The Darkseid Respect Thread!

Originally posted by juggernaut66666
darkseid rips orion in half

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darkseid shows batman how do thing go on on Apokolips 😆

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batman vs darskeid

😆 😆

omega beam for savage dragon and superman

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i came here since the link was under your sig juggernaut, ive nvr read comics but i liked this 😄 some of the characters r familiar, this may jus get me into comics some time (too many things going on now)

OK, please resume. What are Darkseid's powers & abilities?

Originally posted by redcaped
OK, please resume. What are Darkseid's powers & abilities?

I've said "please resume"...it means to be brief, not misunderstanding.

Just since you guys seem to be using the outdated one, here's the newer one ...

For the most part, this will be in chronological order. In some cases, something from one era gives context to something from another era, so the scenes will be put together. Aside from that exception, though, this is in order of earliest to most recent.

There will be a few sections to this thread. Sometimes, a scan will be used in more than one section due to relevence, but for the most part, these sections will seperate scenes:

Cool character moments - It's obvious that people are more prone to be biased against characters they don't care about or dislike. Also, to tell the truth, I'd be happier to see a respect for the guy's character than a respect for his power level as a result of this thread.

Feats of intelligence - Recent Super-title appearances aside, Darkseid isn't a retard. Here I'll prove it.

Text-based respect - Times people have feared Darkseid, admitted his power, retcons, etc.Peices of text that give context to a physical feat or tell of an off-panel event won't be included here. This section is just to show how powerful other DCU characters think Darkseid is, or times he's clarified something that could be viewed as a weakness.

Debunking anti-feats - On some occasions, lower showings of Darkseid have IMO been exaggerated, and the exaggerations have become popular board myths. Some of these actually contain positive feats of power, I beleive, but even the ones that don't aren't quite as bad as often made out to be. Because of the nature of this section, my descriptions will be more subjective than in any other part of the thread.

Battles and feats of power - This will showcase battles Darkseid has had, as well as times he's just proven his power level. There are also a few things here that just show his versatility, if not neccessarily his raw power.

Whew. With that out of the way, let's get to it.

Cool character moments

After he was left dissolutioned by the death of his former wife, Darkseid drains all vulnerability from his mind and soul -- literally:

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Darkseid likens his actions to a force of nature:

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Even with the universe at stake if he miscalculates, Darkseid betrays Highfather in an attempt to snatch the power of The Source for himself:

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Here, Darkseid shows just how ruthless he can be:

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Anarky "interviews" Darkseid about the nature of evil:

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Some cool stuff showcasing Darkseid's totalitarian nature from Rock of Ages:

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Darkseid keeps an eye on his servants:

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He may be a ruthless tyrant, but Darkseid still has class:

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This back-up story his a nice little parrallel to the DS/Orion father/son relationship, and also is a good demonstration of Darkseid's totalitarian philosophy:

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Darkseid knows how to use resistance to his advantage:

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Unlike other dictators, Darkseid doesn't let his ego get in the way of his ability to recognize useful servitude:

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Darkseid listens to a threat and slaps aside an annoyance at the same time, proving he knows how to multi-task :-):

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Unlike many of the selfish villains in comics, Darkseid actually beleives his own hype. He actually considers Apokolips paradise and thinks everywhere else sucks:

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Darkseid really does not like hope at all:

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Just a cool bit of posturing after temporarily winning the battle in Foundations:

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wrong, section?

Maybe he can get it merged with the other Darkseid Respect Thread.
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f95/t366402.html

Text-based respect

Like all minions of Apokolips, even the powerful Mantis realizes that what Darkseid says goes:

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In Crisis, Braniac acknowledges Darkseid as the only being powerful enough to help him stop The Anti-Monitor:

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Darkseid rules Apokolips through absolute fear:

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A telepath called Sleez was mind-controlling Superman and Big Barda. It was suggested that Superman was more succeptible to the mind control because it started while he was unconscious, but in the same book, it's stated that Superman's mind is actively resisting the TP. Anyway, Mr. Miracle is completely immune to his TP, which he attributes to being trained trained to resist any level of TP short of Darkseid's own:

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While die-hard Kirby fans know the real reason Darkseid lets servants do his fighting for him, newbies often seem to think he lets his servants handle his business because he's afraid of a fight. To remove any doubt, he explains it himself here:

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The Giffen/DeMatteis JLA wants none of Darkseid. Nor does Manga Khan:

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Darkseid states that The Lords of Chaos fear him, and this seems to be backed up by them slinking back whenever he yelled for them to stop. The Lords of Order say they don't fear him, although the Lords of Chaos seem to think they're lying:

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Powergirl recalls a battle where the JLA and JSA managed to stop Darkseid's Para-Demons, but for all their power, couldn't defeat the big guy himself. Oh, and Trigon is "probably a big wuss compared to Darkseid" :

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The retcon of the Legends fight with Superman under Byrne and the battle against the two Fates. Check the monitors showing the examples. Both instances were Desaad in disguise:

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For comparison, here is what Necromina did to Orion, albeit with a surprise attack:

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Here is what happens when she's in Darkseid's presence:

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Yuga Khan, an extremely powerful Promethean Giant, implies that, minus the father/son clause, Darkseid is the only being with enough power to potentially threaten his life:

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After seeing 'Seid hurt by Doomsday's surprise attack, Superman remarks that he never beleived it was possible to hurt Darkseid:

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Darkseid peirces Highfather's cloaking defenses, and so Izaya takes a leave to make sure DS wouldn't find Takion, as if he did, 'Seid would "surely destroy" him:

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The avatar retcon. Darkseid basically states he's never lost, but his avatars have. Technically, that's a retcon of all losses before this period. Because the others were previously retconned, though, the Doomsday thing is pretty much all this could apply to. Of course, some beleive he needs to spell out the battles in question for it to count. I guess people can judge for themselves:

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Takion considers Highfather and Darkseid the most powerful (and apparently strong-willed) beings there are:

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Orion admits the obvious power difference between himself and his father:

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The Black Racer itself is unaware of the final fate of wipeout victims:

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Darkseid sends J'onn back to Mars. Lightray certainly beleives that 'Seid could've just as easily obliterated MM, and is suspicious of whether or not that's what he did:

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Young Justice is too scared of Darkseid to even try to fight him. Well, except for Slobo :

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Debunking anti-feats

A popular claim on the internet is that Doomsday just took a point/blank Omega blast and was fine, then proceeded to pound DS. In actuality, it was far from point/blank range. Also, the blast left him down long enough for Darkseid to walk over, make a speech, and walk away. In fact, he melted the rubble DD was buried under before he left and DD doesn't start moving again until after it's fully dried. Given the time it would take that ammount of molten matter to solidify, this implies he was down an entire minute or thereabouts IMO. It's not clear how much damage DD took, but I beleive it's clear that he was incapacitated and needed time to recover. I've included the last two relevent panels as individual scans, instead of the entire page, to draw proper attention to my point about the rubble. Here it is:

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There's a common bit of board hype that says GL (Raker) deflected Darkseid's beams and had him at the mercy of a shovel or whatever in their second battle. This is blatantly not so. Their first, more conclusive fight aside, I'd like to give my take on this, complete with scans.

First, Raker catches 'Seid slightly unawares with his speed and lifts him into the air with a weapon of war. Now, notice there's no visible damage. If a war weapon can't hurt DS, why would anyone think the shovel would've? Anyway, afterwards Raker tries to stop the Omega Beams before they form by containing 'Seid's charging eyes. Notice that, in the only definitive power match of thise fight, the Omega Force quickly bursts the ring's energy, sending them sprawling. They trade blows for one panel. Then Raker grabs a shovel. What's often overlooked is that, on the panel with the shovel raised, 'Seid is not only starting to rise, but he has Omega Force charging in his eyes. Before we can see what would've happened, the Guardians put a bubble around DS, and he stands down. What would logicially have triumphed if they didn't interfere, though? Omega Beams or a shovel? Personally, while I beleive Raker held his own in this brief battle, I also beleive it was about to come to an abrupt end for him if not for the blue guys.

Anyway, here are the scans:

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Now check what happens between Darkseid and The Guardians. 'Seid does feel it's best to not war with them, but he's confident enough to demand a peace offering for it to happen -- namely Raker as a slave. The Guardians agree to this and even erase the day from their record books to save face. Now, if The Guardians were so much more powerful than Darkseid that they could've easily overpowered him and just taken their GLs back, why didn't they? Seems to imply to me something about how close he is to an Oan. Also, notice what Darkseid's servants do to Raker. Honestly, would that ever happen to DS himself? Judge for yourself:

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Anyone who beleives the shovel wouldn't have been disentegrated by Omega Beams must also beleive that the shovel is tougher than a GL power battery, given what happened in the same issue:

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Just to add even more context, check this. The orange-skinned GL chick here manages to knock Raker down in a sparring match. While this is sparring, I think it has to count for something as far as showing they're not too far from each other in skill and willpower. Darkseid has absolutely no trouble snapping her neck:

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In case there's any doubt still left, Darkseid outright states that he never wanted to kill Raker, which is the only reason Raker's still alive. Raker not only doesn't object to this statement, but asks if the first reason given is the only reason. He's answered promptly:

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The Orion vs. Darkseid Walter Simonson fight has been used as a low-end 'Seid showing before. This was done in the form of "honorable warrior's combat"; IOW strictly HTH, though at the end DS cheated to throw the fight. Orion actually does get ahead on points before DS throws it. Nonetheless, parts like the slap-aside at the beginning make 'Seid look to be the stronger of the two, IMO. Anyway, something to note about this fight is that both combatants are fighting like hardcore martial artists, relying on speed and skill the entire time. Here it is:

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After the Simonson fight, Darkseid's physical state is never revealed, though next time he's seen on-panel, he's just fine. Orion, however, is still "exhausted" two issues later:

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Darkseid's gotten a lot of flak for his two losses to Superman and how recent they were. While I won'teven try to defend the jobfest that was Apokolips Now, S/B#12-13 gets exaggerated IMO. Up until WW teleported in by surprise to deflect his beams into his face, then the fight was taken near the sun, I beleive Darkseid had Superman well in-hand. A Darkseid sucker-punch, and Supergirl risks her life to sheild Supes. A Superman sucker-punch, followed by a flying bumrush, and 'Seid just shrugs it off, backhands Supes down, and this time WW steps in and risks her life to save Supes. I beleive the way the fight was panning out on Earth implies that, without his beams hitting his face and without Supes' sun-amp, DS would've won the fight. Anyway, you can judge for yourself:

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Battles and feats of power

After a challenge is laid down by Orion, Darkseid responds by making the skies rumble with lightning:

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Orion has trouble with Brola. Darkseid, however, just humbles Brola with a stomp and sends him scurrying into his quarters:

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Darkseid easily defeats The Infinity Man, banishing him to another realm, with a barrier preventing his return:

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Omega Beams transport The Forever People throughout time:

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After Mantis has absorbed the full power of Hal Jordan's GL ring, he unloads it on DS. Check what happens:

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Darkseid takes a blast from a Master Blaster, which Mr. Miracle states can destroy any life form, to no effect. Then he banishes Scott:

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During GDS, Darkseid ended up in The Legion's timeline, stripped of most of his power. By absorbing some power throughout the arc, he returns some of it, although he's never fully back to his original powr level. Anyway ...

Darkseid makes short work of Mordru:

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The Time Trapper wasn't much more trouble:

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Darkseid takes Mon-El's laser vision to no effect and puts him into a coma with one blast:

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Darkseid teleports Apokolips and Daxam:

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Darkseid takes care of The Legion with transmutation, energy manipulation, and telepathy:

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Darkseid kills Orion in battle. Note that it's stated how Orion, like Darkseid himself here, is weakened compared to what he once was:

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After his grueling battle with Orion, Darkseid takes care of Pre-Crisis Superboy and Supergirl, who've been amped by Highfather. Also, he takes a blast from all of The Legion's energy-weilders. It makes him drop Kara, but other than that, he just shrugs it off:

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The Anti-Monitor here is weakened, but he absorbs the entire power of his universe to help balance it out, and he still has enough power after absorbing the rest of his universe that he's crushing Golden Age Superman and Superboy Prime with one hand. Darkseid uses his resources to establish a link between himself and Alex Luthor, allowing him to "gaze" through Luthor's eyes, and then channels an enormous energy blast through him. This blast sends The Anti-Monitor sprawling into the sun and leaves him dying. Golden Age Supes lays down the finishing touches afterwards:

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Darkseid shows that he still remembers Crisis, and uses his powers/knowledge to re-create Parasite from a universe away:

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Just to stop some of the "everything blocks The Omega Effect" posts, Darkseid sets his Omega Beams to pass inangible through everything but their intended target:

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Darkseid grabs Superman (in the guise of Clark Kent) so fast that Supes didn't even see his hand move:

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And here's two feats from a Post-Crisis GDS aftermath issue ...

Darkseid turns Pre-Zero Hour Validus into a child:

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Disintegrates a Pre-Zero Hour Daxamite:

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Aside from the dread or suspicions that Darkseid destroyed people in the scans themselves, here's something else to add context to scenes where the OE teleports opponents. There've been several issues declaring that wipeout beams don't attack physically, but teleport the victim into oblivion. Something less well-known is that, at least according to one issue, people teleported by the OE are briefly wiped out, then returned to space/time at another destination. At least, that's what Sleez seems to be saying when he remarks that for an instant he was "less than nothing":

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Darkseid completely vaporizes Kalibak with a touch:

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Granny along with some beings Barda and Mr. Miracle were fighting share Kalibak's fate via Omega Beams. Also, when Darkseid is threatening Mr. Miracle's life, notice Big Barda is smart enough to keep her mouth shut and just stand there. Additionally, 'Seid teleports without a Boom Tube:

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Superman mistakes Darkseid for the enemy at a time when DS was recruting Kal as an ally. Superman tries to attack 'Seid, but it doesn't seem to work out for him:

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Darkseid is hit by the power of of an Anti-Life Entity aspect channelled through the wire of his machine. The explosion of another one of these caused the destruction of a solar system. He's stunned for a moment by it, but looks coherent afterwards. Etrigan, not so much. :

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Dr. Fate combines Darkseid's power with his own, Highfather's, Orion's, and Etrigan's (though, in this case it was revealed Etrigan's connection gives him power he can't fully tap, but DS or Fate apparently can). Combined, they stand up to the Anti-Life Entity (an abstract) for several pages, and create a chain reaction that destroys his dimension:

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Darkseid vaporizes Lashina:

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Darkseid shows the ability to control some wind or something like telekinesis:

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Darkseid ressurects Lashina from being vaporized:

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The plot to this story is a bit whacky. Mr. Miracle has some special miracle soap that makes people "clean and manipulates their minds to be good. It enthralls The Female Furies and several lowlies. Darkseid resists its effects easily, restores all of his servants to their normal states, and turns the miracle soap to dirt:

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From a Roger Stern story, when Superman tries to stop Darkseid, he gets handled pretty easily. Good characterization of both characters as well, IMO:

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Darkseid has a reality manipulating chess match of sorts with Eclipso in his own realm. Eclipso apparently wanted DS' body and power, but as he stated, they're "too evenly matched". Seems they try to settle their physical disputes by claiming superiority mentally. Neither shows superiority, though:

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In this story, Kalibak was using Apokolips tech to intercept small portions of Darkseid's Omega Force behind his back. With this portion, he creates a barrier to stop Orion. Orion manages to smash it, but stuns himself in the proccess. Also, this portion of power teleports Lightray:

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Darkseid reduces Kalibak to a skeleton by touching him:

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Darkseid kills a bunch of Dregs (zombified Old Gods) with Omega Beams:

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Darkseid easily banishes Lightray and Orion. They also seem to think he could've killed them if he wanted:

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Darkseid imprisons Superman and The Infinity Man combined, then again banishes I-M the same way he did in Kirby's run. A few pages prior to this are included, just because they show the power difference between I-M and Superman:

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Darkseid gets rid of Superman and The Forever People with a gesture:

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Check how easily Agogg defeats Orion and Lightray:

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Now check out how easily Darkseid wipes Agogg from existence:

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Superman fails to do any damage to two Apokoliptian missiles from the royal defense systems. Darkseid, despite being weakened, obliterates them with little trouble:

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I'm sorry; where do you guys post respect threads?

Superman's arms are burned just from being near an Omega blast hitting the Cyborg while Darkseid's Omega Force is weakened. Cyborg doesn't look that great immediately afterwards either:

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Superman's now starting to get the worst of a fight with Cyborg Superman, who's integrated Apokolips tech to power himself up. Darkseid, now back to full power, steps in and vaporizes Cyborg's body (as well as imprisoning his consciousness) with one blast:

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When Superman gets too annoying, Darkseid sends him back to Earth:

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Observe the interaction between Darkseid and Superman. I think it's obvious who has the upper hand (though Kal manages to barter a deal through the threat of inspiring the lowlies):

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Darkseid restores Cyborg Superman and makes him whine:

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Darkseid pounds 3 Darkstars (more or less DC's version of Jack of Hearts; about like GLs in raw power, but minus the versatility) at once as practice:

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Darkseid easily imprisons Martian Manhunter:

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When The Kilg%re takes over all of the resources of New Genesis, its inhabitants, and the Giffen/DeMatteis JLA are defeated:

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Darkseid destroys the places of power The Kilg%re was hiding itself, however, with "anti-energy" blasts, while Highfather speaks of him as "invincible evil":

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Darkseid shrugs off a GL blast, stops Red Rocket's armor with a thought, shrugs off Captain Atom's tackle, and KOes CA with one backhand:

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Darkseid casually ressurects hundreds of Para-Demon stormtroopers who were portrayed as a match for The Amazons:

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Darkseid matches strength with Highfather during the original war:

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Darkseid's life-force causes The Source itself agony, forcing it to open itself to him. In the process, he also became the first being ever to successfully bully his or her way into The Source:

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Darkseid tells his minions to keep their mouths shut and ressurects Orion after he was torn in half:

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Darkseid displays the ability to make constructs that serve as monitors to far away places, as well as being able to teleport objects into his grasp, and creating Boom Tubes with his Omega Beams:

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To add some context to this next scan, that is Atinai trying to attack Darkseid. She was shown handling two average New Gods at the same time in this run, as well as creating a structure that contained the madness of The Source itself, and perhaps most impressive, she singlehandedly created Supertown out of thin air. She's partially this powerful because she is Highfather's daughter and was imbued with a fraction of his power. Anyway, Darkseid pretty easily blocks her blast:

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The Omega Beams nagivate through the maze of The Source's concentrated madness and teleport Highfather back to the outside world:

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Darkseid easily handles Orion with Omega Beams:

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When Superman tries to attack Darkseid, mistaking him for the true enemy again, he's stopped by Omega Beams. Admittadely, he does stand up to them for a brief time, but the fight is quickly taken out of him, and he collapses to the floor. To add some context, the writer has stated that, with the "we treat no one like a slave" comment, Highfather was warning DS not to kill Superman:

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Highfather and Darkseid's energies are stated as potent enough to balance creation and stabilize the madness of The Source:

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Darkseid creates Stayne, Takion's equal and opposite, with a wave of his hand (and demonstrates that he can size-change):

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Orion attacks Darkseid's avatar in a confrontation that quickly falls into The Firepits. (It's revealed a few issues later that this was really an avatar walking around since #12, as in #11 Highfather did something screwy with Darkseid's physical body and his own, leaving DS only able to project himself through avatars until the end of #15 ... Very convoluted plot) Here it is:

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While the rest of the battle is off-panel, the conclusion to the battle is not left ambiguous. Here's Orion after the fight is finished:

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Even after he awakes, Orion is so weak from the battle that he's killed by Desaad:

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The state of Darkseid's avatar afterwards? Alive, well, and overpowering The Forever People's Mother Box, warping the direction of Vykin's Boom Tube:

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The avatar is "vastly more powerful" than Vykin, who's a decent magnetist:

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The revelation that this is an avatar:

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Here's a page which gives a small idea of how many worlds Darkseid stripped of Gods in his Pantheon-slaying:

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The confirmation that it was indeed entire Pantheons he destroyed:

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After Darkseid's amps from absorbing the power of Pantheons, DC Odin admits that his power level is now beyond Asgard's ability to reckon:

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Here's a scene from Walt's Orion run that shows a highlight panel of the slayings. While this is just one example of him killing a God, the panel was obviously meant as a representation of all of his Pantheon slayings, and what he's shown using to accomplish the killings/power-stealing is Omega Beams:

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For comparison's sake, let's take a look at Blasphemy vs. Etrigan. Now, it is clear in the end that Etrigan is more powerful overall, based on the fact that his mystical containment thingie held Blasphemy immobile. On the purely physical level, however, they look about on the same level. Both rock each other with blasts and punches, but neither hurt each other too much with them:

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Now first, so you don't have to take my word for it, Darkseid stating he is manifesting himself as an avatar in this issue:

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And here's the avatar's performance vs. Blasfemy. IMO, the physical and blast-strength difference between the avatar compared to Etrigan is obvious:

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Darkseid and Highfather fly to The Source Wall at "unimaginable" speeds:

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Darkseid and Highfather combined destroy The Source Wall (later, in Genesis, it took Highfather, Ares, Zeus, Jupiter, and Odin to recreate this feat, and that was while the Wall was weakened):

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Darkseid projects himself through a ton of constructs all over Apokolips, letting his minions know that they'll never be free from him:

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Darkseid frees Kalibak from shackles created by Alpha Force-empowered Mr. Miracle, and it's revealed that The Alpha Force and Omega Effect are the antithesis of each other:

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Darkseid dismisses The Outsiders and restores their abducted city's population with a gesture:

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