Darkseid
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| Darkseid | |
| Real name: | Uxas (birth name) |
| Species: | New God |
| Alignment: | Bad |
| First Appearance: | Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 134 (December, 1970) |
| Occupation: | Ruler of Apokolips |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Known Family: | Yuga Khan (father); Heggra (mother) and Drax (brother), Steppenwolf (brother), Suli (wife, deceased), Tigra (wife, deceased) Kalibak (son), Orion (son, deceased), Grayven (son, deceased) |
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Created by: | Jack Kirby |
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Homeworld: | Apokolips |
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Team affiliations: | Darkseid's Elite |
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Abilities: | Super Strength, Super Speed, Omega Effect |
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Known Aliases: | Boss Dark Side, Dread Lord of Apokolips |
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Portrayed by: | None |
Darkseid is an evil god, who is the brutal dictator in charge of the planet Apokolips, which he has turned into a hellish waste. He makes his subjects live and die for Darkseid.
Yuga Khan was in charge of the planet Apokolips, until his death. After his death Darkseid took control.
Powers and Abilities
Darkseid is an extremely powerful being, filled with godly power. He has great physical strength, invulnerability, and Omega Beams, which are a vision power that is immensely powerful and can even do considerable damage to a Kryptonian. He can control the beams in midair, even after they've left his eyes. Unlike his parents Darkseid possess many powers and abilities.
Darkseid has previously fallen in battle to Superman, as well as to Doomsday, who proved too fast and unpredictable for him.
Super strength - Darkseid is extremely strong, but he is not as powerful as Superman.
Invulnerability - Darkseid is invurniblible to bullets, rockets and high frequency energy blasts. There are a lot more that could be added to this list but these are the main three. Darkseid is immune to all human diseases.
Omega Beam - Darkseid is able to shoot beams from his eyes. The Omega beam is extremely powerful.
Immortality - Dakseid is immortal.
Telepathy: Darkseid is capable of forming telepathic links with seemingly any being in the universe.
Mind Control: Ability to control the minds of others by sheer force of will. His ability to use this power is so great that he can dominate millions of beings all at once.
Telekinesis: Darkseid is able to use psychokinetic attacks or attack the mind by simple thought. With this ability he is able to lift objects at will, as well as use them as projectile weapons or barriers. The limits to this power are unknown.
Matter Transmutation: Darkseid is able to simply transmute matter by force of will.
Molecular Dispersion: He is also able to dissipate and disperse the molecules of an object or organism, effectively erasing them from existence.
Avatar Creation: A simple thought allows Darkseid to create liable avatars if/when the need arises.
Psionic Possession: psychic abilities to possess an individual and negate any superhuman abilities they may have.
Energy Manipulation: can also mentally control most known forms of energy, allowing him to erect protective force fields and project withering energy bolts.
Teleportation: Darkseid is able to teleport himself or any other being simply just by thought or sheer willpower.
Superhuman Endurance
Super stamina
Size manipulation: Darkseid has the ability to alter his body to grow to giantitc size, such as his battle with Jimmy Olsen (who had the combined powers of all of the New Gods) in Countdown To Final Crisis #4.
As an almost god-like being, Darkseid has several powers that surpass most other beings in the known universe.
Family
Yuga Khan (father)
Heggra (mother)
