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Darkseid stages a coup. Desaad poisons Heggra, and Darkseid becomes the new ruler of Apokolips, escalating the long antagonism with New Genesis into endless absolute war, giving control of the armies of Apokolips to Killroy, and making Desaad the head spymaster & torturer. He strips his wife Tigra of her rank and imprisons her.
Brimstone is created by Desaad, a seed of artificially sentient super heated hydrogen plasma animated with magnetic fields that believes it is a fallen angel. Darkseid unleashing it on the battlefield against New Genesis.
Himon learns of Darkseid's coup on Apokolips. He begins creating Boom Tube pathways across the planets that only he can control.
Highfather begins endless attempts to forge a route to peace as New Genesis is plunged into endless absolute war