Darkseid

* Dark Crisis (Current)
* Pre-Flashpoint Avatars
* True Self
* Post-Flashpoint
* Odyssey
* Final

## Summary

As a being outside of the mortal DC Multiverse, **Darkseid** has never been affected by DC Comics rebooting their continuity and has therefore been the same character within the Mainstream Comics Metaverse from his first appearance in 1971 to Present Day.

**Darkseid** is one of the most powerful New Gods and the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips, an archetypal world beyond the boundaries of the mortal multiverse in a higher realm of existence known simply as the Sphere of the Gods. It has been clarified by writers over time that Darkseid and the other New Gods are not simply extradimensional beings, but living ideas from this higher, archetypal realm. Darkseid himself is the idea for "Evil." Therefore, every storyline between 1971 and Final Crisis in 2009 simply deals with Avatars (or Emanations) of these higher-dimensional deities touching the lower-dimensional planes of existence.

Billions of years before the modern day, Darkseid was originally known as Uxas, brother of Drax and son of King Yuga Khan and Queen Heggra, the then rulers of Apokolips. Drax attempted to gain control of the Omega Effect, an infinite source of energy residing in the Infinity Pit, but Uxas betrayed his brother and took the power for himself to become Darkseid. Darkseid went on to become the new ruler of Apokolips and sired several children while waging war on New Genesis, but was later convinced by Metron to form a temporary peace treaty. However, Darkseid would continue plotting to gain complete control over creation, resulting in his discovery and search for the Anti-Life Equation.

Avatars of Darkseid (of varying power levels) became entangled in numerous conflicts with Superman and the Justice League of Earth during the Pre-Crisis (1938-1985) and Post-Crisis (1986-2011) Eras of comics due to Darkseid's everlasting goal being the utter domination and enslavement of all creation through acquisition and use of the **Anti-Life Equation**, which would grant him the ability to order things in existence according to his will.

However, during the events of Final Crisis (2009), Darkseid's True Godhead State was shattered by Superman into fragments, and so the living idea of True Darkseid began searching for and piecing back together those fragments all over the multiverse. Even after Flashpoint (2011), the Avatar of Darkseid conquering the New 52 Multiverse was just one of those fragments. It lost to the various Justice Leagues across the new multiverse until finding and absorbing some unknown power that allowed it to fight again in the Darkseid War. However, during the war, even this Avatar of Darkseid was seemingly killed by the Anti-Monitor and a fused Black Racer-Flash.

However, Darkseid's daughter Grail used the baby of Superwoman and Alexander Luthor (both from Earth-3) to absorb the Omega Effect from Lex Luthor and the Anti-Life Equation from Steve Trevor to transform the baby into an infantile Darkseid. Grail retreated with him and grew him quickly back to young adulthood by killing Old Gods like Hercules and giving their life energy to him. A young Darkseid then set out to do the same to Wonder Woman, which drew Zeus out of hiding so Darkseid could fight, kill, and absorb the life energy of the most powerful Old God. Back to his full age and power for this avatar, Darkseid continued his plan to create an army to reconquer Apokolips but was foiled by Wonder Woman using the love for her father, brothers, and sisters to draw the Old God energy out of Darkseid and diminish him yet again.

Learning of Perpetua's coming and desperate to regain his full power again, Darkseid went to the Ghost Sector of space to employ an ancient plan called Sepulkore, a star system wide "ark" of planets detached from the multiverse that could survive its destruction. After manipulating Justice League Odyssey and creating New Gods out of Cyborg, Starfire, and Azrael to construct Sepulkore, Darkseid absorbed the Antibaryonic Force surrounding his new system and regained his full power for this Avatar. However, Sepulkore was eventually destroyed by Jessica Cruz, Cyborg, Starfire, Azrael, and others. Forced to retreat, Darkseid was given one of the three "Crisis Universes" Perpetua created in the Dark Multiverse to generate crisis energy for her. Having won Final Crisis in this world, Darkseid achieved new power until his Final Crisis World was destroyed, and he was forced to take refuge in the World Forge.

After Wonder Woman's defeat of the Darkest Knight, Darkseid was imprisoned on Earth-Omega by the Quintessance (Ganthet, Highfather, Hera, Shazam, Phantom Stranger, and Spectre), but due to all universes and multiverses being restored by Wonder Woman, Darkseid too was restored and combined with all of his missing fragments to become more powerful than ever. **The True Darkseid.**

Darkseid was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby and made a cameo appearance in *Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen* #134 in 1970 before making his full first appearance in *Forever People* #1 in 1971.

## Powers and Stats

**Name:**  Darkseid / Uxas

**Epithets:** Boss Dark Side, God of Evil

**Origin:** DC Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Billions of Years

**Race:** New God

**Classification:** Ruler of Apokolips

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Superhuman Intelligence, Immortality (Types 1), Energy Manipulation, Energy Waves, Matter Manipulation, Telepathy, Mind Control, Teleportation, Flight, Size-Alteration, Time Travel

**Stamina:** **Virtually Inexhaustible**

**Mental Capacity:** **Genius** / **Master Telepath**

**Fighting Experience:** **Class S-1** (Billions of Years / Apokoliptian Fighting Arts)

**Standard Equipment:** Grandfather Box

**Weaknesses:** Radion (Weakens and kills New Gods)

## Notable Powers/Techniques/Equipment

### Powers

**New God Physiology:** The beings of Apokolips call themselves Gods and live outside of normal time and space in a realm called the Fourth World. These New Gods have evolved due to their close proximity to the Source, a primeval energy, believed to be one of the ultimate foundations of the Universal Expression of Energy, along with their superior technology, into beings of genetic stability and evolutionary perfection. The denizens of New Genesis are immortal, stronger, faster, and smarter than homo sapiens, despite their resemblance.

* **Superhuman Strength:** Darkseid is an extremely powerful alien hailing from planet Apokolips, who possesses colossal super-strength. Darkseid's full strength potential varies depending on the incarnation. Overall, because he is a high-tier cosmic being, Darkseid can easily overpower and kill humans and most galactic beings, he can bend and break through virtually any man-made material, can lift extremely heavy objects, and decimate full-sized buildings and other structures with his might. He possesses enough strength to match beings such as Superman and Wonder Woman in combat. Depending on the incarnation, he could overpower Superman with nothing but brute strength, or vice versa. As a god of New Genesis, he is able to break even the strongest of metals, once breaking a Green Lantern Ring with his bare hands. It is generally accepted that Darkseid is multi million mega ton range of strength and is among the universe's strongest beings.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Although rarely displayed, Darkseid can react and maneuver faster than the healthiest and strongest human athlete who partakes in daily exercise. However, Darkseid cannot run or move nearly as fast as speeders like Superman or the Flash. In some cases, however, he would often surprise Superman by appearing right behind him. It has been seen that Darkseid can react in microseconds.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** It is generally accepted that Darkseid can maintain continuous movement and strenuous exercise for unlimited periods of time without ever getting weary or tired in the process, and it that regard, he can battle other aliens for extended amounts of time before tiring.
* **Invulnerability:** Darkseid is extremely resistant to most forms of physical and mental harm. Darkseid's full durability capacity varies depending on the incarnation. Overall, because he is a high-tier cosmic being, humans could not even begin to harm him, bullets bounce off him, rockets, bombs and lasers will not even leave a mark on him, and high-voltage energy emissions cannot penetrate through him. He is completely immune to all earthly diseases and viruses. Despite his resistance, other high-tier cosmic beings like Superman or the Martian Manhunter can cause him great distress and pain. Also, materials forged from his home world can hurt him as well.
* **Immortality:** As a god of Apokolips, Darkseid can live almost indefinitely, as he cannot age, wither, or degrade. However, though it is nearly impossible for him to die, other high-tier beings like Kryptonians or the Spectre could kill him.
* **Omega Effect:** Darkseid wields a cosmic energy field called "Omega Effect", which proves integral, as it is the core from which his other abilities manifest from. This effect allows him to transverse through time and space, also enabling him to break barriers and force-fields.
* **Omega Beams:** Darkseid's main power. He focuses this power as a form of energy that he fires from his eyes. This effect is not only a relentless attack, but it is capable of teleporting the target to any location Darkseid chooses and recall them later or erase the target from the universe and similarly reform them. Darkseid has pinpoint control over his Omega Beams, and his unerring aim allows it to travel in straight lines or bend, twist or curve around corners. It has been shown that the Omega Beams are ineffective against the bracelets of Wonder Woman, as they were created from the Olympian Aegis. He has claimed that no being had yet withstood the full force of the Omega Beam, but Doomsday and Superman nonetheless survived the attack.
* **Telepathy:** Darkseid can easily read minds of others anywhere in entire Universe. In this ability, he can also attack or invade someone's mind with images.
* **Mind Control:** Darkseid can control the actions, thoughts and speech of humans just by thinking. In the scope of this ability, he can apparently, control and take over 100 individuals at once, indicating the capacity potential his brain can achieve.
	+ **Psionic Possession:** Darkseid's psychic abilities allow him to possess an individual and negate any superhuman abilities they may have.
* **Telekinesis:** Darkseid can mentally influence the movement of objects and people with his mind; he often makes things float with simple gestures of his hand.
* **Matter Manipulation:** Darkseid can transmute and manipulate matter, and in extension atoms, at will; he can destroy humans with a mere thought, and as such, he can even create his own creature complexions by design out of nothing, as he did when he created the being known as Strayne. Also, Darkseid can cause organisms to degrade and de-evolve.
	+ **Molecular Dispersion:** He is also able to dissipate and disperse the molecules of an object or organism, effectively erasing them from existence.
* **Erosion Blasts:** Darkseid is able to project energy from his hands as well as his eyes. To this effect the blasts can sustain damages from eradication to withering in effect, using both aspects to a devastating degree.
* **Avatar Creation:** A simple thought allows Darkseid to create liable avatars if/when the need arises.
* **Teleportation:** Darkseid can teleport himself and other beings anywhere in the entire Universe even through other dimensions at a mere thought.
* **Size Alteration:** Darkseid can easily manipulate his size, density and mass just by thinking, enabling him to become any size he wants.
* **Chronokinesis:** Darkseid can move and transverse through time at ease.
* **Power Distribution:** Darkseid could endow his lesser subjects with enormous powers. either granting them new abilities, increasing old ones they already possess or restoring lost powers to others at higher levels. He has done so with Mantis, Dr. Bedlam, Mary Marvel and his son Kalibak.