Darksied Vs. Thanos

[The One and Only]

One is a consort to Death herself.
The other is the ruler of a world that is basically Hell.
One seeks to destroy all life in the universe to appease Death.
The other seeks to control all life in the universe for order.
Both killed their mothers. One through vivisection. The other through poisoning.
Both are thinkers above and beyond the rest.
Both are gods.
Both names strike fear into the universe when they are mentioned.
Both wield unparalleled power, and its taken many of their realm's most powerful to bring them down.

One is THANOS of Titan.
http://marvelite.prohosting.com/surfer/profiles/graphics/thanos.gif

The other is DARKSIED Apokalips.
http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/4/45/Darkseid.jpg

And now, once again, for the very first time. These two gods will fight again. Who will win ? Who will lose ? What will be left of the rest of the universe ?
You decide.

[Voorheeszilla]

Darkseid mops the floor with Thanos.

[The One and Only]

^Yeah, how is Darksied going to accomplish that, stand around pontificating with his hands behind his back ,and bore Thanos to death. By the time Darksied is three words into his speech, the son of Mentor will have him punched into the next zip code.

[Darth Sinister]

Darksied has the Anti-Life Equation. All he has to do it say die and Thanos dies. He's also the master of the Omega Effect and the Omega Sanction.

[On a Pale Horse]

Didnt they already crossover?

[Darth Reaper]

Yeah, but that didn't really get anywhere, nor did it use them to their full potential.

The thing that makes a fight between Thanos and Darkseid really interesting to me is that it could be a grand battle of witts as well as a physical fight. Plus, neither of these two will hold back, so I could see this turning into full blown warfare.

One thing that makes me think that Thanos has an edge here is that my impression is that he never does anything impulsively. He's not going to just go up to Darkseid and pick a fight with him. He's going to want to learn as much as he can about him first, then come up with several different ways to use that knowledge to his advantage. Darkseid seems to have a greater tendency to underestimate his opponents.

Also, Thanos has managed to gain omnipotence on multiple occations. He's had a fist-fight with Odin and lived to tell the tale, he's out-smarted a number of cosmic beings in order to collect the six Infinity Gems, he's usurped Eternity's place as the living personafication of the Marvel Universe, he's erased half the population of the Marvel Universe, he even became God once. The only reason he tends to end up losing that power is because subconsciously he knows he doesn't deserve it and so he sets himself up for defeat without realizing it. And, in the case where he became God, he willingly gave it up to recreate the Marvel Universe because Death basically asked him to (when you've spent the better part of your life trying to impress her, the day she finally actually speaks to you is a big deal).

Before FINAL CRISIS, when was the last time Darkseid got to do something of that magnitude. And, when he finally did get The Anti-Life Equation it felt a bit underwhelming. For one thing, he spent most of the story confined to a wheel chair. For another thing, he just didn't seem as powerful as he should have after finally getting what he's always been looking for.

Plus, whereas Thanos has Jim Starlin to make him look like the be-all and end-all of evil masterminds, it seems to me like they've really short-changed Darkseid in the last decade or so. He used to be the kind of foe that even Superman would think twice about going up against, nowadays he's been more like Superman's punching bag.

Concidering all of the times that Thanos has overcome beings who probably should have been out of his league, I fear that it's well within his abilities to beat Darkseid. But, then again, I'd like to think that if anyone could beat Thanos at his own game it would be Darkseid.

[jasonlives13]

My main man darkseid.

[Darth Sinister]

Darkseid was weak in "Final Crisis", because he was in Dan Turpin's body which could barely contain his godly essence. Besides, Morrison wasn't going to have Darkseid throw down. He's not a fan of what had been done in the Superman books, where Superman beat Darkseid, since that's not how Kirby intended for the character to be.

[The One and Only]

^You can kind of blame Superman:The Animated Series for Darksied getting physical with his opponents. Other the occasional bitch slap of an underling, or the unleashing of the Omega Effect(which might hurt Thanos some, maybe knock him down, but keeping him down is another story) I don't think until the final episode of S:TAS, Legacy:Part 2, that the Lord of Apokalips ever really went mano-e-mano with an opponent. After that it started become Smackdown With Darksied every time the stone faced planner showed his cracked visage in a book.

[Darth Reaper]

I don't have a problem with Darkseid throwing down with Superman every now and then, but I generally think he should beat the tar out of him when it happens. I think Darkseid should be one of the few characters who are more powerful than Superman, and capable of bringing him to his knees.

the Omega Effect(which might hurt Thanos some, maybe knock him down, but keeping him down is another story)- The One and Only

I don't think Thanos' own durability would save him from The Omega Effect, but the three or four force-field generators that he'll no doubt have with him might.

[Darth Sinister]

The Omega Effect can act as a Boomtube and thus teleport itself inside the force fields or take him out of there and then he can kill him.

[The One and Only]

Thanos was able to take on the Thing and Thor at the same time, and won. In the course of the battle the Mad Titan got nailed with Thor's hammer, and he stood up to that, without a flippin' force field. And this was before him being finally taken down by Adam Warlock ,by having Thanos turned to stone. I mention this because the Son of Mentor ,when Death resurrected him to prune the population of the universe, she gave him a major upgrade in power. So I doubt Darksied's Omega Effect, or just one shot would destroy him.

[Darth Sinister]

There's the Omega Sanction, the death that is life. But in all fairness, with the Anti-Life Equation, all Darkseid would have to do is say "die" and that'd be it. You're will becomes his own. It is mathmatical proof that Darkseid wins.

[The Taff]

I vote for Ironseid...

[The One and Only]

The Omega Sanction would not work on Thanos. Combined with the fact that the Mad Titan's mind thanks to meditation, and various other modifications over his lifetimes,Darksied might as well try speaking things backwards to bend him to his will. Also he couldn't just say "Die." ,and end the fight with Thanos that way either. As the Avatar of Death herself, he won't die until she says so.

[Darth Sinister]

Darkseid would just summon the Black Racer to deal with the Avatar of Death.

[The One and Only]

The bloke on skies versus Death's significant other ? Assuming she doesn't show up, and tell him to take a hike. The Black Racer will just end up moping around because he could slap Thanos silly, and the Mad Titan would still be alive. Only Death herself will allow him die.

[Darth Sinister]

The Black Racer is death incarnate in the DCU. When he shows up, someone dies. He's also the Black Flash and appears to Speedsters when one of them dies.

[The One and Only]

A lot of people think Thanos' creator, Jim Starlin, got the idear for the Mad Titan from Darksied. Well, basically they'd be wrong. But Thanos was inspired by one of the New Gods, another schemer in that pantheon of Kirby creations. See here for the answer. (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/06/24/comic-book-legends-revealed-266/)