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| Speaker = [[Uxas (New Earth)|Darkseid]]
  
| Speaker = [[Uxas (New Earth)|Darkseid]]
   
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| StoryTitle1 = [[Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga|Great Darkness Saga]], Conclusion: Darkseid
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| StoryTitle1 = The Great Darkness Saga, Conclusion: Darkseid
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| Synopsis1 = After overlooking the ruins littering the landscape, [[Querl Dox (Pre-Zero Hour)|Brainiac 5]] deduces that place is [[Apokolips]], ergo the Master of Darkness is [[Uxas (New Earth)|Darkseid]]. Since nobody had heard of Apokolips since the twentieth century, its existence had become a forgotten, little known myth. After telling his teammates all he knows about Darkseid, [[Nura Nal (Pre-Zero Hour)|Dream Girl]] decides the Legion will need all of their allies, so she calls [[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]], who resigned several years before,<ref>{{c|Superboy Vol 1 204}}</ref> and the [[Legion of Substitute Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour)|Legion of Substitute Heroes]].
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| Synopsis1 = Darkseid's army of the entire population of Daxam, mesmerized by his power, runs rampant throughout the universe, each of them with powers equivalent to Superman's. The Legion calls in all of its members, including Superboy and reservist Supergirl, to battle the menace. It also calls on the aid of Dev-Em, the Legion of Substitute Heroes, the Wanderers, and the Super-Heroes of Lallor.Finally, Element Lad defeats the Daxamites by altering part of the atmosphere to lead, and the White Witch teleports them back to Daxam and removes Darkseid's spell, with the help of the child who has rapidly evolved into Highfather. Highfather converts Darkseid's dark Orion-clone into a duplicate of Orion himself, who fights Darkseid and is killed. Highfather also empowers Superboy and Supergirl to lead the fight against Darkseid, which they wage valiantly. But the villain's incredible power cannot be matched by the Legionnaires. Just as they are on the brink of defeat, the Daxamites approach Earth en masse, ready to attack Darkseid with powers even he cannot match. Darkseid breaks off the battle, tells the Legionnaires they have won for the moment, and teleports away. In the aftermath, the White Witch joins the Legion, Light Lass quits, and Brainiac 5 tells Supergirl he is finally over his crush on her. Kara, before she leaves for the 20th Century, remarks that that is a pity, since she was beginning to notice how cute he was.
  
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At the same time, the brainwashed billions of Daxamites have started to carve a path of destruction through the galaxy, and nothing can seem to stop them. Several Substitute Legionnaires and members of the [[Science Police]] regroup in [[Weber's World]], at the edge of the [[United Planets]] and try to hold the line for as long as possible.
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Meanwhile, a [[Legion Cruiser]] is heading towards [[Daxam]] to take the war to Darkseid. The Legionnaires onboard are guarding [[Izaya (New Earth)|the baby]] summoned by the [[Zerox]]'s wizards, who has become a child within hours. Suddenly they're intercepted by the last [[Servants of Darkness]], who claims he'll spare their lives if they surrender the baby. The Legionnaires refuse to, so the Servant has a legion of Daxamites tearing their ship apart. Afterwards, the Servant picks up the baby and leaves.
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However, the Legionnaires travelling in the destroyed Cruiser aren't dead yet. [[Mysa Nal (Pre-Zero Hour)|White Witch]] cast a protective spell just in time. Her magic has created some kind of force bubble which holds the ship's atmosphere together and shields them from the cold and radiation, but it will not last forever. Desperate, White Witch summons her last remaining strength to cast a spell before passing out.
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White Witch comes around in the [[Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters|Legion HQ infirmary]]. She and her partners were picked up by a rescue party after [[Imra Ardeen (Pre-Zero Hour)|Saturn Girl]] got her signal. Saturn Girl also explains they need her magic to duplicate Darkseid's space warps, so that the Legion can attack him before he has a chance to kill the kidnapped child. White Witch succeeds in creating a [[Boom Tube]], and three Legion Cruisers speed through it.
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Meanwhile, on Legion HQ, [[Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)|Colossal Boy]] and |[[Yera Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)|Shrinking Violet]] are attacked by another Servant. While Colossal Boy keeps the Servant busy, Shrinking Violet slips inside her body and blocks her bloodstream, causing a stroke.
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On Daxam, the Legion is keeping the Daxamites busy while [[Tasmia Mallor (Pre-Zero Hour)|Shadow Lass]] and [[Ayla Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)|Light Lass]] try to rescue the child. Meanwhile, White Witch remains in a Cruiser, too exhausted to join the battle. Suddenly, she hears the child's voice. He previously gave her power enough to send her stress signal, and he needs to give her power again so she can help her friends.
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On Daxam, [[Jan Arrah (Pre-Zero Hour)|Element Lad]] follows Brainiac 5 advice and turns part of the atmosphere into lead, taking the Daxamites out. At the same time, White Witch undoes Darkseid's planetary transferral.
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Nonetheless, Darkseid runs out of patience and defeats all Legionnaires at once by making their worst nightmares real. Shadow Lass wraps herself and the child up in a shadow sphere. Impatient, Darkseid commands his last Servant to fetch the child. The Servant leaps into the shadows... and Darkseid hears a [[Mother Box]] ticking. Feeling suddenly scared, Darkseid shreds Shadow Lass' bubble.
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A fully grown Izaya emerges out of the shattered bubble to fight him. He's weak after being reborn and can only exist in the present momentarily, but he has still power enough to restore Darkseid's Servant -a cloned [[Orion (New Earth)|Orion]]- to his real form as well as heal the Legionnaires while the Orion clone engages Darkseid. Before fading, Izaya uses his last remaining power to summon the two heroes whose adventures inspired the Legion's existence.
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Meanwhile, Darkseid overpowers and destroys Orion's clone. He's celebrating his triumph, when he's hit by [[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superboy]] and Supergirl. Izaya summoned them, at the same time amping their powers up so they weren't hindered by a red sun. Darkseid angrily blasts Superboy back to his own time, but Supergirl fights on. Her struggle gives the Legion time enough to regroup around Darkseid, and Saturn Girl declares he's lost.
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Perplexed, Darkseid expands his senses, and realizes that his long slumber has made him too weak to fight the Legion and simultaneously control three billions of slaves. The Daxamites are now free, and the Legion's allies are leading them to him.
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Darkseid angrily admits he has lost, and after warning the darkness will keep growing within them until destroying them, he vanishes, taking Apokolips with him.
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In the aftermath, the White Witch joins the Legion, Light Lass quits, and Brainiac 5 tells Supergirl he is finally over his crush on her. Kara, before she leaves for the 20th Century, remarks that that is a pity, since she was noticing how cute he was.
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Brainiac 5 stays a long time with his open mouth before going back to Headquarters, cursing his timing.
   
 
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** {{a|[[Thom Kallor (Pre-Zero Hour)|Star Boy]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Thom Kallor (Pre-Zero Hour)|Star Boy]]}}
 
** {{a|[[Dirk Morgna (Pre-Zero Hour)|Sun Boy]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Dirk Morgna (Pre-Zero Hour)|Sun Boy]]}}
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** {{apn|[[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superboy]]||Superboy Vol 2 #36}}
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** {{a|[[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superboy]]}}
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** {{a|[[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]}}
 
** {{a|[[Brin Londo (Pre-Zero Hour)|Timber Wolf]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Brin Londo (Pre-Zero Hour)|Timber Wolf]]}}
 
** {{a|[[Jo Nah (Pre-Zero Hour)|Ultra Boy]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Jo Nah (Pre-Zero Hour)|Ultra Boy]]}}
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
  
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* {{a|[[Dev-Em (Pre-Zero Hour)|Dev-Em]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Dev-Em (Pre-Zero Hour)|Dev-Em]]}}
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* {{apn|[[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]|Supergirl Vol 2 3|DC Comics Presents Annual #2}}
  
 
* {{a|[[Heroes of Lallor]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Heroes of Lallor]]}}
 
** {{a|[[Quelu Ord (Pre-Zero Hour)|Duplicate Boy]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Quelu Ord (Pre-Zero Hour)|Duplicate Boy]]}}
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* {{a|[[Servants of Darkness]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Servants of Darkness]]}}
 
** {{a|[[Guardians of the Universe (New Earth)|Guardian]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Guardians of the Universe (New Earth)|Guardian]]}}
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** {{apn|[[Kalibak (New Earth)|Kalibak]]||Mister Miracle Special Vol 1 1}}
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** {{a|[[Lydea Mallor (New Earth)|Lydea Mallor (Clone)]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Daxamites|Darkseid's army of Daxamite slaves]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Daxamites|Darkseid's army of Daxamite slaves]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Ol-Vir (Pre-Zero Hour)|Ol-Vir]]}} {{1st}}
  
* {{a|[[Ol-Vir (Pre-Zero Hour)|Ol-Vir]]}} {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[New Gods]]}}
  
* {{a|[[New Gods]]}}
 
** {{a|[[Izaya (New Earth)|The Child]]}}
  
** {{a|[[Izaya (New Earth)|The Child]]}}
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** {{a|[[Orion (New Earth)|Orion]]}} {{dies}}
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** {{a|[[Orion (New Earth)|Orion (Clone)]]}} {{dies}}
 
'''Locations:'''
  
'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[United Planets]]}} {{a|([[30th Century]])}}
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* {{a|[[30th Century]]}}
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* {{a|[[Apokolips]]}}
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** {{a|[[United Planets]]}}
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* {{a|[[Earth]]}}
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*** {{a|[[Earth]]}}
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**** {{a|[[Metropolis]]}}
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*** {{a|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters|Legion Headquarters]]}}
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***** {{a|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters|Legion Headquarters]]}}
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* {{a|[[Daxam]]}}
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*** {{a|[[Daxam]]}}
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* {{a|[[Takron-Galtos]]}}
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* {{a|[[Weber's World]]}}
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*** {{a|[[Weber's World]]}}
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** {{a|[[Apokolips]]}}
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* {{a|[[Timestream]]}}
 
'''Items:'''
  
'''Items:'''
 
* {{a|[[Legion Flight Ring]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Legion Flight Ring]]}}
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* {{a|[[Legion Cruiser]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Legion Cruiser]]}}
   
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| Notes = * The splash page announces that this issue is dedicated to [[Jack Kirby]]. Several of his Fourth World characters were part of this Saga.
  
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* Conclusion of [[Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga]].
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* As mentioned in a footnote, Supergirl had resigned the team in {{c|Superboy Vol 1 204}}.
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* The splash page announces that this issue is dedicated to [[Jack Kirby]]. Several of his Fourth World characters were part of this Saga.
 
| Trivia =
 
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| Recommended = {{LSH RR}}
  
| Recommended = {{LSH RR}}

Revision as of 15:52, 3 May 2020

"The Great Darkness Saga, Conclusion: Darkseid": After overlooking the ruins littering the landscape, Brainiac 5 deduces that place is Apokolips, ergo the Master of Darkness is Darkseid. Since nobody had heard of Apokolips since the twentiet

Quote1 It seems there is more to you than I dreamed, youths. You have done that which is beyond imagining. You have shattered the dream of a God. Quote2
— Darkseid

Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #294 is an issue of the series Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) with a cover date of December, 1982.

Synopsis for "The Great Darkness Saga, Conclusion: Darkseid"

After overlooking the ruins littering the landscape, Brainiac 5 deduces that place is Apokolips, ergo the Master of Darkness is Darkseid. Since nobody had heard of Apokolips since the twentieth century, its existence had become a forgotten, little known myth. After telling his teammates all he knows about Darkseid, Dream Girl decides the Legion will need all of their allies, so she calls Supergirl, who resigned several years before,[1] and the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

At the same time, the brainwashed billions of Daxamites have started to carve a path of destruction through the galaxy, and nothing can seem to stop them. Several Substitute Legionnaires and members of the Science Police regroup in Weber's World, at the edge of the United Planets and try to hold the line for as long as possible.

Meanwhile, a Legion Cruiser is heading towards Daxam to take the war to Darkseid. The Legionnaires onboard are guarding the baby summoned by the Zerox's wizards, who has become a child within hours. Suddenly they're intercepted by the last Servants of Darkness, who claims he'll spare their lives if they surrender the baby. The Legionnaires refuse to, so the Servant has a legion of Daxamites tearing their ship apart. Afterwards, the Servant picks up the baby and leaves.

However, the Legionnaires travelling in the destroyed Cruiser aren't dead yet. White Witch cast a protective spell just in time. Her magic has created some kind of force bubble which holds the ship's atmosphere together and shields them from the cold and radiation, but it will not last forever. Desperate, White Witch summons her last remaining strength to cast a spell before passing out.

White Witch comes around in the Legion HQ infirmary. She and her partners were picked up by a rescue party after Saturn Girl got her signal. Saturn Girl also explains they need her magic to duplicate Darkseid's space warps, so that the Legion can attack him before he has a chance to kill the kidnapped child. White Witch succeeds in creating a Boom Tube, and three Legion Cruisers speed through it.

Meanwhile, on Legion HQ, Colossal Boy and

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  1. ↑ Superboy #204
Great Darkness Saga TP
Darkseid versus the Legion of Super-Heroes
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Having survived into the 30th Century, Darkseid has occasionally come into conflict with the Legion of Super-Heroes. This has happened twice to the Legion of Pre-Zero Hour continuity during both the events of Great Darkness Saga and The Quiet Darkness, and the Post-Zero Hour Legion met him during Legion: Foundations.

Great Darkness Saga
Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #290 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #291 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #292 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #293 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #294
The Quiet Darkness
Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #21 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #22 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #23 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #24
Legion: Foundations
The Legion #25 • The Legion #26 • The Legion #27 • The Legion #28 • The Legion #29 • The Legion #30
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