Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Apokalips has invaded Olympus and the old gods are fighting back. while the other gods struggle against each other, the rulers of the two realms square off. It's mighty Zeus against the immense power of Darksied. Zeus's powers.Strength - Zeus is the strongest of the Olympians, with the possible exception of Heracles. The two wrestled at the celebration when Heracles became an Olympian and neither could win. In one of his labors (recovering the Golden Apples of the Hesperedes), Heracles took over for atlas supporting the weight of the earth (or the sky) on his shoulders. Heracles, and by extension Zeus) are this in the same strength category as Superman.Immortality - While Olympians can be overpowered, they apparently cannot be killed by any level of physical damage. Promethius had his liver torn out and eaten by an eagle every day. The liver grew back and the eagle started in again. In superhero terms. This is not a special power of Promethius, it's just a good illustration of the healing factor all immortals have in Greek myth. They also have a different relationship to life and death. In the legend of Admetus and Alcestus, Heracles defeated Death in a wrestling match and forced him to depart without his intended victim. Speed - While there aren't any great feats of speed I can find for Zeus in myth, he is universally regarded as the most powerful of the group. That means that Hermes would not have an advantage over him because of his speed. While I'm sure Superman is faster than Zeus, it won't be enough of a difference to allow him to win by blitzing him. If Hermes can't do it, nobody can. Also, Zeus' power to appear on earth is probably a form of teleportation. Shape-changing - Zeus is an expert at this and can take on what seems to be an unlimited number of forms. The forms he used in myth include: a bull, an eagle, a whirlwind, the goddess Artemis, a swan, a serpent, and a shower of golden rain. Zeus is also able to change mortals into animals, trees, etc.Weather Control - As king of the heavens, Zeus can summon weather to aid him. His specialty is the thunderstorm.Aegis - The shield (in some versions the breastplate) of Zeus is said to be indestructible and invulnerable, capable to turning aside any attack. The aegis is also emblazoned with the face of Medusa and anyone who looks on it will be transformed to stone.Thunderbolts - Zeus' favorite weapon, made by the cyclopses on the forge of Hephaestus. It's hard to quantify their power but, in the DC Universe, it's Zeus' thunderbolts that transform Billy Batson into Captain Marvel, so that gives an idea of how these would affect Superman.Adamantine sickle - Zeus doesn't use this as often, but the sickle, made of a material that is harder and sharper than any other was what he used when the fight moved into close range. The mythical material adamant was the inspiration for Marvel's adamantium, and for all practical purposes, it's the same. It was first used by the titan, Kronos to do away with his father Oranos (that's why pictures of Father time aka Chronos/Kronos often carry a sickle of scythe.) When Zeus overthrew Kronos, he took the sickle and used it as his personal weapon. The sickle was the weapon Zeus used against the monster Typhon when his thunderbolts couldn't get the job done. It was also the weapon he lent to Perseus to cut off Medusa's head. (The stories usually refer to Perseus weapon as a sword, but the Greek machiara was a sword which was developed from the sickle, so perhaps both versions arecorrect.Aetis dios - A huge eagle who attends Zeus in battle. His role is to fetch Zeus anything he needs. If he drops his sickle/sword, or shield, or runs out of thunderbolts the eagle brings him more with godlike speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callisto Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Learn More AboutZeusRead more about Zeus at WikipediaOfficial Site: Public Domain Links: Wikipedia Pantheon.org Mac.com DarkseidRead more about Darkseid at WikipediaOfficial Site: DC Comics Links: Wikipedia: Darkseid DC Database: Darkseid JLA Watchtower: Darkseid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergy_Berg Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Darkseid likes to call himself a god, but zeus if the real deal. The king of olympus can stand up to anything darkseid throws at him. And as the most powerful of the gods, zeus can perform incredible feats beyond what the other gods have managed, like Athena crushing enemies with islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenerack5 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 This will be one for the ages but in the end it will be Darkside chained to a rock having his liver torn out by an eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Classic80s Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Is this Pre-Crisis Darkseid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 It's not the New 52 Darksied. I'm afraid I'm not aware of the difference between pre and post-Crisis Darksied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainboa Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 It's not the New 52 Darksied. I'm afraid I'm not aware of the difference between pre and post-Crisis Darksied.There aren't actually any, it has been stated that Darkseid was one of the few characters who survived the Crisis, and as such has been unchanged by it. I'll try and see if I can find where it was stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Spider-man Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I think Zeus has this. With that short temper of his I think he can make some heavy work on Darkseid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Classic80s Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 There aren't actually any, it has been stated that Darkseid was one of the few characters who survived the Crisis, and as such has been unchanged by it. That's true....that's what they say....however, there are obvious differences, such as Darkseid during the pre-crisis era was an absolute monster. He was a bonafide universal level threat. Then during the post-crisis era, he suddenly developed a reputation as being "Jobberseid." So, there's an obvious difference, whether DC wants to acknowledge it or not. My vote goes to Darkseid if this is the pre-crisis version. My vote goes to Zeus if this is the post-crisis Jobberseid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 He's not jobbersied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Classic80s Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Do you happen to know the difference between the Aegis shield and Adamantine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Adamantine is the metal that Hephaestus uses to forge the weapons and armor of the gods. There are several stories about the Aegis. In one it was forged by Hepheastus (so it was probably made of adamantine) which would explain its mirror like surface described in the story of Perseus. Another story is that it was made from the hide of the primordial goat Amalthea who had suckled the infant Zeus (Amalthea was also called Adamanthea, which makes me think there was a connection between her and adamantine. A third story says it was made from the skin of a fire-breathing serpent that Athena slew. For our purposes I'm going to saw that there are two Aegis. One is the serpent skin which Athena wears as armor and the other is Zeus' shield. The shield is made of adamantine and covered with goatskin (Greek and Roman shields were often covered with leather. When Perseus used it, he didn't get the goatskin, just the shiny shield. When Zeus uses the shield he covers it with the goatskin which makes it even more impenetrable than it would be otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Classic80s Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 It just made me wonder which is the more invulnerable of the two. I also wonder what would happen if Zeus took his adamantine sickle or sword and slashed at the Aegis shield as hard as he could, what would happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 It's a good question. There's no myth I've ever run across where something like this happens, so it's anybody's guess. My best guess would be that the Aegis is to an adamantine shield as Captain America's shield is to adamantium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigballerju Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Could Zeus survive the omega blast or omega effect? That's the bigger question. It wouldn't be physical damage either so chances are it may or may not kill him. Another question could Zeus resist or fight Darkseid's power telepathy? Alot of abilities Darkseid has here that could give him the win depending on Zeus's defenses against certain things like telepathy or omega blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Classic80s Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I'd like to know how Zeus would handle the agony matrix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ViperKing Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I'm going with Darkseid on this one. In terms of sheer power, Zeus probably is more powerful. However, Darkseid is a tactical genius and will use his powers better than Zeus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callisto Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Match Final ResultsZeus: 9Darkseid: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Darksied is fallen leaving Grayvven and Kalibak the only warriors of Apokalips standing. Facing them are Poseidon, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Eros, Athena, Hera, Hermes, Dionysius, Poseidon and Zeus. Do the Apokalips boys continue to fight or catch the first boom tube out of Olympus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergy_Berg Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 First boom tube out. The Old Gods proved who the true deities are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirmethos Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Lol, it's always hilarious to see the poll results. With the power set that Zeus has been given in the OP, Darkseid would rip him a new one with relative ease. Just like he did the DC Universe version of Zeus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Lol, it's always hilarious to see the poll results. With the power set that Zeus has been given in the OP, Darkseid would rip him a new one with relative ease. Just like he did the DC Universe version of Zeus. When did they fight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirmethos Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I don't remember the issue(s), but Darkseid was the entire reason(via manipulation and behind-the-scenes scheming) that the 'greek' gods, were divided into the Greek and the Roman gods, then he showed them who the real power in the 'god-realms' was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 If anybody knows, I'd like to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Classic80s Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 ^^^ yeah, pretty much. Darkseid is just a total boss. Regardless of this silly poll, Darkseid would win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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