Darkside vs Thanos
Which character has been written more competently??
Not a battle, dimwits!!
Just looking at the focus of each.
Thanos, never seems to be truly preoccupied with the heroes. Even, the most(arguably) powerful one in either universe.
Thanos actually came from Earth, iirc, but his many showings take place away from it, in the coldness of space.
Whereas Darkseid, seems to suffer from that thing, where he is focused on a singular character. Ie, Superman. And thus, Earth.
Darkseid went to the trouble, in OWAW of building the Aegis, for the sole purpose of Superman wearing it, just to inadvertently destroy the universe and laugh about it.
That, to me is utter tripe. Darkseid, bane of the universe is somewhere on Apokolips thinking about Superman?? Rather than pulling off great schemes like the GDS?? Get creative writers!!
Its almost as if, Marvel had Galactus sitting on his galaxy sized ship, thinking of ways to thwart Thor.....in return for the godblast debacle.
Its that below the conception of the character.
And this isn't a Darkseid bashing thread.
I find him to be vastly superior to Thanos in depth and drive, but he's suffered lately.
Alot.
Some people on other boards maintain that Superman going "all out" is infact, stronger than the guy! 😘
Though it wouldn't bother me if he was, actually. I just hate to see the guy written like a teamwrecker.
If there was a whole arc, that took the heroes to their edge and they won the day, but not before he made a significant gain towards his ultimate goal, i'd be fine.
Darksied should never be beaten. Only thwarted.
If you can't tell the difference between the two, read more books of variety.