World's Funnest opens on a Silver Age incarnation of the DC Universe during a team-up between Superman, Batman and Robin. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Master Strategist: He is a master planner and strategist and his armies are nearly unbeatable under his leadership. New God Physiology: The beings of Apokolips call themselves Gods and live outside of normal time and space in a realm called the Fourth World. After battling Jimmy across the Metropolis landscape, Darkseid moves in for the kill only to witness The Atom emerge from Jimmy's head. by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. After destroying the 5th Dimension to prevent Bat-Mite from ever sending him back there, Mzyzptlk follows Bat-Mite to Apokolips. So what happens when the pair of them go to war, as in World's Funnest by Evan Dorkin and a host of talented artists? Batman fooled him into using Calendar Man but Bat Mite later empowered him into a greater threat. Here's how it happened. He appeared to Batman and set up an entertaining scenerios for Batman to conquer and prove his worth. However, the Pact was a disaster for Darkseid: not only did Scott Free (as Goodness named him) manage to escape, but the leader of the Female Furies, Big Barda, fell in love with him and followed him. During this time, Uxas travelled to New Genesis and met a young man, peaceful and innocent in nature. Radion: Darkseid and all of the New Gods are vulnerable to a substance called Radion. He focuses this power as a form of concussion that fires from his eyes. Kinda like the ring tone of that, Big D." It has been revealed that Darkseid had been drained of his omega powers when he was imprisoned in the Source Wall. Just then, the Joker happened to escape Arkham Asylum. Even someone as powerful as Darkseid isn't the be-all, end-all in the universe. This supposedly weakened the god's power as he lost a portion of his dark edge. With his powers back, thanks to Batman, Bat Mite returned everything back to normal with one exception, Joker-Mite. He and the rest of his Darkseid's Elite of followers have reappeared in Blüdhaven, operating a business known as the "Dark Side Club". Finally, Uxas saw his chance when a connection to the Omega Realm was discovered. Genius-Level Intellect: Darkseid possesses intelligence that surpasses even the greatest minds in the universe. Building a Miracle Machine, Superman was able to undo the damage that Darkseid's presence had done. Heggra, however, would not let her son be "tainted" as Drax had been, and ordered DeSaad to kill Suli, poisoning her. In the final stages of radion poisoning, the Black Racer took Darkseid. Darkseid and Izaya reached a truce known as the Pact: Darkseid would recieve Izaya's son, while Izaya would recieve Orion. 1.4 Mitefall! His ability to use this power is so great that he can dominate millions of beings all at once. The planet and all the people under the influence of the equation were becoming extensions of his mind. Dimensional Teleportation: He can traverse different dimensions. It source is unknown and its effects are toxic only in sustained amounts or after explosive exposure. Superman knew that Darkseid's essence was vibrating at a frequency similar to the multiverse, and could be stopped with a counter frequency. Bat-Mite eventually became tired of watching Earth 23 and desired a darker and grittier incarnation. Despite his obsessive goal in conquering the Universe, Darkseid is not above allying with his enemeis against a common enemy. DeSaad used a mind-controlled Superman to retrieve Highfather's staff from the Source Wall, and use it as a conduit to recharge Darkseid's energies, via a portal to the Omega Realm. Uxas plotted his whole life to supplant his brother and mother (his father having long been lost in the Source Wall). Molecular Dispersion: He is also able to dissipate and disperse the molecules of an object or organism, effectively erasing them from existence. Bat-Mite commits himself to try to make Mxyzptlk to say his name backward -- the only way to send him back to his home reality -- but despite his best efforts, Mxyzptlk remains free. Superman Wiki is a FANDOM Comics Community. Along with all the other failures in the universe." A denizen from the 5th Dimension, Mister Mxyzptik isn't defined by the laws of the world around him. During his efforts to secure the Equation, he encountered and battled many of Earth's superheroes, chief among them Superman, a relationship which was extremely antagonistic. This is where you belong. He also appears in physical form in the 71026 DC comics collectible minifigure series.