Darkseid's single-minded search for the Anti-Life Equation makes him one of DC Comics' most evil villains. As the ruler of Apokolips, a hellish planet mired in violence and hate, Darkseid sees the Anti-Life Equation as the ultimate way to achieve his goal: to destroy free will in the universe. While the Anti-Life Equation has been defined in numerous ways since Jack Kirby first created it in his Fourth World Saga, Kirby's original intention for it casts Darkseid's ambitions in a starkly human light, and recalls antiwar sentiments of the 1960s.
Kirby originally created the Anti-Life Equation in his Fourth World Saga, which spanned the titles Forever People, Mister Miracle, New Gods, and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen in the early 1970s at DC Comics. Over the years, the Anti-Life Equation has evolved to contain specific elements, but its core purpose has changed little. The Anti-Life Equation, at its most basic, would...
Kirby originally created the Anti-Life Equation in his Fourth World Saga, which spanned the titles Forever People, Mister Miracle, New Gods, and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen in the early 1970s at DC Comics. Over the years, the Anti-Life Equation has evolved to contain specific elements, but its core purpose has changed little. The Anti-Life Equation, at its most basic, would...
- 12/3/2022
- by Jules Chin Greene
- ScreenRant
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