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40-495: Dreamslayer is a member of the Extremists and worked with them to kill most people on Angor, their home planet. He follows along to Earth with the four surviving humans of his world, Mitch Wacky, Wandjina , Silver Sorceress and Blue Jay . He possesses Maxwell Lord , kidnaps Wacky, and forces him to repair Lord Havok before killing him. The Silver Sorceress attacks the island, along with her Justice League comrades. The natives of

80-572: A meltdown in a Bialyan reactor, and the others give themselves up to the Russian authorities. Wandjina's corpse is later reanimated as a weapon by Queen Bee of Bialya. The citizens don't quite understand the fate of Wandjina and come to revere him as a hero. Justice League Europe #15 (June 1990) begins a story in which the Sorceress and Blue Jay escape from prison. Blue Jay goes to the League for help, while

120-490: Is drawn from the dimension of terrors which he rules over. He has superhuman strength and endurance, immunity to physical and energy attacks, can fly, project flame, teleport, read minds, communicate with telepathy, and manipulate matter. He is a wraith-like being that is unlikely to be killed by conventional means, even surviving the nuclear event on Angor. When taking over a person's body, he can supercharge any metahuman abilities they have. The Earth-8 version of Dreamslayer has

160-496: Is first possessed by the evil Old God Yuga Khan , who uses it to resurrect many of his fallen brethren in a final battle against his sons Uxas and Izaya before falling in battle. Eventually, many an individual would come to possess either finite understanding or complete utilization of the Anti-Life Equation for their own personal use over time. Some eons later Darkseid would use a fraction of its power in his invasion cycles of

200-531: Is not destroyed so his quest for the equation is not thwarted. Martian Manhunter (vol. 2) #33 reveals that Darkseid first became aware of the equation approximately 300 years ago after making contact with the people of Mars. Upon learning of the Martian philosophy that free will and spiritual purpose could be defined by a Life Equation , Darkseid theorized that a negative equivalent must exist. In Walt Simonson 's Orion (2001), Darkseid and DeSaad have gained

240-761: Is shown to be the New Genesis word for freedom) on their face. When Jim Starlin returned to writing the New Gods in 2007's Death of the New Gods mini-series, the retcon was revised, with the Anti-Life Equation Entity being revealed to be one-half of a cosmic being that was split into two by the war of the old gods (the other half of the cosmic entity being the Source). In a text page published in Final Crisis Secret Files , Grant Morrison attempts to reconcile

280-546: Is sleeping with T.A. behind Blue Jay's back. Blue Jay eventually turns against Americommando. Blue Jay, having forged an alliance with Monarch , arrests Americommando for crimes against humanity and takes his place as president. Wandjina is also featured, now a closeted homosexual. During a battle between the Meta-Militia and the Extremists, he is swallowed whole by Gorgon. Two versions of the Champions of Angor are introduced in

320-447: Is stylized in narration as: loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding × guilt × shame × failure × judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side By speaking said equation, Darkseid can insert the full formula into people's minds, giving them the mathematical certainty that life, hope and freedom are all pointless. According to Oracle , who barely escaped

360-611: The Anti-Death Equation : a dark, mysterious power used by the Gentry, capable of transforming and corroding anything from the laws of physics to even beings as powerful as Monitors, turning its victims into immortal, gruesome, and evil creatures. In DCU continuity the Equation itself retains its importance to a great many interested parties having come into the control of a host of users both in incomplete and whole formulations of itself. It

400-576: The Pied Piper also contained the equation within his mind and can manifest it through music. DeSaad attempts to use Piper as his pawn to help him destroy Brother Eye and Darkseid so that he could rule Apokolips . During Final Crisis , Darkseid's plan comes to fruition even without Pied Piper's help. Using the "spoken form" of the Anti-Life, Darkseid has Mokkari unleash it through the internet, turning anyone exposed into his mindless slaves. Libra used

440-429: The "full" effects of the Equation by shutting down the entire Internet just in time, the Anti-Life Equation further states that the only point in anything is to conform to Darkseid's will. Shilo Norman (the current Mister Miracle ) is able to break free from this with the help of Metron, gaining immunity from the Equation in the process. He passes this immunity to his allies by drawing a specific pattern (the pattern

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480-460: The Anti-Life Equation entity, ultimately sealing it off from their reality. The Anti-Life Equation Entity would be retconned as a creature who had been mislabeled as far as having anything to do with the Anti-Life Equation. In issue #4 of Neil Gaiman 's Sandman series, the demon Choronzon mimics the form of 'Anti-Life' when challenging Dream to 'the Oldest Game' - a battle of wits in which

520-529: The Anti-Life Equation to turn several members of his Secret Society of Super Villains into Justifiers while some of Earth's superheroines and supervillainesses were converted into new versions of the Female Furies . It was revealed that the Equation can be countered by drawing the New Genesis word for "freedom" on one's face. Also, Doctor Sivana invented a device that allowed Lex Luthor to wrest control of

560-562: The Anti-Matter Universe named Mobius who was the first to find and touch the Anti-Life Equation; it then fused with him and transformed him into the Anti-Monitor, the Anti-Life Equation's living embodiment. When Darkseid died in the battle against him and his daughter Grail, Mobius forfeited the equation to return to his original form. The power itself which possessed him is now in the hands of his original benefactor, establishing her as

600-527: The Champions of Angor are replaced by The Rampaging Retaliators. The other residents of Earth-8 include: Anti-Life Equation The Anti-Life Equation is a fictional concept appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . In Jack Kirby's Fourth World setting, the Anti-Life Equation is a formula for total control over the minds of sentient beings that is sought by Darkseid , who, for this reason, sends his forces to Earth, as he believes part of

640-502: The Earth 2 parallel universe; soon it was revealed that others possessed the full Equation but lacked the incentive to use it. The formula itself however is revealed to be a sentient being able to express itself to its current hosts. It was revealed that the Anti-Life Equation was the source of the Anti-Matter Universe's creation, and that the Anti-Monitor used to be a Qwardian scientist in

680-526: The Equation from clones of Billion Dollar Bates. In stopping them Orion learned the Equation, and tried to use it to make people happy and good, but decided that the suppression of free will is always a bad thing. Mister Miracle knows the formula, but is one of the few with the willpower not to use it. During the series Young Justice , it was stated that the mystical heroine Empress has a piece of an Anti-Life Equation, which gives her limited mind control abilities. Countdown to Final Crisis #10 reveals that

720-472: The Equation is portrayed much like in the original Kirby comics, ignoring the version shown in Cosmic Odyssey . Besides the power to control minds, it is also shown to give its wielder the power to revive corpses through verbal commands. In Grant Morrison 's Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle mini-series, Darkseid (or Boss Dark Side, as he was calling himself) gained control of the Anti-Life Equation, which

760-563: The Equation's power without the Mother Box's aid, but was accidentally killed by one of his own guards. When Metron and Swamp Thing attempt to breach the Source , which drives Swamp Thing temporarily mad, Darkseid discovers that part of the formula is love. Upon being told by the Dominators of their planned invasion of Earth, Darkseid promises not to interfere on the condition that the planet

800-582: The Equation-controlled Justifiers from Libra and Darkseid . In Terror Titans #4, Static is revealed to be immune to the Equation's effects due to his electrical powers protecting his brain. In Final Crisis #7, Wonder Woman breaks the Equation's hold over the people of Earth by binding Darkseid's body with the Lasso of Truth . After Darkseid's disappearance, the Calculator tasks himself with

840-525: The Goddess of Anti-Life. Over the years, the Anti-Life Equation has changed as various writers have offered their own definitions of the concept. In Jack Kirby 's original version, the Equation manifests itself as the power to control any sentient minds through direct commands. A clear distinction was made between the Anti-Life Equation and other methods of control like manipulation or hypnosis. While Darkseid could already exert some control over humanity through

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880-689: The Justifiers are controlled by the Anti-Life Equation , and "justify" Darkseid 's rule of the Earth. In the Lord Havok and The Extremists series (2007), new versions of the Champions are featured on Earth-8 . In this storyline, they are part of a group called the Meta-Militia with Tin Man as president of Angor and Americommando as vice president. When Tin Man is killed by Lord Havok , Americommando becomes president with Blue Jay as Vice President. Americommando

920-519: The Life Equation has the power to redefine reality to a universal to multiversal degree, enabling the user to change the formula to remake all of existence. The Life Equation was split into seven parts and placed into Kyle's and six newly created White Power rings . These seven rings can be brought together to restore the Life Equation if needed, but until then, the White Lantern Corps protects

960-472: The Sorceress returns to Angor. A flashback reveals that the nuclear disaster was caused by a group of villains called the Extremists . The Extremists capture Sorceress and make her take them to Earth, where they again attempt to seize control of the world's nuclear weapons. It is eventually revealed that (with one exception) these are robot duplicates of the Extremists, created for an amusement park. The owner of

1000-529: The Starlin version of the Anti-Life Equation with his own version, by suggesting that the Equation is indeed sentient (as Starlin suggests) and that even after "mastering" the Equation, Darkseid still does not understand the true horrific nature of what the Anti-Life Equation is and its relationship with the Source. In the New 52, the Anti-Life has much of the same powers it had before, Yuga Khan having used it to bring back

1040-638: The amusement park is sent to Earth to switch them off. Sorceress then defeats remaining villain, Dreamslayer . Blue Jay and the Silver Sorceress join Justice League Europe. Justice League Quarterly #3 (1990) features Mitch Wacky (the amusement park owner) travelling back in time to prevent the Extremists from destroying Angor. This story introduces more members of the team (now called the Justifiers), including: In 2008's Final Crisis storyline,

1080-399: The dead Old Gods to aid him in battle against his sons, Dreamer Beautiful using it for the first time to resurrect a deceased Mark Moonrider , and Darkseid himself using a fraction of it to draw unsuspecting victims to their end by broadcasting it over his parademon hive factories. The Anti-Life's opposite member takes more prominence within the New 52. The white Light of Life is said to be

1120-585: The enemy and confront each other. The original members were: The team later appear in Keith Giffen 's post- Crisis Justice League International . In #2 Wandjina, Blue Jay and Sorceress come to Earth in order to destroy all nuclear weapons, since they were the only survivors of a nuclear disaster that wiped out Angor and did not want the same thing to happen on Earth. Their teammate, Captain Speed, dies later of radiation poisoning. Wandjina sacrifices himself to prevent

1160-418: The equation exists in the subconsciousness of humanity. Various comics have defined the equation in different ways, but a common interpretation is that the equation may be seen as a mathematical proof of the futility of living, or of life as incarceration of spirit, per predominant religious and modern cultural suppositions. Jack Kirby 's original comics established the Anti-Life Equation as giving

1200-535: The equation formula seems to vary from iteration to iteration. One instance relates it to the Emotional Spectrum and its corresponding seven lights: rage , greed , fear , will , hope , compassion and love . Initially believing all of these refractions of the source light to lead in becoming the Life Equation, it is then realized that the formula itself is a separate power all its own connected directly to The Source of all things. Its power once hidden behind

1240-467: The first issue of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity series. In the DC Multiverse following its The New 52 reboot, Earth-7 and Earth-8 are sister worlds. In the beginning of The Multiversity , a terrible evil comes to Earth-7 and utterly destroys it, leaving its only hero as Thor-equivalent Thunderer (whose closest counterpart is Wundajin of Earth-8). While Earth 8 continues to feature Lord Havok,

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1280-557: The island, mentally controlled by Dreamslayer, attack. The League's desire to not hurt the innocent natives costs the Sorceress her life, as she is hit with an arrow in the stomach. Before dying, she neutralizes Dreamslayer in a mystical battle. He has returned more than once, to plague Supergirl and the Justice League . He was used and tricked by the villain Overmaster. Dreamslayer is a supernatural being or powerful sorcerer whose magic

1320-497: The power to dominate the will of all sentient and sapient races. It is called the Anti-Life Equation because "if someone possesses absolute control over you — you're not really alive". Most stories featuring the Equation use this concept. The Forever People 's Mother Box found the Anti-Life Equation in Sonny Sumo , but Darkseid, unaware of this, stranded him in ancient Japan. A man known as Billion-Dollar Bates had control over

1360-404: The preachings of his minion Glorious Godfrey, possessing the Equation would allow unlimited and instantaneous control. In Jim Starlin 's mini-series Cosmic Odyssey , the Anti-Life Equation is revealed as a living shadow-based deity that corrupts and destroys everything it touches. This revelation shocks even Darkseid, who teams up with the New Gods and a group of superheroes from Earth to stop

1400-534: The role of tracking down the fragments of the Equation left in the internet, which had taken the appearance of floating diamonds in Alta Viva , an in-universe multi-player online game similar to Second Life . By having real diamonds cut in the shape of the virtual ones, the Calculator hopes to harness and restore its power for himself. The Multiversity features a different version of the Anti-Life Equation known as

1440-809: The same magical abilities, including the power to freeze a whole city in time. Champions of Angor The Champions of Angor (also known as the Justifiers , the Assemblers and the Meta Militia ) are a fictional team of superheroes in the DC universe . They were created by Mike Friedrich and Dick Dillin in Justice League Comics #87 in February 1971. The team was introduced in Justice League #87 (February 1971), written by Mike Friedrich. They were published at

1480-579: The same time that Friedrich's friend, Roy Thomas, was introducing the Squadron Supreme in Avengers. The Champions of Angor come from the alien planet of Angor. When Angor is attacked by a spacefaring robot, they defeat it and track the robot back to its home planet. At the same time, the Justice League of America is defeating and tracking another robot that threatens Earth. Both teams assume the other to be

1520-466: The spark that originally gave birth to the positive matter universe of Earth-Zero just as the Anti-Life gave rise to the antimatter universe. Unlike the Anti-Life Equation which saps a person of their free will, The Life Equation is an all consuming power which has the capability to restructure reality by changing its formula around rewriting the very multiverse itself, representing the attributes of life itself pertaining to change and variance. The make up of

1560-421: The two must define increasingly powerful entities in turn. Attempting to end the game, Choronzon states "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", at which point he takes on the appearance of a large, blank face against a white background. Dream counters this by proclaiming "I am hope". In Walt Simonson 's Orion series,

1600-513: The wall of its namesake had been removed and supplanted within the White Ring utilized by Kyle Rayner to escape it after the seven emotional entities gave themselves to both him and it to replenish the Emotional Reservoir. It is later revealed that Kyle managed to escape with the equation in hand after he reached out into the source itself and unknowingly claimed the equation. Once claimed,

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