Friday, March 16, 2012

Darkseid Does Some Dumb Stuff

Sure, he's noble and regal and dangerous and deadly. But sometimes Darkseid does some dumb stuff. (Hence, the title of the post.)

Darkseid trips and falls flat on his face!


Panels from Superman/Batman #38 (September 2007), script by Alan Burnett, pencils by Dustin Nguyen, inks by Derek Fridolfs, colors by Randy Mayor, letters by Rob Leigh



Darkseid drinks needlessly expensive designer coffee!


Panels from Sovereign Seven #1 (July 1995), script by Chris Claremont, pencils and inks by Dwayne Turner, colors by Gloria Vasquez, separations by Olyoptics, letters by Tom Orzechowski



Darkseid Breaks and Enters!



Panels from Action Comics #593 (October 1987), script, pencils, and figure inks by John Byrne, background inks by Keith Williams, colors by Tom Ziuko, letters by John Costanza



Darkseid doesn't have an escape plan!


Panels from JLA: Another Nail #1 (May 2004), script and pencils by Alan Davis, inks by Mark Farmer, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Patricia Prentice



Darkseid breaks into a secondhand clothing shop!


Page from Super Powers v.3 #3 (November 1986), script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Joe Orlando, letters by Albert DeGuzman



...and then he gets mugged!






Not to mention all of these.








Panels from Ambush Bug #1-4 (June-September 1985), plot and pencils by Keith Giffen, script by Robert Fleming, inks by Bob Oksner, colors by Tony Tollin, letters by John Costanza



Yes, occasionally...Darkseid Does Some Dumb Stuff.


Caption from Superman/Batman Annual #1 (December 2006), script by Joe Kelly, colors by Guy Major, letters by Rob Leigh.


2 comments:

-- MrJM said...

But dumbest of all: He wears shorts with riding boots.

There are some rules of fashion that even the gods themselves must obey!

-- MrJM

SallyP said...

It seems as though even Darkseid wants to get away from all the doom and gloom on Apokolips. He's just...misunderstood.