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Desaad's first recorded appearance in the history of the DC Universe was as a hanger-on at the side of Drax, heir to Apokolips.
Desaad was seemingly killed during an attempt by Darkseid to penetrate the Source.
Desaad appeared in two of the 1980s incarnations of the Superfriends cartoon, The Legendary Super Powers Show and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, and was voiced by Rene Auberjonois.
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In a few instances, Desaad took on the image of Darkseid to tend to matters that the master of Apokolips could not address at the time.
Desaad has also impersonated Darkseid during times when Darkseid was thought dead; he took on Darkseid's image to assuade the fears and/or uprisings of the denizens of Apokolips, to remind themthat their master is always watching.
Desaad was spared from any punishment by the people by Darkseid, and continued his duties under Darkseid's watchful eye.
For all his torturous abilities though, DeSaad is a coward, and the least trustworthy servant in the realm of Apokolips.
DeSaad comes with a non-removable vibro-shocker on his chest the has two cords attached that can fit in his hands.
Wimpy little DeSaad makes a nice addition to the New Gods subset, but the fragile vac-metallized vibro-shocker on his chest makes this an easily damaged figure.
Desaad, an ugly little man who always hid his face in a large-cowled robe, scurried over.
He maintains that he is still negotiating with them, when we know that he is enjoying life in luxury.” Desaad stood at the head of the small room, looking at his partners in treachery.
The capsules were spread evenly throughout the chamber and connected to the silver globe by thick fl cables.
He had one small satisfaction: that Desaad had tried to torture him with a complicated contraption that was supposed to work on him physically, on his nerve cells, and the thing had blown up in his face.
Then Desaad began to fiddle with them, for he was an artist, and artists always reshape reality to their best intent.
When he was ready, Desaad touched a control on the machine.
Desaad, being Desaad, gloats and starts inflicting *more* pain and fear upon his victim.
He figures if the shot killed Desaad, the "construct" is likely to go berserk, and if he didn't...well, he only had one arrow _that_ good--somebody else can harrass Desaad, thank you very much.
Desaad, already badly rattled, recoils and fires Killing Glove blasts at the new target immediately.
This is a part of the "Genesis" crossover, and Darkseid has captured Kyle in order to learn the nature of the power he is about to absorb, and to do that, DeSaad is going to test the limits of Kyle's strength.
A lot of this issue is told in flash-back: Kyle talking to Jade about Donna leaving; talking to John Stewart about his trip to California; and the battle in which he was captured by Darkseid's forces.
In the end, DeSaad lets Kyle go, and Kyle is about to kill him when DeSaad tells Kyle that if he does kill him, he'll never find his way home in time to help with the upcoming cataclysm.
He allows Desaad to use a "fear machine" that strikes panic into the inhabitants of Metropolis, in hopes of smoking out a mind with the Anti-Life properties they seek.
When Desaad's guards attack them, Sonny takes the advice of Mark Moonrider and unites his will with that of the Mother Box, putting their enemies to sleep.
Synopsis: Orion and Kalibak engage in a battle to the death, but Desaad is stacking the deck by transmitting extra power to Kalibak.
"Well, sire," DeSaad said, recovering from his terror, "while you are too regal and honorable to attack Superman in his helpless state, there are many on Earth who are not.
The absolute absence of malice from his master's tone was more frightening to DeSaad than any expression of anger would have been.
Before DeSaad had time to scream, his body was vaporized.
Aquaman, the Flash and Green Lantern find them selves fifteen years in the future as hyperlight "ghosts" they are pulled to their current bodies and merge with them.
Desaad had been torturing him for fifteen years but two months ago Batman won out in the battle of wills, since then he has been posing as Desaad in communications with Darkseid.
The fact that he was able to survive eight years in Desaad's chamber (four of which were in the Psychofuge) is a seemingly superhuman task, but to defeat Desaad and escape puts the perfect icing on that tasty cake!
Once his own essence is separated from that of Desaad (Which is why he destroyed the space fleet earlier) Orion is left a peace loving individual with virtually no skill or spirit in the ways of combat.
To recover this spirit and once again take his rightful place as protector of New Genesis he goes up against his once and former teacher, Valkrya, a being known as ¡§the greatest martial artist in the universe¡¨.