Warning: contains spoilers forDeadpool#13!
Marvelis ready to stealDarkseid’sAnti-Life Equation in the most gnarly way possible. Since his introduction over 50 years ago, Darkseid has relentlessly pursued the Anti-Life Equation, which he will use to dominate all life in the universe. Fortunately, the Marvel Universe has no real equivalent. That is, until now. InDeadpool#13,a terrifying new force is unleashed upon Earth, one very similar to the Anti-Life Equation.
Deadpool#13 is written by Cody Ziglar and drawn by Roge Antonio. Deadpool and Daughters are currently searching for Death Grips, a villain new to the Marvel Universe. Death Grips has harnessed the powers of the Muramasa Sword, which he did to try and conquer death. As Death Grips tries to come to terms with his new powers, he kills a group of warriors sent after him. As he stands over their dead bodies, he unleashes “the gift of unlife.”Death Grips then turns the formerly deceased soldiers into an undead army to fight Deadpool and Daughters.
Darkseid and The Ant-Life Equation, Explained
The Anti-Life Equation Stomps Out All Free Will, Leaving Its Victim a Souless Husk
In the early 1970s, Jack Kirby, fed up with Stan Lee and Marvel, headed to their crosstown rival, DC Comics, where he created the epic Fourth World Saga, among others. Kirby’s Fourth World was spread across four different books, and while each could be read on its own, when taken together they told a grand and cosmic story about the struggle between good and evil, embodied in the planets of New Genesis and Apokolips. Highfather resided in New Genesis, andsought to stop the evil Darkseidof Apokolips.
Jack Kirby drew on a variety of inspirations for Darkseid, and all of these influences came together to create one of the most memorable villains in DC history.
Jack Kirby drew on a variety of inspirations for Darkseid, and all of these influences came together to create one of the most memorable villains in DC history. On his own, Darkseid was intimidating, but his vast powers made him even more scary. It was his quest for the Anti-Life Equation, however, that came to define him. While the specifics of Anti-Life have changed over the years, it has one purpose: it saps the free-will of a person, turning them into an obedient slave of Anti-Life’s wielder. In essence, it turns them into zombies.
The Marvel Universe Now Has Its Own Version of Anti-Life
Death Grips' Harnessing of “Unlife” Makes for a Memorable Debut
While the Marvel Universe contains a number of powerful weapons and spells that can create havoc, there is no parallel to the Anti-Life Equation,until Death Grips arrived. The Muramasa Sword can negate healing factors, and Death Grips has perverted this power to a terrible end. He first uses it to kill the monks sent after him before turning them into his zombie army, and it can be assumed he has similar designs for Deadpool and his associates. The Muramasa Sword has already nerfed Deadpool’s healing factor, and one more run-in might kill him and bring him under Death Grip’s thumb.
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Death Grips is a new villain on the scene, and he has made a memorable debut by creating Marvel’s version of the Anti-Life Equation.Death Grips has brought something horrible to the Marvel Universe, something that may now never be undone. Fortunately, Death Grips is just learning about these powers and how they work, whereasDarkseidhas had eons to study Anti-Life. Death Grip’s lack of experience may be the only thing that saves Earth from a disastrous fate. Deadpool has the opportunity to snuffMarvel’sAnti-Life Equation out before it ever takes hold.
