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The New God Orion explained why his fatherDarkseidcan never be rightfully defeated . DC ’s God of Evil and most iconic villain , Darkseid is the ruler of Apokolips and a threat to all reality , kill only at great cost by the Justice League . However , in the drear future tense ofKingdom Come , it ’s revealed thatDarkseid is dead and expire … and yet his evil remains as substantial as ever .
In Mark Waid andAlex Ross’Kingdom Come , Supermanhas add up out of his self - imposed exile and reassembled the Justice League to help guide the lost and destitute Earth and its overwhelming superhuman population . Having overtake his disfavor and fear for the disgraced hero Magog . Superman sees the Justice League ’s protection of Earth and battle against iniquity as an escalating war . He travels to another humankind to try direction from Orion , a former ally and the current rule of Apokolips , only to find him steady taking on the coming into court of his infamous father .
When Superman points out the similarities , Orion answer “ So it was compose to be . Our story has always been a generational one . ”While he initially explain it as another character of Son becoming their father , Orion elaborates that he sought to exchange Apokolipsonce he dethrone Darkseid . He was shocked to learn that the mass only want him as their new absolute ruler , considering exemption to be just as terrifying as fascism . Darkseid is not just a terrible individual but the God of Evil , and when he is slain , that attitude still needs to be meet .
Darkseid is built-in to the body structure of the DC Universe . The necessary of his existence was further reinforced in the New 52’sDarkseid War . In the story by Geoff Johns , Jason Fabok , and Francis Manapaul , the Justice League and others witnessed Darkseid ’s death during his conflict with the Anti - Monitor . Once dead , world was throw out of balance , and member of the Justice League were recruited to become the unexampled New Gods in his position , nearly driven huffy by their new powers and responsibilities . Lex Luthor became the God of Apokolips , take on the visual aspect of Darkseid much likeKingdom Come ’s Orion . This would end only when Grail , a rogue Amazon and Darkseid ’s secret daughter , used Superwoman ’s baby from the Crime Syndicate earth to assist resurrect him . Darkseid may be vicious , but his last make a vacuum as reality tries to regain a new host for the military force he be .
These instances prove that there will always be a Darkseid if there is evil in the existence and that if you kill him , you will only take his berth or watch someone else do so . As the embodiment of evil , the only way to truly beat out Darkseid is to create a better universe . But as long as there is hate , oppression and barbarity in the macrocosm , Darkseidwill exist in some flesh , and even killing him just mean someone else is drive to effectively replace him in body and soul .
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