Originally posted by Sirius77
I know that you were talking to Galan, but... actually in Preludes and Nocturnes, "A Hope in Hell" pg. 20, in the sandman, Morpheus and the demon Choronzon, who had his helmet, faced off in a shapeshifting contest which ended with the demon tranforming into the anti-life equation, saying: "I am Anti-life. The beast of judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds..., ... of everything." Morpheus responded by turning into "Hope". He won.So with that said, I don't think that Darkseid can pull this off. They seemed so casual when they were doing it. And more importantly, Morpheus was depowered... and Darkseid struggled against the source... Darkseid at his best may be a high end abstract, but Morpheus is a concept.
Yeah, I always interpreted that as a battle where they were actually shapeshifting into those things (including planets, supernovae, universes, etc.), then Choronzon busted out the ALE and Morpheus owned it.