Summary

There are few DC villains as powerful or as terrifying asDarkseid . He has routinely live on up against the intact Justice League and bear on them to their bound , but when he found himself powerless in Metropolis , it was n’t Superman who humiliate him , but canonical thugs . Without his Omega Effect or other powers , Darkseid became the victim of an everyday mugging .

InSuper Powers#3 by Paul Kupperberg and Carmine Infantino , Darkseid — with the avail of a soldier of fortune named Tyr and , bizarrely , Mr. Freeze — has scat a special prison house that drained him of his powers . He then makes his way of life to Metropolis . Seeking a New God scientist here , Darkseid hopes to get his power returned , but before he can come up this scientist , he find out on the button why Metropolis needs Superman .

After steal a distich of clothes to mask himself , Darkseid endure into two street tough who promptly mug the former lord of Apokolips . WhileDarkseid is usually more knock-down than Superman , in this site he is exactly as strong as the average man , and these two criminals easy beat and humiliate him .

Darkseid (foreground) with the heroes of the DC Universe in the background

Darkseid is one of the most terrifying villains in comics , and DC has admitted that part of this is because he ’ll never truly be vote out .

Darkseid Is Completely Humiliated by Two Basic Metropolis Thugs

Super Powers#3 by Paul Kupperberg, Carmine Infantino, Pablo Marcos, Albert De Guzman, and Joe Orlando.

Darkseid is often consideredone of the strongest superintendent - scoundrel in the DC Universe . Except for thisSuper Powersstory , the Justice League have never really found a room to depower him . In this one illustration , Mister Miracle craft a prison that not only check Darkseid but significantly damp him . The tyrant ca n’t take to the woods without remote service , and even when he does escape , he need supporter regaining his lost force . This is why Darkseid travels to Earth , and while some sports fan might conceive it ridiculous that Darkseid is perplex so easily by regular humans , this wholly fit the scope of his original character profile .

Darkseid debuted in 1970’sSuperman ’s Pal Jimmy Olsen#134 by Jack Kirby .

Over the days , Darkseid has been build up into an unstoppable pillar of power , but originally , he was much more of a schemer character . He could unquestionably use his power to decimate his enemies , as he did inForever People#6by Jack Kirby and M. Royer , but overall he opt manipulating hoi polloi to serve his goals . He was n’t the gargantuan brute that he often is now . It was n’t unusual for Darkseid to assay and lie or lie in wait opposition he did n’t need to fight , as he once did to his son Orion . He prefer avoiding confrontation if possible , so it ’s no wonder that , when coerce into a physical conflict without any powers , he finish up lose .

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Darkseid Is Usually Terrifying, But This Was His Greatest Humiliation

Darkseid finally find the New God scientist he was search for and restores parts of his powers . But he never does discover the two thugs who manage to get the salutary of him . WhileDarkseid is used to obliterating the Justice League , his biggest humiliation came from just a normal pair of humans . It ’s a unusual side ofDarkseid ’s history that reader do n’t get to see often , but before he was the gargantuan powerhouse he is today , he really was someone who , under the good fortune , could be assume down by just about anyone .

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A large version of Darkseid attacks Superman while holding him by the cape.

Comic book panels: Darkseid in a green coat is beaten by two thugs.

Comic book panels: Darkseid puts on a green coat as two thugs from Metropolis watch him.

Comic book panels: a thug threatens Darkseid, who is wearing a hat, with a knife.