Darkseid

[Random Axe]

"The Great Darkness Saga"...

But what do you mean by his first "big" appearance? Darkseid was the glue that held all of Kirby's Fourth World titles together in the 70s, plus the JLA and JSA teamed up with the New Gods to battle Darkseid several years before the Legion took him on. Around the same time, he was the "big bad" behind the Super Powers stories...

I had never heard of him before Legion and the X-Men/Titan crossover. My understanding was that he'd been forgotten for a great number of years before Levitz(?) brought him back in a big way for the Darkness Saga. My timeline might be off, but I thought the Legion story predated Super Powers. I have no memory of anything Kirby since I only recently have been able to tolerate his work. His designs are incredible, just can't read his panel-to-panel stuff. Chalk it up to taste.

[Iron Mego]

I never even considered SEED, but I kind of like the implications that pronunciation offers.

[Earth 2 Chris]

It's SIDE guys. Go watch some Super Friends or something.

Chris

[Mego Milk]

Side.
yeah.

[thunderbolt]

And he better include tons of Kirby pics.

[madmarva]

Darkseid was also in the cool Teen Titans/X-Men crossover with really cool art by Walt Simonson. Love that double-spread cover.

This is where Samurainoir steps in with a super-cool post featuring all kinds of incredible Darkseid art.

[The Toyroom]

"The Great Darkness Saga"...

But what do you mean by his first "big" appearance? Darkseid was the glue that held all of Kirby's Fourth World titles together in the 70s, plus the JLA and JSA teamed up with the New Gods to battle Darkseid several years before the Legion took him on. Around the same time, he was the "big bad" behind the Super Powers stories...

[Random Axe]

Call him Steve if you want, he's the badassest villain in the DCU...at least till this new 52. I have no idea where they're going with him now.

I did the same thing as a few here calling him Darkseed all through high school. It wasn't until I heard him mentioned on a cartoon that I realized my mistake. I have still got to go back and get the Legion book with his first big appearance, I think it's the darkness Saga.

[madmarva]

As a kid I always read it as Darkseed and it made sense to me, but it's been pronounced Darkside in all the cartoons since the 80s.

But, as emeraldknight said whatever floats your boat. I still think Darkseed sounds more ominous.

[The Toyroom]

Darkside...Kirby just didn't know how to spell...

[emeraldknight47]

I believe that it can actually be pronounced either way, depending on whom you talk to and the situation involved and the name actually lends itself to that. After all, if you pronounce it DarkSIDE, it means he represents all the dark and evil things that are out there in the big bad world. If you pronounce it DarkSEED, then it intimates that, even worse than representing evil, he is moreso the root (or seed) of said evil. I think it's the whole toMAYto/toMAHto thing, actually....

Just my two cents worth...!

[Hulk]

Darkside is the way I've heard it

[THE FALCON]

Is it pronounced Darkseed or Darkside? My brother and I have a bet.