So I've read this article in Comic Alliance "Is Darkseid the DC Universe's Ultimate Bad Guy?"

And quite frankly, I see his point. Darkseid shouldn't be some sort of invading lord of darkness against the whole world.

Darkseid simply is.

He's the guy who could sit comfortably in your sofa inside your house without you knowing one day and screw with you because he simply can and you can't do anything about it. Let others do the whole invasion thing for him. It's beneath him and let other people do the dirty deeds for him. He doesn't need to soil his fists and omega beams with low lives. Let the fight come to him.

Even in the post Kirby era in "The Great Darkness Saga", Darkseid never really came for anyone unless his half-baked clones of past enemies couldn't handle the job and when he did, he did it without anyone knowing it.

How should modern comic book writers implement the Pre-Crisis way of writing Darkseid again? (Besides avoiding oversaturating him.)

Go back to being a master schemer instead of doing generic villain sh*t like what he has been doing in all his major stories since Flashpoint. A good start would giving back his power/resources and making him intimidating again, currently he has been reduce to a adolescent who wants/needs to join the Justice League Odyssey.

Sure, as long as a writer is competent enough to pull it off. Writing a believable magnificent bastard is really tricky.

I can see your point, he kind of became a somewhat generic villain in modern era.

I’m of 2 minds about this, I love the philosophical conflicts and darkness that Darkseid initiates and represents in direct contrast to someone like Superman and I do think that is something extremely missing from the character BUT I do like the physically imposing monstrosity that he can be where he just absolutely decimates a team like the League.

He should be the be all end all but I do feel DC has forgotten about the nuance and actual character that Darkseid has in the last decade

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@life_without_progress said:

So I've read this article in Comic Alliance "Is Darkseid the DC Universe's Ultimate Bad Guy?"

And quite frankly, I see his point. Darkseid shouldn't be some sort of invading lord of darkness against the whole world.

Darkseid simply is.

He's the guy who could sit comfortably in your sofa inside your house without you knowing one day and screw with you because he simply can and you can't do anything about it. Let others do the whole invasion thing for him. It's beneath him and let other people do the dirty deeds for him. He doesn't need to soil his fists and omega beams with low lives. Let the fight come to him.

Even in the post Kirby era in "The Great Darkness Saga", Darkseid never really came for anyone unless his half-baked clones of past enemies couldn't handle the job and when he did, he did it without anyone knowing it.

How should modern comic book writers implement the Pre-Crisis way of writing Darkseid again? (Besides avoiding oversaturating him.)

"Darkside doesn't, Darkseid is"

love mr.miracle

By not letting him lose due to the "power of love" for the starters.

I agree with the answer on this thread.

LOOOL seriously! I had to re read that entire page to see if I missed something.

OT: Darkseid should just be a dude that can't be stopped. I think he should be leagues above Superman instead of being his rival. I think stories should show that anytime Darkseid loses a fight or retreats is because either the good guys got lucky in some sort of obvious way (Darkseid's plan not going as planned) or that Darkseid was secretly planning something else and already accomplished his goal.

I feel as though his over all presence on Earth should already mean the heroes have lost because DS is so dangerous and evil that nobody can really do anything against him. he should be:

Stronger than Superman

Smarter than Batman

Faster than Flash

A better Warrior than Wonder Woman

Has more dangerous monsters than Aquaman and etc.

I think if there's any villain that DC should stretch the limits of their 'DC BLACK LABEL' it should be with Darkseid

Bumper stickers for more interest.

Nah, they rather channel their 90s wank and make him a teen.