DeSaad (New Earth)

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Desaad

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Real Name

Unknown

Current Alias

Desaad

Identity

Public

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

Darkseid's Elite

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Apokolips

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11"

Weight

152 lbs (69 kg)

Hair

Black

Status

Citizenship

New God

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Assistant to Darkseid

Origin

Origin

Place of Birth

New Genesis

Creators

Jack Kirby

First appearance

Forever People #2

History

History

Originally born on New Genesis, the unnamed youth was corrupted by Darkseid. Darkseid made him believe that his pet cat had killed his pet bird. He punished the cat by burying it alive. When the bird came back, he killed the bird in a fit of rage. Then he followed Darkseid to Apokolips.

Taking his New God name from "a being from a future, who taught me so much in my chosen field"(assumed to be the Marquis de Sade), DeSaad became the young Darkseid's henchman. When threatened by Darkseid's mother, the wicked Queen Heggra of Apokolips, DeSaad was forced to poison Darkseid's beloved, the Princess Suli. Heggra's paln was for Darkseid to then be married to the concubine Tiggra. When Darkseid discovered what happened, he forced DeSaad to poison Heggra in revenge. From that day, DeSaad has been Darkseid's main henchman.

Recent Activities

Desaad was seemingly killed during an attempt by Darkseid to penetrate the Source. He was subsequently found to have "bonded" with Orion, causing the latter to become cruel and manipulative. They were later separated. While missing, his second-in-command Justeen plots to overthrow Desaad's position and become closer to her beloved Darkseid (Orion #1 June 2000).

In the Superman/Batman story Torment, Desaad is tasked by Darkseid to retrieve Highfather's staff from the Source Wall, and use it to restore Darkseid's waning powers. Using a brainwashed Superman, Desaad accomplishes this, but when the time came to recharge Darkseid's powers, using the staff as a conduit to the Omega Realm, Desaad betrayed Darkseid and tried to take the power for himself. The Omega Effect, however, possessed a horror within it that Desaad could not stand, and Darkseid simply siphoned the energy off him.

At the end of issue #25 of Countdown to Final Crisis Desaad, who had captured and tortured Professor Martin Stein, was able to take over the mantle and the power of Firestorm for himself. He was defeated and separated from the Firestorm matrix by the Atomic Knights, but fled before he could be captured.

Seven Soldiers of Victory (2006-2007)

During this story, DeSaad went to Earth and took the identity Doctor Dezard. There, he spent three years as Shilo Norman's psychiatrist, attempting to erode his self-confidence. When Shilo's Motherbox was captured by Darkseid, he tried to examine it, before realizing that the Mother Box had hidden itself in Shilo himself, before DeSaad was beaten by Darkseid for his failure.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

Expert Manipulator and Torturer.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss DeSaad (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of DeSaad (New Earth) (Chronological)
• Appearances of DeSaad (New Earth) (Alphabetical)
• Character Gallery: DeSaad (New Earth)
• Fan-Art Gallery: DeSaad (New Earth)
• Quotations by DeSaad (New Earth)

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• Desaad at Wikipedia.org
  

Footnotes

[[Category:Jack Kirby/Creator]]

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