I think the point is, was he intended as the real Time Trapper initially, or was he always meant to be a Controller stand in? The difference would mean the writer intended Darkseid to defeat the real deal, meaning he really believes he's that powerful, and for whatever reason changed his mind for the sake of plot.
^ How strong was Mordru at that time?
Originally posted by cdtmYeah, but the same thing could be said of when Darkseid gets beaten up and people argue that was only an avatar (although at the time, it was intended to be the real Darkseid).
I think the point is, was he intended as the real Time Trapper initially, or was he always meant to be a Controller stand in? The difference would mean the writer intended Darkseid to defeat the real deal, meaning he really believes he's that powerful, and for whatever reason changed his mind for the sake of plot.
People would probably be up in arms with that sort of reasoning, regardless of its merit.
Originally posted by OneDumbG0
^ How strong was Mordru at that time? Yeah, but the same thing could be said of when Darkseid gets beaten up and people argue that was only an avatar (although at the time, it was intended to be the real Darkseid).People would probably be up in arms with that sort of reasoning, regardless of its merit.
Or a Thanos clone being the real Thanos. Or a Doombot being the real Doom.
True enough. 😄
I'll say one thing about Darkseid: Under Kirby, he really wasn't a physical powerhouse. He was a plotter and schemer, with ridiculously powerful Omega Effect, but when confronted by Orion he ran like heck. (And he used a ray gun over his OE for some odd reason O_o )
Kalibak was the brawler.
The only time DS run from Orion was during a brief but full scale revolt on Apokolips, where DS was practically powerless.
He was running mostly from the revolting mob than Orion.
And yeah that's the same story he was using a gun on Orion and Orion for his part was doing the same - it's called Hunger Dogs.
It's actually a pretty good book.
Originally posted by cdtmThat only applies to that writer and since it's been retconned it carries no weight at all outside that particular writer's mind.
I think the point is, was he intended as the real Time Trapper initially, or was he always meant to be a Controller stand in? The difference would mean the writer intended Darkseid to defeat the real deal, meaning he really believes he's that powerful, and for whatever reason changed his mind for the sake of plot.