevin Michael Richardson]].<ref name="btva" /> | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Justice League Heroes]]'', voiced by [[David Sobolov]].<ref name="btva" /> He is freed from his extradimensional prison by Brainiac, who promises him unlimited power. He takes a Mother Box and a "Sensory Matrix Hypercube" to transform Earth into a New Apokolips and takes Superman as his prize. The League defeat him, sending him back to his prison in the cube, while the Mother Box reverses Darkseid's damage to Earth. | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Justice League Heroes]]'', voiced by [[David Sobolov]].<ref name="btva" /> He is freed from his extradimensional prison by Brainiac, who promises him unlimited power. He takes a Mother Box and a "Sensory Matrix Hypercube" to transform Earth into a New Apokolips and takes Superman as his prize. The League defeat him, sending him back to his prison in the cube, while the Mother Box reverses Darkseid's damage to Earth. | ||
* Darkseid appears as a boss in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 8, 2019 |title=Justice League Collab Returns! |url=https://www.puzzleanddragons.us/single-post/2019/02/07/justice-league-collab-returns |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Puzzle & Dragons |language=en}}</ref> | * Darkseid appears as a boss in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 8, 2019 |title=Justice League Collab Returns! |url=https://www.puzzleanddragons.us/single-post/2019/02/07/justice-league-collab-returns |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815143502/https://www.puzzleanddragons.us/single-post/2019/02/07/justice-league-collab-returns |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Puzzle & Dragons |language=en}}</ref> | ||
* Darkseid appears as a boss in ''[[DC Universe Online]]''. | * Darkseid appears as a boss in ''[[DC Universe Online]]''. | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 4, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=IGN}}</ref> | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 4, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011130702/https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> | ||
====''Mortal Kombat''==== | ====''Mortal Kombat''==== | ||
* Darkseid appears in ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]'', voiced by Perry Brown.<ref name="btva" /> After the Mortal Kombat and DC universes are merged, Darkseid is fused with [[Shao Kahn]] to create '''Dark Kahn'''. After Dark Kahn is destroyed, Darkseid is transported to the Mortal Kombat universe and imprisoned in the Netherrealm. | * Darkseid appears in ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]'', voiced by Perry Brown.<ref name="btva" /> After the Mortal Kombat and DC universes are merged, Darkseid is fused with [[Shao Kahn]] to create '''Dark Kahn'''. After Dark Kahn is destroyed, Darkseid is transported to the Mortal Kombat universe and imprisoned in the Netherrealm. | ||
* Darkseid appears as a skin for [[Geras (Mortal Kombat)|Geras]] in ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonthuys |first=Darryn |date=January 16, 2020 |title=New Joker gameplay trailer for Mortal Kombat 11 gives you what you freakin' deserve |url=https://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/new-joker-gameplay-trailer-for-mortal-kombat-11-gives-you-what-you-freakin-deserve/ |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Critical Hit |language=en-GB}}</ref> | * Darkseid appears as a skin for [[Geras (Mortal Kombat)|Geras]] in ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonthuys |first=Darryn |date=January 16, 2020 |title=New Joker gameplay trailer for Mortal Kombat 11 gives you what you freakin' deserve |url=https://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/new-joker-gameplay-trailer-for-mortal-kombat-11-gives-you-what-you-freakin-deserve/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323152342/https://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/new-joker-gameplay-trailer-for-mortal-kombat-11-gives-you-what-you-freakin-deserve/ |archive-date=March 23, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Critical Hit |language=en-GB}}</ref> | ||
====Lego==== | ====Lego==== | ||
* Darkseid appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'', voiced by [[Travis Willingham]]. | * Darkseid appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'', voiced by [[Travis Willingham]]. | ||
* Darkseid appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego DC Super-Villains]]'', voiced again by Michael Ironside.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nerdist.com/lego-dc-super-villains-trailer-joker/ |title=The Joker Headlines a New Game in LEGO DC SUPER-VILLAINS Trailer |date=May 30, 2018 |website=[[Nerdist Industries|Nerdist]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141210/https://nerdist.com/lego-dc-super-villains-trailer-joker/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc18-lego-dc-super-villains-cast-and-devs-dish-on-funever-evil/ | | * Darkseid appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego DC Super-Villains]]'', voiced again by Michael Ironside.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nerdist.com/lego-dc-super-villains-trailer-joker/ |title=The Joker Headlines a New Game in LEGO DC SUPER-VILLAINS Trailer |date=May 30, 2018 |website=[[Nerdist Industries|Nerdist]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141210/https://nerdist.com/lego-dc-super-villains-trailer-joker/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nieves |first=Davey |date=July 21, 2018 |title=SDCC'18: LEGO DC SUPER VILLAINS Cast and Devs Dish on Funever Evil |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc18-lego-dc-super-villains-cast-and-devs-dish-on-funever-evil/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722033330/http://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc18-lego-dc-super-villains-cast-and-devs-dish-on-funever-evil/ |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |website=The Beat}} | ||
</ref><ref name="btva" /> He sends the [[Crime Syndicate of America]] to find the Anti-Life Equation, forcing the Justice League and the Legion of Doom to join forces to defeat him. Following their defeat, Darkseid and his minions are brainwashed into reforming. | </ref><ref name="btva" /> He sends the [[Crime Syndicate of America]] to find the Anti-Life Equation, forcing the Justice League and the Legion of Doom to join forces to defeat him. Following their defeat, Darkseid and his minions are brainwashed into reforming. | ||
====''Injustice''==== | ====''Injustice''==== | ||
* Darkseid appears as a non-playable character in ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' via the Hall of Justice stage. He is also available as a playable character in the game's [[IOS]] version. | * Darkseid appears as a non-playable character in ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' via the Hall of Justice stage. He is also available as a playable character in the game's [[IOS]] version. | ||
* Darkseid is featured as a preorder bonus and later-DLC character in ''[[Injustice 2]]'', voiced again by Michael-Leon Wooley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=January 17, 2017 |title=Injustice 2 story trailer, Darkseid pre-order DLC and special editions announced |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2017/01/injustice-2-story-trailer-darkseid-pre-order-dlc-special-editions-announced |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}</ref> | * Darkseid is featured as a preorder bonus and later-DLC character in ''[[Injustice 2]]'', voiced again by Michael-Leon Wooley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=January 17, 2017 |title=Injustice 2 story trailer, Darkseid pre-order DLC and special editions announced |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2017/01/injustice-2-story-trailer-darkseid-pre-order-dlc-special-editions-announced |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118014923/https://www.gematsu.com/2017/01/injustice-2-story-trailer-darkseid-pre-order-dlc-special-editions-announced |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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Darkseid (Template:IPAc-en)[1] is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Kirby, the character first made a cameo appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (December 1970), before being fully introduced in Forever People #1 (February 1971).
Formerly known as Uxas, Darkseid is a New God and the tyrannical ruler of the planet Apokolips. His ultimate goal is to find and gain control over the Anti-Life Equation to enslave the multiverse by eliminating all hope and free will in sentient beings. Regarded as one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe, Darkseid serves as one of Superman's greatest adversaries and the archenemy of the Justice League.
Darkseid has been adapted in various media incarnations, having made his live-action feature debut in the 2021 DC Extended Universe film Zack Snyder's Justice League, portrayed by Ray Porter. Michael Ironside, Andre Braugher, Tony Todd, and others have provided the character's voice in media ranging from animation to video games.
Publication history
Darkseid was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby to serve as the chief antagonist of his "Fourth World" metaseries. The character was first seen briefly in a series of cameos that started in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (December 1970), before making his first full appearance in Forever People #1 (February 1971). Kirby modeled Darkseid's face on actor Jack Palance and based his personality on Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.[2][3]
Though Darkseid was originally conceived as the primary villain for the New Gods, he would eventually be established as an archenemy of Superman and the Justice League.[4]
Darkseid has had a large influence in pop culture and other comics; most notably, Kirby's creation is credited as the inspiration for Marvel Comics' high-profile villain Thanos by his creators.
Mark Evanier, who spent several years as Kirby's assistant, has stated that 'Darkseid' is pronounced "As if spelled 'dark side,' as in 'the dark side of man's nature'", noting that this was "how Kirby always pronounced it around me"; however, Evanier has also stated that "at least once, when some fan who pronounced it 'dark seed' was excitedly telling [Kirby] his theories about the character, [Kirby] went along with it, rather than correct the kid."[5]
Fictional character biography
Prince Uxas, the son of King Yuga Khan and Queen Heggra and the second-in-line to the throne of Apokolips, plotted to seize control over the planet from his older brother, Drax.[6] When Drax attempted to claim the fabled Omega Force, Uxas murdered him and claimed its power for himself. His skin turned to stone, and Uxas rechristened himself as Darkseid.[7][8][9][10] At some point, he fell in love with an Apokoliptian scientist and sorceress named Suli, with whom he had a son, Kalibak. However, Heggra ordered DeSaad to poison Suli out of the belief that she was corrupting her son.
Following Suli's death, Darkseid's heart grew even colder and his disdain for his mother intensified when she forced him to marry a woman named Tigra, with whom he had another son, Orion. Seeking vengeance against Heggra for killing the one he loved, Darkseid ordered DeSaad to poison her so he could finally become the supreme monarch of Apokolips. Darkseid then tried to force Tigra to eliminate Orion, but the latter was ultimately traded with Highfather's son, Scott Free, as part of a peace treaty between the warring planets of Apokolips and New Genesis.[11] This trade eventually became a setback for Darkseid, with Orion growing up to value and defend the ideals of New Genesis as a powerful champion in opposition to his father. The prophecy foretold that Darkseid would meet his final defeat at the hands of Orion in a cataclysmic battle in the fiery Armaghetto of Apokolips. Likewise, Darkseid and his training minion, Granny Goodness, were unable to break Scott Free's spirit after a long, torturous upbringing and Free ultimately managed to escape Apokolips, taking with him the Female Fury Big Barda, as his wife. Free, now known as the superhero Mister Miracle, and Barda began living on Earth, and Darkseid used this "betrayal" as a pretext to declare the treaty with New Genesis abrogated so the planets could resume their conflict.
Darkseid's goal was to eliminate all free will from the universe, supplanting the Presence as its Supreme Being. To this end, he sought to unravel the mysterious Anti-Life Equation, which gives its user complete control over the thoughts and emotions of all living beings in the universe. Darkseid had tried on several other occasions to achieve dominance of the universe through other methods, most notably through his minion Glorious Godfrey, who could control people's minds with his voice. He had a special interest in Earth, as he believed humans possess collectively within their minds most, if not all, fragments of the Anti-Life Equation.
Darkseid intended to probe the minds of every human to piece together the Equation. This has caused him to clash with many superheroes of the DC Universe, most notably the Kryptonian Superman. Darkseid worked behind the scenes, using superpowered minions in his schemes to overthrow Earth, including working through Intergang, a crime syndicate which employs Apokoliptian technology and later becomes a religious cult that worships Darkseid.
The Great Darkness Saga
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". One thousand years in the future, Darkseid has been absent for centuries and is almost completely forgotten. He returns and comes into conflict with that era's champions, the Legion of Super-Heroes. After using both scientific and magical methods to enhance his power, Darkseid transposes the planets Apokolips and Daxam—which places Daxam under a yellow sun and gives each of its inhabitants Kryptonian-like superpowers equal to those of Superman. Placing the Daxamites under his mental thrall, he uses them in a massive attempt to conquer the known universe. However, he is eventually defeated by the Legion and many of its allies.[12][13][14][15][16]
Seeing other deities as a threat, Darkseid invades Themyscira to discover the secret location of the Olympian deities, planning to overthrow the Olympians and steal their power. Refusing to aid Darkseid in his mad quest, the Amazons battled his Parademon troops, causing half of the Amazon population's death. Wonder Woman was able to gain her revenge against Darkseid for killing so many of her sisters by placing a portion of her own soul into Darkseid. This supposedly weakened the god's power as he lost a portion of his dark edge.
The Seven Soldiers and "Boss Dark Side"
In Grant Morrison's 2005 Mister Miracle limited series, it was revealed that Darkseid had finally discovered the Anti-Life Equation, which he then used to destroy the Fourth World altogether. The New Gods fled to Earth, where they hid. Highfather and his followers were now a group of homeless people. Metron used a wheelchair, the Black Racer was an old white man in a wheelchair, DeSaad was an evil psychiatrist, Granny Goodness was a pimp (or "madam") for the Female Furies and Darkseid himself was now an evil gang leader who is referred to only as "Boss Dark Side". It is revealed that Darkseid actually gave the Sheeda North America in return for Aurakles, Earth's first superhero.[17] This was, in turn, purely for Darkseid to get Shilo Norman, whom he considers the "Avatar of Freedom", in his clutches so that he could eventually destroy the New Gods.
Final Crisis
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". As prophesied, Orion returns to Earth via boom tube for his final battle with Darkseid. During the massive fight, Orion ultimately kills him by ripping his heart out, which created a firepit of Apokolips from Darkseid's chest cavity (in reference to the prophecy of their final battle). As Darkseid dies, a battered, wounded Orion walks away from the battlefield having "won" the battle against his father once and for all. However, Darkseid's life essence endured even the death of his body and fell back in time, where he was reborn as "Boss Dark Side", aided by his resurrected minions and the supervillain Libra.
Once again bound to the form of a human, "Boss Dark Side" began to appear in a number of titles in the run up to Final Crisis. In The Flash vol. 2 #240, he led an army of fanatics, their will broken by the "spoken form" of the Anti-Life Equation, to kidnap the Tornado Twins. In Birds of Prey #118, he runs his Dark Side Club where superhumans fight to the death, brainwashed by drugs produced by Bernadeth. In Teen Titans #59, it was revealed that he had employed the Terror Titans to capture the Teen Titans and use them in his club fights.
In Final Crisis, Darkseid has begun to take over Earth and corrupt the Multiverse with the aid of his herald Libra, a reborn supervillain and antichrist-like figure who soon converts much of the Secret Society of Super Villains to his cause with the aid of the Crime Bible and the Holy Lance. Darkseid is also joined by the souls of his fellow evil New Gods, who, like Darkseid, now possess either modified human bodies or the bodies of other superpowered beings, such as Mary Marvel.
Darkseid also arranges for detective Dan Turpin to be lured into the Dark Side Club, where Turpin is turned into Darkseid's "final host", as his Boss Dark Side body has begun to mummify due to Darkseid's foul astral presence. With his legion of followers and allies aiding him as he undergoes his latest "rebirth", Darkseid successfully conquers the Earth with the unleashing of the Anti-Life Equation onto mankind. However, the rebirthing process is still far from complete as Turpin's mind and soul, while corrupted by Darkseid's essence, still remains in firm control over his body. However, at the same moment Shilo Norman, the "Embodiment of Freedom" is shot by S.H.A.D.E. operatives, thus signalling the "Victory of Evil". Darkseid wins control over Turpin's body, now twisted in a close copy of his Apokoliptan former appearance, and wearing an updated version of his battle armor. Darkseid then gains the fullest of his power, his "fall" having the effect of compressing and crumpling spacetime around Earth.
After escaping from captivity, Batman shoots Darkseid with the same radion bullet that killed Orion, while Darkseid simultaneously hits Batman with the Omega Beam, sending him back in time and then "infecting" Batman with Omega energy that will cause him to jump forward in time, with disastrous results when he reaches the present. Darkseid is mortally wounded, but not before his Omega Sanction teleports Batman into prehistoric times. Remains believed to be Batman's (later revealed to be the last of the many Batman clones that Darkseid created) are found by Superman, who confronts Darkseid. As Darkseid mocks his old enemy for failing to defend Earth, it emerges that in Darkseid's fall through the multiverse, he created a doomsday singularity that now threatens all of existence. When Superman attempts to physically assault him, Darkseid reveals that he now exists inside the bodies of all those who fell to the power of the Anti-Life Equation and that killing Darkseid will kill humanity. Darkseid then reloads the gun that was used to shoot him, to kill Orion by way of firing the bullet backwards in time (a move Superman deems to be suicide due to the paradoxical nature of his actions: the bullet used to kill Orion is ultimately fired at him by Batman and is now poisoning him to death).
Before Darkseid can use the Omega Effect to kill Superman, Barry Allen and Wally West lead the Black Racer to Darkseid and making contact with him frees Turpin from Darkseid's control. Wonder Woman (having been freed from possession by one of Darkseid's minions) then uses the Lasso of Truth to bind Darkseid's spirit form, effectively freeing humanity from the Anti-Life Equation and being controlled by Darkseid. In his final effort, Darkseid's disembodied essence appears and tries to seize the Miracle Machine Superman has created; however, Superman uses counter-vibrations to destroy him. Furthermore, the last piece of Darkseid's plan fails when Batman escapes the Omega Sanction.
Doctor Impossible later manipulates the Crime Syndicate of America into helping him resurrect Darkseid via a machine that draws energy from the Multiverse itself. The resurrection backfires and creates a new being known as the Omega Man.[18]
The New 52
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Darkseid's name is first invoked by a Parademon in Justice League #1.[19] He is later mentioned again in Justice League #2,[20] and in Justice League #3 Darkseid makes his first appearance in the series, seen in a vision by Victor Stone after he is injured by an exploding Mother Box.[21] In the final pages of Justice League #4, Darkseid himself appears.[22] In Justice League #5, the League confronts him but they are overpowered by him, when he severely hurts Superman with his Omega Beams and breaks Green Lantern's arm.[23] Finally, in Justice League #6, Darkseid is driven out when Cyborg activates the invaders' Mother Boxes and Superman forces him through a boom tube. The incidents that occur in these issues make Darkseid the first foe the newly formed League faces as a team. The issue also reveals DeSaad and Steppenwolf, referring to Darkseid's daughter and their ceaseless search for her across countless worlds.[24] Darkseid's daughter escapes containment in Justice League of America's Vibe #7 after the dampeners on her cage are temporarily disabled.[25]
In the New 52 continuity, there is only one set of New Gods across the 52 Multiverse. As Darkseid invades Prime Earth in Justice League, he sends Steppenwolf to do the same, with greater success, on Earth 2, resulting in the deaths of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and stranding Helena Wayne and Kara Zor-L on Prime Earth. Five years later, Darkseid once again invades Earth 2, which never fully recovered from his armies' earlier assault, and it is revealed that he and Highfather of New Genesis struck a deal allowing him the unchallenged right to invade Earth 2.
In Darkseid #1, his background story was revealed. Formerly a farmer named Uxas, he hated the deities of his world. So he traveled up to their mountain while they slept and tricked them all into fighting each other. As they were all weakened from the war, he killed them one by one with his scythe and stole their power before destroying his world and creating Apokolips.
In Justice League: The Darkseid War (after the retirement of the "New 52" imprint), Darkseid comes into conflict with the Anti-Monitor. Darkseid's daughter Grail leads the Anti-Monitor, who is revealed to be a scientist named Mobius, to Darkseid for the former to kill the latter. Mobius believes that with the death of Darkseid, he will be free from being the Anti-Monitor. After an intense battle, the Anti-Monitor fuses the Black Racer with Flash and sends it after Darkseid. Using the fused Flash and his own powers, he kills Darkseid. With Darkseid dead, the universe is unbalanced as it has lost its God of Evil. Lex Luthor later fuses with the Omega Sanction, becoming the new ruler of Apokolips.
After killing the Anti-Monitor using an Anti-Life Equation-powered Steve Trevor, Grail resurrects Darkseid through the newborn child of Superwoman. The child has the same powers as his father Mazahs, with the ability to steal the powers of others. Stealing the new "God" abilities of the Justice League, Grail fuses them with the child and brings Darkseid back to life. However, he is under her complete control. Grail later attempts to redeem herself by seemingly killing Darkseid with the Anti-Life Equation. However, it is later revealed that she reincarnated him back as a baby with the intention of teaching him differently.
In DC Rebirth, Darkseid kills Zeus and absorbs his power to return to his original form.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
New Justice
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Being successful with the team's entrapment, Darkseid reveals to Cyborg that a bond was established between them when Cyborg merged with Darkseid's Mother Box. According to the prophecy, the alien worlds were hidden because of the Old Gods they worshipped.
Infinite Frontier
In Infinite Frontier, Darkseid is trapped in Earth-Omega following the restoration of the multiverse. He regained his original form by fusing with his alternate universe counterparts. Darkseid's former henchmen reunite with him on Earth-Omega and remain by his side as he gains a new follower named X-Tract, Cameron Chase's Earth-Two counterpart.[35]
Darkseid battles the Justice League Incarnate, but is defeated by the Great Hand and sent to a mysterious place where he is controlled by Pariah and the Great Darkness.[36] He is freed after Nightwing fends off the Great Darkness and returns to Apokolips.
DC All In
In DC All In, Darkseid bonds with the Spectre using the Miracle Machine before allowing himself to be killed in battle with the Justice League to become unbound from time and space.[37][38][39] He travels to another universe and corrupts it with his influence, transforming it into the Absolute Universe.[40][41][42] Darkseid's death brings imbalance to the universe, leading to the events of New Gods (vol. 5).
Powers and abilities
As a New God, Darkseid is nigh-immortal and possesses immense physical abilities. He can harness the Omega Effect to generate disintegrating energy beams capable of instantly killing or resurrecting others. Furthermore, Darkseid can teleport and possesses telepathy and telekinesis.[33][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Other versions
Injustice: Gods Among Us tie-in
Darkseid appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic.
Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe
Darkseid appears in the crossover comic Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe. He battles Superman and He-Man before being killed by the latter, after which he is transformed into pure knowledge and claimed by the elders of Grayskull.
In other media
Television
Live-action
- Darkseid appears in the tenth and final season of Smallville.[50] This version primarily appears as a non-corporeal being with superhuman strength, telekinesis and the ability to transform into smoke.[51] According to Carter Hall, Darkseid was present on Earth during many of humanity's darkest hours, including the Spanish Inquisition and Third Reich. Granny Goodness claims that Kali, Hades and Lucifer are all names that Darkseid has been called on Earth. After awakening from a rift in the universe, Darkseid instigates an anti-vigilante movement and corrupts countless humans, including Gordon Godfrey and General Slade Wilson, to pull Apokolips towards Earth. In the two-part series finale, Darkseid made a deal involving Lex Luthor's revival in exchange for possession of Lionel Luthor's body in order to confront Clark Kent, who seemingly destroys him.[52] The comic book continuation reveals that Darkseid survived and restored his physical form.[53]
Animation
- Darkseid appears in Super Friends, voiced by Frank Welker.
- Darkseid appears in the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Michael Ironside.[54][55]
- The character is introduced in Superman: The Animated Series. Darkseid defies the peace treaty between Apokolips and its sister planet, New Genesis, by searching for the Anti-Life Equation to remake the universe in his image.[56] Following the repeated failures of his underlings,[57][58] Darkseid personally defeats Superman, kills Dan Turpin and nearly succeeds in conquering Earth until New Genesis' forces declare the planet to be under their protection.[59][60] In the series finale, Darkseid has Superman brainwashed into thinking he is his adopted son and invading Earth for him.[61] Superman breaks free of Darkseid's influence and confronts him on Apokolips. Darkseid is defeated, but survives, as his servants come to his aid.[62]
- Darkseid returns in the Justice League episode "Twilight". He works with and later betrays Brainiac before being killed when Brainiac's base is destroyed.[63][64]
- In the Justice League Unlimited episodes "Alive!" and "Destroyer", Lex Luthor accidentally resurrects Darkseid while attempting to revive Brainiac.[65] Luthor and Metron retrieve the Anti-Life Equation, which the former uses to absorb himself and Darkseid into the Source Wall.[66]
- Darkseid appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley.[67][68][55]
- Darkseid appears in Young Justice, voiced again by Michael-Leon Wooley.[55] This version is an ally of Vandal Savage, with whom he made a deal to aid each other in their respective conquests. When Earth and Apokolips are the only two worlds remaining, a final battle would determine who controls the universe.
- Darkseid appears in Teen Titans Go!, voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic.[69][55]
- Darkseid appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Jonathan Adams.[70][55]
- Darkseid appears in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "My So Called Anti-Life", voiced by John DiMaggio.[55]
- Darkseid appears in Harley Quinn, voiced again by Michael Ironside.[55] This version is a benefactor to Harley Quinn.
- Darkseid appears in Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, voiced by Keith David.[71][55]
Film
Live-action
- In 2014, Bryan Singer revealed that during early development of the scrapped Superman Returns sequel, Darkseid was considered to be the main antagonist.[72]
DC Extended Universe
Darkseid is featured in the DC Extended Universe.
- The character is first alluded to in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. During a Knightmare sequence, Bruce Wayne experiences a vision of the future in which Darkseid has taken over the Earth and used the Anti-Life Equation to manipulate Superman into becoming his servant.
- Darkseid is mentioned in the 2017 theatrical release of Justice League and appears in Zack Snyder's 2021 director's cut, portrayed by Ray Porter.[73][55] In the latter version of the film, Darkseid gives his disgraced lieutenant, Steppenwolf, a chance at redemption by using three Mother Boxes to terraform and conquer the Earth in his name. After the Justice League defeats Steppenwolf, Darkseid vows to extract the Anti-Life Equation from the Earth himself.
- Darkseid was set to appear in New Gods prior to its cancellation.[74][75]
Animation
- Darkseid appears in Superman/Batman: Apocalypse voiced by Andre Braugher.[76][55] He brainwashes Kara Zor-El into replacing Big Barda as the commander of his Female Furies, only for Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman to journey to Apokolips to free Kara from his influence. Darkseid then ambushes Superman and Kara at their farm in Smallville but is transported away via boom tube before he can kill them.
- Darkseid appears in the DC Animated Movie Universe, voiced by Steve Blum in Justice League: War and by Tony Todd for subsequent appearances.[55]
- In Justice League: War, Darkseid and his forces attempt to invade and terraform Earth only to be sent back to Apokolips via Boom Tube by a group of heroes that band together to form the Justice League.
- In Reign of the Supermen, Darkseid is revealed to be the mastermind behind the previous film's events as he is responsible for the creation of Doomsday and the transformation of Hank Henshaw into Cyborg Superman as a means of orchestrating a second invasion of Earth.
- In Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Darkseid creates an army of "Paradooms" (hybrids of Parademons and Doomsday clones) and brutally kills heroes and villains alike before conquering Earth.[77] Years later, Superman and the other survivors of the invasion launch a coordinated attack on Apokolips, freeing several mutilated heroes like Cyborg and Batman from Darkseid's influence and using the demon Trigon against him. Using the connections to the planet, Cyborg sacrifices his life to send himself, Darkseid, Trigon, and Apokolips into oblivion.
- Darkseid is shown in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths in a flashback as an infant
- Darkseid appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, voiced by Tony Todd.[55]
- An alternate universe version of Darkseid appears in a flashback in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Bruce Thomas.[55]
- Darkseid appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom, voiced by Tony Todd.[55]
- Darkseid appears in Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, voiced again by "Weird Al" Yankovic.[55]
Video games
- Darkseid appears in Superman: The Game.
- Darkseid appears in Justice League Task Force, voiced by Matt Uelmen.[78]
- Darkseid appears in Superman 64, voiced again by Michael Ironside.
- Darkseid appears in Superman: Shadow of Apokolips, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.[55]
- Darkseid appears in Justice League Heroes, voiced by David Sobolov.[55] He is freed from his extradimensional prison by Brainiac, who promises him unlimited power. He takes a Mother Box and a "Sensory Matrix Hypercube" to transform Earth into a New Apokolips and takes Superman as his prize. The League defeat him, sending him back to his prison in the cube, while the Mother Box reverses Darkseid's damage to Earth.
- Darkseid appears as a boss in Puzzle & Dragons.[79]
- Darkseid appears as a boss in DC Universe Online.
- Darkseid appears in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[80]
Mortal Kombat
- Darkseid appears in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, voiced by Perry Brown.[55] After the Mortal Kombat and DC universes are merged, Darkseid is fused with Shao Kahn to create Dark Kahn. After Dark Kahn is destroyed, Darkseid is transported to the Mortal Kombat universe and imprisoned in the Netherrealm.
- Darkseid appears as a skin for Geras in Mortal Kombat 11.[81]
Lego
- Darkseid appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Travis Willingham.
- Darkseid appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced again by Michael Ironside.[82][83][55] He sends the Crime Syndicate of America to find the Anti-Life Equation, forcing the Justice League and the Legion of Doom to join forces to defeat him. Following their defeat, Darkseid and his minions are brainwashed into reforming.
Injustice
- Darkseid appears as a non-playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us via the Hall of Justice stage. He is also available as a playable character in the game's IOS version.
- Darkseid is featured as a preorder bonus and later-DLC character in Injustice 2, voiced again by Michael-Leon Wooley.[84]
Reception
Darkseid was ranked as the 6th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time by IGN and the 23rd Greatest Villain of All Time by Wizard magazine.[85]
See also
- "The Great Darkness Saga"
- List of Superman enemies
- Thanos, a Marvel character influenced by Darkseid.
References
Works cited
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External links
- Template:Official website
- The Legion Companion
- 100 Things Avengers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
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- ↑ Smallville Season 11: Chaos
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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