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Darkseid Is? New Gods #2 & Challengers Of The Unknown #2 (Spoilers)

Darkseid Is Or Is Not? New Gods #2 & Challengers Of The Unknown #2 this week have different answers (Spoilers)

This Wednesday sees the publication of New Gods #2 by Ram V and Evan Cagle, and Challengers Of The Unknown #2 by Christopher Cantwell and Sean Izaakse, from DC Comics, both focused on the fallout of the death of Darkseid in DC All In Special.

With, Ultivac, a sentient robot body that might have been a home for Darkseid's spirit in the event of his death, but is vacant of and without purpose. It's Talkie Toaster from Red Dwarf without any desire for muffin, or Rick Sanchez' butter passing robot after the butter has been passed… and with a mother complex.

While New Gods tries to skip past the mother, or at least Scott Free does, as it focuses on a mystery child… with Scott Free tasked to save him from being murdered by his step brother Orion… by Orion, even as Scott bids farewell to his wife and daughter.

Like he was ever going to get away with that.

Get out of that Mister Miracle. Ultivac continues to search for purpose…

The purpose of the mystery child is also up in the air, is part god, part character from Akira.

With the mystery child adding more mysteries, layer by layer… Is this Darkseid?

Is Darkseid death… or is Darkseid life?

Because the empty robot seems to find a certain presence of Darkseid…

Even as those on Apokalips look to the child for their old master.

Oh, Darkseid is. But is Darkseid the child, the robot or… Aquaman? Maybe we should also ask… who is Maxwell Lord, and what has he been up to?

"Pissing" is fine for DC Comics now, it seems though "shitting" is not. Always fun to see where the line is drawn and is redrawn.

CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #2 (OF 6)
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A/CA) Sean Izaakse
THE CHALLENGERS FACE A DEEP SEA MYSTERY! The odyssey of the Challengers continues on the Watchtower and beyond! Bracing under the strict oversight of Mister Terrific in their investigation into the Godshock and still reeling from something Unknown rattling them all internally, it's June's turn to be shaken to the core when a strange rupture in the deepest part of the ocean draws the League's scrutiny…and awakens the most difficult creation of her Challenger past. Guest starring Batman, Aquaman, and the Sea Devils!
Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 01/15/2025

NEW GODS #2 (OF 12)
(W) Ram V (A) Evan Cagle (CA) Nimit Malavia
A GREAT POWER HAS AWAKENED, AND THE UNIVERSE MAY NEVER BE THE SAME! Mr. Miracle has found himself at a crossroads. Presented with a terrible choice by his brother Orion, he must decide between venturing out to save a child he has never met–a new god made manifest–or stay home to raise a child of his own. Meanwhile, an evil awakens, driven mad by an obsession with a dead god, and sets its sights on this same child. Several forces, of good and of evil, converge on this child as his latent powers begin to reveal themselves to the world. And while these dramas play out on Earth, the forces of an intergalactic inquisition march ever closer… Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 01/15/2025

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