Sol Niger

The Anti-Life Equation 

by Grant Morrison

The Anti-Life Equation is the long-sought ultimate weapon of the evil Darkseid : a mathematical formula for Absolute Control, capable of disproving the very concept of Free Will and enslaving all who are exposed to it. 

Anti-Life- loneline: it is the E = mc² of despair. As with most of the weapons and artifacts from the higher vibratory world of the New Gods, we see only facets of the barely imaginable whole that is the complete Anti-Life Equation. 

Thousands of years ago, The Equation was activated deep within the DNA coils of early humans, and it was there that Darkseid began his search for The Final Weapon. Two men were discovered to possess The Equation; the super-wrestler Sonny Sumo, who escaped with it into The Past, and the despot billion dollar bates, who took the secret with him to his grave. 

As encountered by superman, batman, starfire, john stewart, martian manhunter and Jason Blood, The Anti-Life Equation took humandid form, declaring itself to be one half of a composite yin/yang being with The Source itself as a counterpart. 

However, since The Source contains within it Life and Anti-Life, god and evil, up and down, in and out, black and white, all at once, it must be regarded as an ultimate concept which cannot be halved or divided or contained. 

We'll from here. 

Darkseid's recent mastery of The Anti-Life Equation precipitated a disastrous War in Heaven which resulted in The The Death of The New Gods and Darkseid's subsequent catastrophic fall into The Material World. 

A new form of the equation was used against Shilo Norman, aka, Mister Miracle, by the newly incarnate Darkseid prior to The Final risis delivered as an incoherent growl by “Boss Dark Side” himself, this “psychiatric equation” was a hunter-killer mantra designed to prey on Shilo's low self-esteem and emotional problems as a way of destroying his confidence prior to total subjugation of his will. 

Mister Miracle was able to resist The Anti-Life Equation, making him one of the few living beings immune to its influence.