Final Crisis. As prophesied, Orion returns to Earth via boom tube for his final battle with Darkseid. During the massive fight, Orion ultimately kills him by ripping his heart out, which created a firepit of Apokolips from Darkseid's chest cavity (in reference to the prophecy of their final battle).
In Final Crisis #6 by Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, Marco Rudy, Carlos Pacheco, Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Jesús Merino, Alex Sinclair, Pete Pantazis, and Rob Clark Jr., Batman took on the burden of killing Darkseid, as the villain threatened to destroy the entire universe, concretely showing that Batman is willing to ...
By killing him off to rebirth the cosmos, Superman saved the world from such a fate once and for all, with Darkseid's death instead being a "Life Equation," of sorts.
However, the Anti-Monitor caught the Black Racer and fused the divine speedster with Barry Allen's essence. Now fueled by Anti-Life, this composite Black Racer destroyed Darkseid, putting a permanent end to the God of Evil's reign.
Just looking at the numbers, Darkseid would win. His Omega Beams wipe out anything they hit from existance, or in the case of Batman send that person back in time.
Superman doesn't beat Darkseid because of how powerful he is; while that helps him survive the fight, Darkseid still outclasses Superman. Superman has learned to use his brains in battle against Darkseid, allowing him to win his battles against the dark god.
While Superman is famously vulnerable to kryptonite, even that radioactive material doesn't have anything on the New Gods' radion - a substance that can even kill Darkseid.
In Justice League Unlimited's final episode, "Destroyer", Lex Luthor and Metron obtain the Anti-Life Equation from the Source in a last-ditch effort to stop Darkseid. It causes both Luthor and Darkseid to disappear in a flash of light, and according to Dwayne McDuffie, they were absorbed into the Source Wall.
Batman has contingency plans for just about every villain and hero in the DC Universe — including one that can completely and utterly depower Darkseid. As one of the most powerful villains DC has to offer, it's even more impressive that Batman managed to defeat Darkseid with only a pair of goggles.
Darkseid and the Batman Who Laughs never met in any story, but that doesn't mean the Batman Who Laughs couldn't or even didn't defeat him in some universes.
A massive green light appeared before Darkseid, revealed to be the Joker. The Joker teased him over his failure to take the Anti-Life Equation before Joker could and used his powers to overwhelm Darkseid's mind.
Darkseid is definitely stronger than Hulk at a base level, but as the fight goes on, Hulk gets more powerful and he would eventually defeat the God of Evil.
He has superhuman speed and strength, and once fought Zeus to a standstill. Thor would certainly be thwarted by Darkseid. This fearsome villain would be able to drain the lifeforce from him, and even his godly weaponry doesn't seem like it could withstand Darkseid's Omega Beams.
Both attacks pale in comparison to the omega beams. This should lead us to believe Darkseid can easily blast through mjolnir. The only defence I see is most of the times mjolnir's been damaged or destroyed, it was against magically imbued opponents.
"Doomsday!" "Reign of the Supermen!" "The Death of Superman" is divided into a trilogy of story arcs; the first is known as "Doomsday!", which leads to Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday.
While Superman could potentially overpower Thor, blows rendered by the mystical Mjolnir would likely impose serious damage on the Kryptonian hero. With his super-speed, the Man of Steel could probably avoid the Thunder God's lightning, but not necessarily, since Thor is just as fast.
With power levels possibly even far above Superman's, including almost incalculable strength and an enigmatic power known as the 'Omega Effect,' Darkseid is one of Superman's most powerful and recognizable foes.
However, where does Steppenwolf come into play, and which DC villain is stronger? Darkseid is most definitely the stronger of the two beings, as Steppenwolf serves as Darkseid's general, leading the Parademon armies into battle on his behalf.
Ultimately, Darkseid and Doomsday are much alike in terms of the level of threat. Superman would much rather fight any other villain than both of them. Although Doomsday was able to take down Darkseid easily, Superman could never. It's a fact that Darkseid isn't an easy threat to defeat.
While Manhattan can transform things using the laws of physics, Darkseid transcends those laws. In Doomsday Clock, Manhattan feared Superman would destroy him. If Superman possessed this power in the main DC Comics continuity, surely Darkseid, in his strongest form, would be powerful enough to destroy Dr.
Even in the few times he's faced Superman, the green monster has lost. It's no fault of the Hulk's, but Superman is called Superman for a reason. Unless he had kryptonite or a magic-user by his side, Hulk would usually fall to the DC Hero - although, he'd put up a hell of a fight. Superman wins.
When counting down the most powerful DC cosmic characters of all time, the number one has to be DC's version of God, known as The Presence. While there are numerous Gods in the DC pantheon, mostly from the Greek versions of Zeus and his offspring, the Presence is more powerful than them all.
