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56-449: JLA may refer to: JLA , a comic book series 1997–2006 The Justice League of America , a fictional DC Comics superhero team JLA (company) , a laundry equipment provider Yugoslav People's Army Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title JLA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

112-512: A baby with the intention of teaching him differently. In DC Rebirth , Darkseid kills Zeus and absorbs his power to return to his original form. After countless alien planets being held captive by Brainiac's race are freed, they venture into an unknown area of outer space called the "Ghost Sector." After remembering a prophecy his father told him, and noticing the crack in the Source Wall , Darkseid lures Cyborg, Starfire, and Azrael to

168-461: A battered, wounded Orion walks away from the battlefield having "won" the battle against his father once and for all. However, Darkseid's life essence endured even the death of his body and fell back in time, where he was reborn as "Boss Dark Side", aided by his resurrected minions and the supervillain Libra . Once again bound to the form of a human, "Boss Dark Side" began to appear in a number of titles in

224-488: A cataclysmic battle in the fiery Armaghetto of Apokolips. Likewise, Darkseid and his training minion, Granny Goodness , were unable to break Scott Free's spirit after a long, torturous upbringing and Free ultimately managed to escape Apokolips, taking with him the Female Fury Big Barda , as his wife. Free, now known as the superhero Mister Miracle, and Barda began living on Earth, and Darkseid used this "betrayal" as

280-603: A close copy of his Apokoliptan former appearance, and wearing an updated version of his battle armor. Darkseid then gains the fullest of his power, his "fall" having the effect of compressing and crumpling spacetime around Earth. After escaping from captivity, Batman shoots Darkseid with the same radion bullet that killed Orion, while Darkseid simultaneously hits Batman with the Omega Beam, sending back in time and then "infecting" Batman with Omega energy that will cause him to jump forward in time, with disastrous results when he reaches

336-493: A doomsday singularity that now threatens all of existence. When Superman attempts to physically assault him, Darkseid reveals that he now exists inside the bodies of all those who fell to the power of the Anti-Life Equation and that killing Darkseid will kill humanity. Darkseid then reloads the gun that was used to shoot him, to kill Orion by way of firing the bullet backwards in time (a move Superman deems to be suicide due to

392-680: A group of homeless people. Metron used a wheelchair, the Black Racer was an old white man in a wheelchair, DeSaad was an evil psychiatrist , Granny Goodness was a pimp (or "madam") for the Female Furies and Darkseid himself was now an evil gang leader who is referred to only as "Boss Dark Side". It is revealed that Darkseid actually gave the Sheeda North America in return for Aurakles , Earth's first superhero. This was, in turn, purely for Darkseid to get Shilo Norman , whom he considers

448-504: A large number of miniseries and one-shots featuring the team were released. One spin-off team, the Justice League Elite was created following the events of JLA #100, but their miniseries was limited to 12 issues, and the team appeared only once after the miniseries ended its run. JLA' s popularity was also able to launch the critically acclaimed JSA series, which was relaunched as Justice Society of America to coincide with

504-567: A machine that draws energy from the Multiverse itself. The resurrection backfires and creates a new being known as the Omega Man. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Darkseid's name is first invoked by a Parademon in Justice League #1. He is later mentioned again in Justice League #2, and in Justice League #3 Darkseid makes his first appearance in

560-520: A portion of her own soul into Darkseid. This supposedly weakened the god's power as he lost a portion of his dark edge. In Grant Morrison 's 2005 Mister Miracle limited series, it was revealed that Darkseid had finally discovered the Anti-Life Equation , which he then used to destroy the Fourth World altogether. The New Gods fled to Earth, where they hid. Highfather and his followers were now

616-519: A pretext to declare the treaty with New Genesis abrogated so the planets could resume their conflict. Darkseid's goal was to eliminate all free will from the universe, supplanting the Presence as its Supreme Being. To this end, he sought to unravel the mysterious Anti-Life Equation , which gives its user complete control over the thoughts and emotions of all living beings in the universe. Darkseid had tried on several other occasions to achieve dominance of

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672-597: A series of cameos that started in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (December 1970), before making his first full appearance in Forever People #1 (February 1971). Kirby modeled Darkseid's face on actor Jack Palance and based his personality on Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon . Though Darkseid was originally conceived as the primary villain for the New Gods , he would eventually be established as an archenemy of Superman and

728-558: Is a New God and the tyrannical ruler of the planet Apokolips . His ultimate goal is to find and gain control over the Anti-Life Equation to enslave the multiverse by eliminating all hope and free will in sentient beings. Regarded as one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe , Darkseid serves as one of Superman 's greatest adversaries and the archenemy of the Justice League . Darkseid has been adapted in various media incarnations, having made his live-action feature debut in

784-637: Is controlled by Pariah and the Great Darkness. He is freed after Nightwing fends off the Great Darkness and returns to Apokolips. In DC All In , Darkseid bonds with the Spectre using the Miracle Machine before allowing himself to be killed in battle with the Justice League to become unbound from time and space. He travels to another universe and corrupts it with his influence, transforming it into

840-738: Is eventually defeated by the Legion and many of its allies. Seeing other deities as a threat, Darkseid invades Themyscira to discover the secret location of the Olympian deities, planning to overthrow the Olympians and steal their power. Refusing to aid Darkseid in his mad quest, the Amazons battled his Parademon troops, causing half of the Amazon population's death. Wonder Woman was able to gain her revenge against Darkseid for killing so many of her sisters by placing

896-587: Is revealed that he and Highfather of New Genesis struck a deal allowing him the unchallenged right to invade Earth 2. In Darkseid #1, his background story was revealed. Formerly a farmer named Uxas, he hated the deities of his world. So he traveled up to their mountain while they slept and tricked them all into fighting each other. As they were all weakened from the war, he killed them one by one with his scythe (similar to Kronos of Greek mythology ) and stole their power, before destroying his world and creating Apokolips. In Justice League: The Darkseid War (after

952-593: The Absolute Universe . As a New God , Darkseid is nigh-immortal and possesses immense physical abilities. He can harness the Omega Effect to generate disintegrating energy beams capable of instantly killing or resurrecting others. Furthermore, Darkseid can teleport and possesses telepathy and telekinesis. Darkseid appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. Darkseid appears in

1008-823: The Huntress , Barbara Gordon (the Oracle), Steel (John Henry Irons) , and Plastic Man . They also had Aztek , the Tomorrow Woman , and the Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) as temporaries. Under Morrison, the series pitted the League against a variety of enemies including the White Martians, renegade angels, a new incarnation of the Injustice Gang led by Lex Luthor , and the Key . Other foes were

1064-503: The Legion of Super-Heroes . After using both scientific and magical methods to enhance his power, Darkseid transposes the planets Apokolips and Daxam—which places Daxam under a yellow sun and gives each of its inhabitants Kryptonian-like superpowers equal to those of Superman. Placing the Daxamites under his mental thrall, he uses them in a massive attempt to conquer the known universe. However, he

1120-450: The "Avatar of Freedom", in his clutches so that he could eventually destroy the New Gods. As prophesied, Orion returns to Earth via boom tube for his final battle with Darkseid. During the massive fight, Orion ultimately kills him by ripping his heart out, which created a firepit of Apokolips from Darkseid's chest cavity (in reference to the prophecy of their final battle). As Darkseid dies,

1176-409: The 2021 DC Extended Universe film Zack Snyder's Justice League , portrayed by Ray Porter . Michael Ironside , Andre Braugher , Tony Todd , and others have provided the character's voice in media ranging from animation to video games. Darkseid was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby to serve as the chief antagonist of his " Fourth World " metaseries . The character was first seen briefly in

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1232-620: The Anti-Life Equation and being controlled by Darkseid. In his final effort, Darkseid's disembodied essence appears and tries to seize the Miracle Machine Superman has created; however, Superman uses counter-vibrations to destroy him. Furthermore, the last piece of Darkseid's plan fails when Batman escapes the Omega Sanction. Doctor Impossible later manipulates the Crime Syndicate of America into helping him resurrect Darkseid via

1288-659: The Crisis, it fell on the Oracle and the Martian Manhunter to contact and deputize seemingly every active or once active hero in the DC Universe as Justice League members, effective immediately, to form a last line of defense for the city. The new approach worked, and JLA quickly became DC's best-selling title, a position it enjoyed on and off for several years, as reflected in the following advance sales figures for months in which JLA

1344-542: The DC Universe, most notably the Kryptonian Superman . Darkseid worked behind the scenes, using superpowered minions in his schemes to overthrow Earth, including working through Intergang , a crime syndicate which employs Apokoliptian technology and later becomes a religious cult that worships Darkseid. One thousand years in the future, Darkseid has been absent for centuries and is almost completely forgotten. He returns and comes into conflict with that era's champions,

1400-495: The Earth with the unleashing of the Anti-Life Equation onto mankind. However, the rebirthing process is still far from complete as Dan Turpin's mind and soul, while corrupted by Darkseid's essence, still remains in firm control over his body. However, at the same moment Shilo Norman , the "Embodiment of Freedom" is shot by S.H.A.D.E. operatives, thus signalling the "Victory of Evil". Darkseid wins control over Turpin's body, now twisted in

1456-621: The Flash ( Wally West ), Green Lantern ( Kyle Rayner ), and the Martian Manhunter. Additionally, the team received a new headquarters, the " Watchtower ", based on the Moon . JLA quickly became DC's best-selling title, a position it enjoyed on and off for several years. Morrison introduced the idea of the JLA allegorically representing a pantheon of gods, with their different powers and personalities, incorporating such characters as Zauriel , Big Barda , Orion ,

1512-627: The Ghost Sector in an attempt to use their powers to conquer the Multiverse. Being successful with the team's entrapment, Darkseid reveals to Cyborg that a bond was established between them, when Cyborg merged with Darkseid's Mother Box . According to the prophecy, the alien worlds were hidden because of the Old Gods they worshipped. In Infinite Frontier , Darkseid is trapped in Earth-Omega following

1568-458: The Justice League. Darkseid has had a large influence in pop culture and other comics; most notably, Kirby's creation is credited as the inspiration for Marvel Comics ' high-profile villain Thanos by his creators. Mark Evanier , who spent several years as Kirby's assistant, has stated that 'Darkseid' is pronounced "As if spelled 'dark side,' as in 'the dark side of man's nature'", noting that this

1624-561: The League's comic book, however. Morrison departed with issue #41, after which the book saw runs by Mark Waid and Joe Kelly . Subsequent to this, the series switched to a series of rotating writers with issue #91 while Kelly (via JLA #100) was given the miniseries Justice League Elite #1-12, which featured the Green Arrow, the Flash, and several other characters. The new format saw stories by John Byrne , Chuck Austen , and Kurt Busiek . Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg would take over

1680-700: The Teen Titans and use them in his club fights. In Final Crisis , Darkseid has begun to take over Earth and corrupt the Multiverse with the aid of his herald Libra, a reborn supervillain and antichrist -like figure who soon converts much of the Secret Society of Super Villains to his cause with the aid of the Crime Bible and the Holy Lance . Darkseid is also joined by the souls of his fellow evil New Gods, who, like Darkseid, now possess either modified human bodies or

1736-456: The belief that she was corrupting her son. Following Suli's death, Darkseid's heart grew even colder and his disdain for his mother intensified when she forced him to marry a woman named Tigra, with whom he had another son, Orion . Seeking vengeance against Heggra for killing the one he loved, Darkseid ordered Desaad to poison her so he could finally become the supreme monarch of Apokolips. Darkseid then tried to force Tigra to eliminate Orion, but

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1792-470: The bodies of other superpowered beings, such as Mary Marvel . Darkseid also arranges for detective Dan Turpin to be lured into the Dark Side Club, where Turpin is turned into Darkseid's "final host", as his Boss Dark Side body has begun to mummify due to Darkseid's foul astral presence. With his legion of followers and allies aiding him as he undergoes his latest "rebirth", Darkseid successfully conquers

1848-516: The book with #115, which saw a multi-part storyline dealing with the aftermath of Identity Crisis , and served as a lead-in to the events of " Infinite Crisis ", as Superboy-Prime destroyed the Watchtower at the end of issue #119. Bob Harras wrote the book's final storyline ( JLA #120–125) as the Green Arrow struggled in vain to keep the League afloat. Despite all of this, DC did not create continuing spin-off series as it had done before. Instead,

1904-612: The conclusion of the Infinite Crisis storyline, ended with issue #125. As depicted in the Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special and the final issue of Infinite Crisis itself, preparations for the defense of Metropolis against an army of organized supervillains required a brief and temporary expansion of the Justice League to its largest roster to date. The main defensive teams of the JLA, JSA, Teen Titans and Outsiders already being occupied elsewhere by

1960-577: The dampeners on her cage are temporarily disabled. In the New 52 continuity, there is only one set of New Gods across the 52 Multiverse. So as Darkseid invades Prime Earth in Justice League , he sends his lieutenant Steppenwolf to do the same, with greater success, on Earth 2 , resulting in the deaths of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and stranding Helena Wayne and Kara Zor-L on Prime Earth. Five years later, Darkseid once again invades Earth 2, which never fully recovered from his armies' earlier assault, and it

2016-457: The enraged spirit of the Earth itself. In addition, because almost all of the members had their own comics, the stories were almost always self-contained, with all chapters occurring within JLA itself and very rarely affecting events outside of that series. Developments from a hero's own title (such as the new costume and electric-based powers temporarily adopted by Superman in 1997–1998) were reflected in

2072-470: The focus of the stories changed. The League now dealt only with Earth-shattering, highest-priority threats which could challenge their tremendous combined power. Enemies faced by this new JLA included an invading army of aliens, a malfunctioning war machine from the future, a horde of renegade angels, a newly reformed coalition of villains as a counter-league, mercenaries armed with individualized take-down strategies for each superhero, various cosmic threats, and

2128-454: The fused Flash and his own powers, he kills Darkseid. With Darkseid dead, the universe is unbalanced as it has lost its God of Evil. Lex Luthor later fuses with the Omega Sanction, becoming the new ruler of Apokolips. After killing the Anti-Monitor using an Anti-Life Equation-powered Steve Trevor , Grail would later resurrect Darkseid through the newborn child of Superwoman . The child has

2184-409: The invaders' Mother Boxes and Superman forces him through a boom tube. The incidents that occur in these issues make Darkseid the first foe the newly formed League faces as a team. The issue also reveals DeSaad and Steppenwolf, referring to Darkseid's daughter and their ceaseless search for her across countless worlds. Darkseid's daughter escapes containment in Justice League of America's Vibe #7 after

2240-420: The latter was ultimately traded with Highfather 's son, Scott Free , as part of a peace treaty between the warring planets of Apokolips and New Genesis . This trade eventually became a setback for Darkseid, with Orion growing up to value and defend the ideals of New Genesis as a powerful champion in opposition to his father. The prophecy foretold that Darkseid would meet his final defeat at the hands of Orion in

2296-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JLA&oldid=964604863 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages JLA (comic book) The low sales of the various Justice League spin-off books by

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2352-511: The mid-1990s prompted DC to revamp the League as a single team (all the various branch teams were disbanded) on a single title. A Justice League of America formed in the September 1996 limited series Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare by Mark Waid and Fabian Nicieza . In 1997, DC Comics launched a new Justice League series titled JLA , written by Grant Morrison with art by Howard Porter and inker John Dell. Morrison stayed as writer for

2408-503: The new Justice League of America book. In 2005, a story arc by Geoff Johns and Alan Heinberg called "Crisis of Conscience" ( JLA #115–119) depicted the dissolution of the Justice League of America as the breakdown of trust shown in the 2004 limited series Identity Crisis reached its zenith. At the end of the arc, Superboy-Prime destroyed the Justice League Watchtower . JLA , one of several titles to be cancelled at

2464-610: The new villain Prometheus , the existing JLA villain Starro the Conqueror , "the Ultra-Marines", and a futuristic Darkseid . Morrison's run culminated in an arc titled "World War III", which involves the New Gods preparing the Earth for battle against a creature known as "Mageddon", a super-sentient weapon of mass destruction. Since this new League included most of DC's most powerful heroes,

2520-559: The paradoxical nature of his actions: the bullet used to kill Orion is ultimately fired at him by Batman and is now poisoning him to death). Before Darkseid can use the Omega Effect to kill Superman, Barry Allen and Wally West lead the Black Racer to Darkseid and making contact with him frees Turpin from Darkseid's control. Wonder Woman (having been freed from possession by one of Darkseid's minions) then uses her lasso of truth to bind Darkseid's spirit form, effectively freeing humanity from

2576-400: The planet from his older brother, Drax . When Drax attempted to claim the fabled Omega Force, Uxas murdered him and claimed its power for himself. His skin turned to stone, and Uxas rechristened himself as Darkseid. At some point, he fell in love with an Apokoliptian scientist and sorceress named Suli, with whom he had a son, Kalibak . However, Heggra ordered Desaad to poison Suli out of

2632-460: The present. Darkseid is mortally wounded, but not before his Omega Sanction teleports Batman into prehistoric times. Remains believed to be Batman's (later revealed to be the last of the many Batman clones that Darkseid created) are found by Superman, who confronts Darkseid. As Darkseid mocks his old enemy for failing to defend Earth, it emerges that in Darkseid's fall through the multiverse, he created

2688-527: The restoration of the multiverse. He regained his original form by fusing with his alternate universe counterparts. Darkseid's former henchmen reunite with him on Earth-Omega and remain by his side as he gains a new follower named X-Tract, Cameron Chase 's Earth-Two counterpart. Darkseid battles the Justice League Incarnate, but is defeated by the Great Hand and sent to a mysterious place where he

2744-499: The retirement of the "New 52" imprint), Darkseid comes into conflict with the Anti-Monitor. Darkseid's daughter Grail leads the Anti-Monitor , who is revealed to be a scientist named Mobius, to Darkseid for the former to kill the latter. Mobius believes that with the death of Darkseid, he will be free from being the Anti-Monitor. After an intense battle, the Anti-Monitor fuses the Black Racer with Flash and sends it after Darkseid. Using

2800-525: The run up to Final Crisis . In The Flash vol. 2 #240, he led an army of fanatics, their will broken by the "spoken form" of the Anti-Life Equation , to kidnap the Tornado Twins. In Birds of Prey #118, he runs his Dark Side Club where superhumans fight to the death, brainwashed by drugs produced by Bernadeth . In Teen Titans #59, it was revealed that he had employed the Terror Titans to capture

2856-412: The same powers as his father Mazahs, with the ability to steal the powers of others. Stealing the new "God" abilities of the Justice League, Grail fuses them with the child and brings Darkseid back to life. However, he is under her complete control. Grail later attempts to redeem herself by seemingly killing Darkseid with the Anti-Life Equation. However, it is later revealed that she reincarnated him back as

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2912-475: The series through issue #41, though several issues had fill-in writers. JLA #18-#21 and #33 were written by Mark Waid . Mark Millar , Devin Grayson and Mark Waid, and J.M. DeMatteis wrote issues #27, 32 and 35, respectively. This series, in an attempt at a "back-to-basics" approach, used as its core the team's original and most famous seven members (or their successors): Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman,

2968-411: The series, seen in a vision by Victor Stone after he is injured by an exploding Mother Box. In the final pages of Justice League #4, Darkseid himself appears. In Justice League #5, the League confronts him but they are overpowered by him, when he severely hurts Superman with his Omega Beams and breaks Green Lantern's arm. Finally, in Justice League #6, Darkseid is driven out when Cyborg activates

3024-480: The universe through other methods, most notably through his minion Glorious Godfrey , who could control people's minds with his voice. He had a special interest in Earth, as he believed humans possess collectively within their minds most, if not all, fragments of the Anti-Life Equation. Darkseid intended to probe the minds of every human to piece together the Equation. This has caused him to clash with many superheroes of

3080-413: Was "how Kirby always pronounced it around me"; however, Evanier has also stated that "at least once, when some fan who pronounced it 'dark seed' was excitedly telling [Kirby] his theories about the character, [Kirby] went along with it, rather than correct the kid." Prince Uxas , the son of King Yuga Khan and Queen Heggra and the second-in-line to the throne of Apokolips , plotted to seize control over

3136-585: Was DC's best-selling title: JLA was collected in a series of trade paperbacks : There is also a Deluxe Edition series: Darkseid Darkseid ( / ˈ d ɑːr k s aɪ d / ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by writer-artist Jack Kirby , the character first made a cameo appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (December 1970), before being fully introduced in Forever People #1 (February 1971). Formerly known as Uxas , Darkseid

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