Apokolips
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Apokolips was the home world of the dreaded Darkseid, who ruled the planet like a tyrant. The world was known for its' terror throughout the galaxy. Apokolips existed in a dimension outside of Earth's plane of existence.
Star Command, which was located in Darkseid's palace, was located on the planet Apokolips. All of Darkseid's forces (Darkseid's Elite and Dog Cavalry), including Kalibak and DeSaad resided here as well.
Any native of the planet was called an Apokoliptian.
Indigenous species[]
Geology[]
The planet seemed to be geologically unstable. Originally, it was a mostly rocky world, with jungles and full of animal lifeforms, but by 1985, the planet became filled with Fire Pits, causing fire to erupt to the surface, suggesting that the core was somewhat unstable. One could also assume that the heat would have caused much death and the extinction of many species.
Locations[]
Location of Apokolips[]
Historical records of the exact location of Apokolips was difficult to decipher, as there seemed to be a number of contradictory accounts. It has been indicated that it was in somewhat close proximity to New Genesis, a planet that like Apokolips, was originally part of the same world.
One account indicated that Apokolips was in the Milky Way Galaxy. It was apparently located "across the galaxy" from Earth, as shown in the image to the right. This seems to indicate that it was on the opposite end of the galaxy. Black Vulcan was the first Super Friend to learn of the location of Apokolips.[3]
Another source indicated that it was located in a totally different galaxy, which was described as a "closed" galaxy; that could only be accessed via Boom Tube.[4]
And yet, another account indicated that it wasn't even in the same dimension at all, let alone galaxy...in fact, in order to travel to Apokolips, Wonder Woman had to use a Stargate with the Super Powers Team Space Shuttle in order to travel there.[5]
Background Information[]
On the parallel-universe of Earth-One, Apokolips[6] is a large planet. It is an ecumenopolis[7] with burning firepits. The war that destroyed the Old Gods, appears to have left Apokolips as a high tech industrial wasteland, separated from the rest of the universe, and only accessible by extra dimensional point-to-point travel portals. Apokolips and its bright counterpart, New Genesis, were spawned by the destruction of the planet Urgrund,[8] the world of the "Old Gods". Apokolips and New Genesis are locked in an eternal war, symbolizing the struggle of evil and good on a grand mythic scale. Apokolips is ruled by a fell being known as Darkseid, a dark leader who rules over his downtrodden people by force and fear.
Episode Appearances[]
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Notes[]
- Apokolips first appeared in New Gods, Vol. 1 #1 (March, 1971).[9]
- It was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby.
Trivia[]
- SuperFriends member Cyborg, has repeatedly mentioned his distaste of the planet Apokolips, often times complaining when the team has to travel there on a mission.
- Cyborg also had difficulty pronouncing the name of the planet, referring to it as "Aloppollips" on one occasion.
References[]
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season eight episode The Bride of Darkseid - Part II (September 8, 1984).
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season eight episode The Bride of Darkseid - Part II (September 8, 1984).
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season eight episode The Bride of Darkseid - Part II (September 8, 1984).
- ↑ As seen in The Atlas of the DC Universe (1990).
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season nine episode The Seeds of Doom (September 7, 1985).
- ↑ Apokolips is a play on the term "apocalypse".
- ↑ Ecumenopolis (from οικουμένη, meaning world, and πόλις (polis) meaning city, thus a city made of the whole world; plural: ecumenopolises or ecumenopoleis) is a word invented in 1967 by the Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis to represent the idea that in the future urban areas and megalopolises would eventually fuse and there would be a single continuous worldwide city as a progression from the current urbanization and population growth trends.
- ↑ Urgrund is German for "primeval ground".
- ↑ Go to DC Database for more on New Gods, Vol. 1 #1 published in March, 1971.