By speaking said equation, Darkseid can insert the full formula into people's minds, giving them the mathematical certainty that life, hope and freedom are all pointless. Doomsday is evil, but he has one thing that holds him in the middle of this ranking. Sometimes it's depicted just as an equation, while other stories have shown Anti-Life to actually take physical form. In a text page published in "Final Crisis Secret Files", Grant Morrison attempts to reconcile the Starlin version of the Anti-Life Equation with his own version, by suggesting that the Equation is indeed sentient (as Starlin suggests) and that even after "mastering" the Equation, Darkseid still does not understand the true horrific nature of what the Anti-Life Equation is and its relationship with the Source.[18]. Darkseidâs Anti-Life Equation can be viewed as a parasite, not entirely different from the Cordyceps fungus from the video game series, The Last of Us. It was revealed that the Equation can be countered by drawing the New Genesis word for "freedom" on one's face. Over the years, the Anti-Life Equation has changed as various writers have offered their own definitions of the concept. Besides the power to control minds, it is also shown to give its wielder the power to revive corpses through verbal commands.[16]. Mastery over rage, greed, fear, will, hope, compassion, and love create life, embodied by the White Lanterns, who have the ability to counteract Anti-Life. Initially believing all of these refraction's of the source light to lead in becoming the Life Equation, it is then realized that the formula itself is a separate power all its own connected directly to The Source of all things. It was later revealed that Mister Miracle knows the formula, but is one of the few with the willpower not to use it. [17] Shilo Norman (the current Mister Miracle) is able to break free from this with the help of Metron, gaining immunity from the Equation in the process. The Masters of Evil is a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The first version of the team appeared in The Avengers #6 (July 1964), with the lineup continually changing over the years. You can’t. The Life Equation was split into seven parts and placed into Kyle's and six newly created White Power rings. [11], It was revealed that the Anti-Life Equation was the source of the Anti-Matter Universe's creation, and that the Anti-Monitor used to be a Qwardian scientist in the Anti-Matter Universe named Mobius who was the first to find and touch the Anti-Life Equation; it then fused with him and transformed him into the Anti-Monitor, the Anti-Life Equation's living embodiment. Undoubtedly if Snyder gets the opportunity to complete the arc he had planned for Justice League, there will be a lot more Anti-Life to be explored on the cinematic side of DCâs storytelling. Thatâs right: Anti-Life helps explain the Knightmare. Dream counters this by proclaiming "I am hope". Gunter is the penguin that most commonly accompanies the Ice King. In the New 52 the Anti-Life has much of the same powers it had before,[19] Yuga Khan having used it to bring back the dead Old Gods to aid him in battle against his sons, Dreamer Beautiful using it for the first time to resurrect a deceased Mark Moonrider, and Darkseid himself using a fraction of it to draw unsuspecting victims to their end by broadcasting it over his parademon hive factories. Countdown to Final Crisis #10 reveals that the Pied Piper also contained the equation within his mind and can manifest it through music. The Equation Group & The Shadow Brokers: Yang & Yang. In Jim Starlin's mini-series Cosmic Odyssey, the Anti-Life Equation is revealed as a living shadow-based deity that corrupts and destroys everything it touches. Luckily, thereâs one thing that stands in the way. Darkseid is the ultimate fascist, subjecting people to his rule not simply through violence, but through his message. I am the dark at the end of everything. In fact, MAGA boasts strong parallels with the Anti-Life Equation, and is surely worth examining if the DCEU continues exploring the concept. While there doesnât appear to be any public record of Jack Kirby explaining the inspiration for the Anti-Life Equation, he was a staunch opponent of fascism, if his iconic cover of 1941âs Captain America Comics #1 where Cap punches Hitler in the jaw, didnât make that clear enough. It is later revealed in Martian Manhunter vol.2 #33 that Darkseid first became aware of the equation approximately 300 years ago when he made contact with the people of Mars. According to Oracle, who barely escaped the "full" effects of the Equation by shutting down the entire Internet just in time, the Anti-Life Equation further states that the only point in anything is to conform to Darkseid's will. Its power once hidden behind the wall of its namesake had been removed and supplanted within the White Ring utilized by Kyle Rayner to escape it after the seven emotional entities gave themselves to both him and it in order to replenish the Emotional Reservoir. One instance relates it to the Emotional Spectrum and its corresponding seven lights. Spoiler Alert for any live-action movie with the words “Justice League” in the title.. It’s bigger and longer and features a lot more slo-mo, but is Zack Snyder’s Justice League better than the hybrid Snyder/JossWhedon version that Warner Brother brought into theaters in 2017? The Anti-Life Equation is a fictional concept appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Unlike the Anti-Life Equation which saps a person of their free will, The Life Equation is an all consuming power which has the capability to restructure reality by changing its formula around rewriting the very multiverse itself, representing the attributes of life itself pertaining to change and variance. Thanos and Darkseid are two of the biggest bads in comic book history and now, both have been featured in live action movies. [6] Upon being told by the Dominators of their planned invasion of Earth, Darkseid promises not to interfere on the condition that the planet is not destroyed so his quest for the equation is not thwarted.[7]. Also, Doctor Sivana invented a device that allowed Lex Luthor to wrest control of the Equation-controlled Justifiers from Libra and Darkseid. It is later revealed that Kyle managed to escape with the equation in hand after he reached out into the source itself and unknowingly claimed the equation. Cordyceps attacks a sentient host and replaces its tissue, eventually controlling the mind of the host. Attempting to end the game, Chronozon states "I am Anti-Life, the beast of judgement. He passes this immunity to his allies by drawing a specific pattern (the pattern is shown to be the New Genesis word for freedom) on their face. When Jim Starlin returned to writing the New Gods in 2007's Death of the New Gods mini-series, the retcon was revised, with the Anti-Life Equation Entity being revealed to be one-half of a cosmic being that was split into two by the war of the old gods (the other half of the cosmic entity being the Source). In fact, using the "spoken form" of the Anti-Life, Darkseid (reborn after his death as "Boss Dark Side" on Earth) is able to rebuild a strong power base on Earth by having Mokkari unleash the Anti-Life Equation through the internet by email, turning those exposed to it into his mindless slaves. How do you get traction to even complain about evil in the world? The Anti-Life Equation is a fictional concept appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.In Jack Kirby's Fourth World setting, the Anti-Life Equation is a formula for total control over the minds of sentient beings, that is sought by Darkseid, who, for this reason, sends his forces to Earth, as he believes part of the equation exists in the subconsciousness of humanity. 2014's Justice League: The Darkseid War revealed the Anti-Monitor, the universe-devouring villain of Crisis on Infinite Earths, was created when a scientist named Mobius discovered the Anti-Life Equation and was forever transformed. If under the spell of the Anti-Life Equation, Clark Kent has been removed from Supermanâs consciousness and replaced entirely by Darkseidâs will, essentially making him one of the universeâs most powerful weapons. As if the death of Superman wasnât enough to draw the attention of the Lord of Apokolips, the secret of Anti-Life is the excuse he needs to bring his entire armada to Earth, hence the post-apocalyptic Knightmare timeline that haunts Bruce Wayneâs dreams. It may help explain why the Lanterns werenât yet introduced in Zack Snyderâs Justice League, instead saved for a future battle. During the series Young Justice, it was stated that the mystical heroine Empress holds within her a piece of an Anti-Life Equation, which allows her to control the minds of others to limited extents. [3] It is called the Anti-Life Equation because "if someone possesses absolute control over you - you're not really alive. And what I point out is, okay, now you got God out of the equation… Desaad attempts to use Piper as his pawn to help him destroy Brother Eye and Darkseid so that he could rule Apokolips. In Jack Kirby's original version, the Equation manifests itself as the power to control any sentient minds through direct commands. Hopefully, with the heroes and villains united, there will be enough strength to create a Life Equation to stand in its wake. This story is directly preceded by Trinity War in most of the crossover books. In Terror Titans #4, it is revealed that because of the brain's status as an electromagnetic organ, Static is immune to the Equation's effects. Justice League is continued in [[Justice League: Injustice League (Collected)|Injustice Forever Evil is a DC Universe crossover event that was published in 2013-2014 as part of The New 52. It is first possessed by the evil Old God Yuga Khan who uses it to resurrect many of his fallen brethren in a final battle against his sons Uxas and Izaya before falling in battle. When truly examined, the Anti-Life Equation appears to have less in common with natural science and more to do with political science. In another manifest, the formula reads as a direct contradiction to that of the Anti-Life Equation presenting as follows. So, what chance does the Justice League stand in the face of Anti-Life? For those wondering what the deal with evil Superman is in Batman’s nightmares, it’s likely not the Man of Steel as we know him. Itâs simple, really: the Anti-Life Equationâs opposite, The Life Equation. Considering the final moments of the film jumped forward in time to show the hero becoming evil, it stands to reason Darkseid will somehow successfully find the equation and use it … After Darkseid's disappearance, the Calculator tasks himself with the role of tracking down the fragments of the Equation left in the internet, which had taken the appearance of floating diamonds in Alta Viva, an in-universe multi-player online game similar to Second Life. 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