Darkseid Is Dead. What Is Going to Happen Now?

If you remember, the majority of the cosmic lore of the world of DC Comics, the same one created by legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby many decades ago, has been left unexplored in the live-action adaptations of DC’s stories.

Animated adaptations did a better job there, but if you really want to know more, you have to consult the comic books, which are going to be the focus of this report.

You might remember that not that long ago, we talked about the upcoming The New Gods series, which will be written by Ram V with art by Evan Cagle and Jorge Fornés, and whose first issue is set for a December 18, 2024 release. The series will follow the New Gods, as the title reveals, but there are quite a few shocks for us.

Namely, we reported back then that Darkseid’s son Orion would finally get his time to shine, but it seems that Darkseid himself is going to be an important character in the sense that his absence from the story might have a major impact. Keep reading to find out more!

Darkseid is, for many, the ultimate villain of DC’s stories, as you can imagine. A character powerful enough to defeat basically anyone, he is also a tyrannical overlord who wants to control every known and unknown world.

His ambitions are very dangerous, but as you know, the Justice League has generally managed to deal with him. Now, in The New Gods series, Darkse is dead and author Ram V explained how that will influence the story.

Part of The New Gods pitch was that Darkseid’s absence is going to create the Absolute Universe. The New Gods have always been in a position where they were outside of the multiversal drama of DC, they sort of sat at the conflux of all of these multiverses.

Even though the multiverse is kind of closed off, the New Gods have access to both the All In universe and the Absolute Universe, though they may not know it yet. And so they actually connect the two universes in interesting ways. Darkseid, also being a New God, his eventual fate is very much tied to what will happen in this book also.

And then, not only that, but this was pitched as a story that finally unifies the Fourth World and the mainstream DCU. So about halfway through this run, we’re going to see New Gods on Earth: Green Lanterns getting involved, Superman getting involved, and Wonder Woman getting involved. So all of that is to come.

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As you can see, this is definitely going to be a very interesting take on the story, and we look forward to reading it. Before we conclude, here is just a quick overview of the official synopsis:

An old god has died, and the reverberations of his passing are felt across the universe, setting forth the soldiers of an intergalactic army and awakening the latent powers of a mysterious child on Earth. But this has all been foreseen — prophesized by the Source and fed as enigmatic images to its agent, Metron.

Now, as Metron brings word of this cosmos-shattering prediction to the residents of New Genesis and Apokolips, both worlds are thrown into chaos and conflict. On Earth, Scott Free and Barda find themselves unaware of this incoming chaos while consumed with their most daunting task yet: parenthood. Ram V and Evan Cagle bring the Fourth World to a whole new generation in this epic of cosmic proportions. An old god has died… the New Gods are born!

The New Gods #1 will be available on December 18th, 2024, from DC Comics!

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