In the latest Drawing Crazy Patterns, where we spotlight five recurring themes in comics, we examine five times that Darkseid was revealed on the final page of a comic book. Darkseid, the leader of Apokolips, and the main villain of Jack Kirby’s iconic Fourth World line of comic books in the 1970s, is one of the most imposing villains in the history of comic books. He was so imposing that he even helped to influence one of MARVEL’S most imposing villains, the Mad Titan known as Thanos. As a result of how imposing he is, he has become a very effective character when it comes to using in a last page reveal, as it is always so shocking to see him show up out of nowhere.As I’ve written about pretty recently, Darkseid’s earliest appearances all tended to be small little cameos over the course of a few Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen issues, as well as Forever People #1. Jack Kirby’s original plans for Darkseid was for him to mostly be a background character. However, as he was finishing up the first issue of New Gods, Kirby realized that he ought to give the readers a bigger glimpse of the main villain of the series, and so as a result, in the final page of New Gods #1, after Orion has foiled a plan by Darkseid to kidnap some humans to learn more about the Anti-Life Equation, Orion shouts out to Darkseid to let him know that he is coming for him.
In the latest Drawing Crazy Patterns, where we spotlight five recurring themes in comics, we examine five times that Darkseid was revealed on the final page of a comic book.
Darkseid, the leader of Apokolips, and the main villain of Jack Kirby’s iconic Fourth World line of comic books in the 1970s, is one of the most imposing villains in the history of comic books. He was so imposing that he even helped to influence one of MARVEL’S most imposing villains, the Mad Titan known as Thanos. As a result of how imposing he is, he has become a very effective character when it comes to using in a last page reveal, as it is always so shocking to see him show up out of nowhere.
As I’ve written about pretty recently, Darkseid’s earliest appearances all tended to be small little cameos over the course of a few Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen issues, as well as Forever People #1. Jack Kirby’s original plans for Darkseid was for him to mostly be a background character. However, as he was finishing up the first issue of New Gods, Kirby realized that he ought to give the readers a bigger glimpse of the main villain of the series, and so as a result, in the final page of New Gods #1, after Orion has foiled a plan by Darkseid to kidnap some humans to learn more about the Anti-Life Equation, Orion shouts out to Darkseid to let him know that he is coming for him.
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