One canonical record, many iterations. A version is this character in a different continuity; a variant is a separate in-fiction instance inside one. Everything below resolves back to this page.

Iteration	Type	Continuity	Performed by
Darkseid (Post-Crisis DC)	Version		no performer on file

On screen

Canonical productions only. Parody and fan work is classified and excluded — Wikidata makes no such distinction, so without it these lists fill with material that is not canon.

Performer	Production	Year
Ray Porter	Zack Snyder's Justice League	2021

The feat ledger

The Omega Beams track a target and do not miss

Statement The New Teen Titans · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Omega Beams erase a target from existence rather than killing them

Feat Final Crisis (2008) · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Physically overpowers Superman without visible effort

Feat DC Comics Presents · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

A New God — ageless, and repeatedly returning after apparent death

Statement Final Crisis · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Uses Boom Tubes to cross between worlds instantly

Feat The New Teen Titans · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Redirects the beams around obstacles to reach a target

Feat Final Crisis · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Withstands the Justice League's combined assault

Feat JLA · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

The Anti-Life Equation is his goal precisely because force alone will not finish it

Statement Final Crisis (2008) · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Continuities

Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.

Post-Crisis DC — 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths through 2011 Flashpoint
New 52 — DC relaunched continuity, 2011 to 2016

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