- Awesome Ego: Darkseid enslaves three billions of Daxamites, every one of them as powerful as a Kryptonian, and his first order is carving his head into the planet's surface.
- It Was His Sled: Darkseid's status as the main villain of the storyline. Despite the reveal only happening at the end of the penultimate issue of the story, it's pretty much widely known amongst comic fans and is the big selling point towards getting people to read the storyline. The image of the entire Legion bowing to him on the final cover of the arc has become so iconic that any compilation of the saga will have Darkseid's face on the cover. For reference the oversized hardcover has Darkseid on the front cover, him on the back cover, "kneel before Darkseid" in big bold letters on the back cover, and he's imprinted in silver on the actual trade itself.
- Once Original, Now Common: The Great Darkness Saga is considered one of the all-time best Legion stories. The villain is Darkseid - a plot element that seems trite nowadays because of Darkseid's overexposure. But the story is from 1982, when that was a new idea — back then, Darkseid was a very obscure character who showed up in a low-selling comic from a decade ago.
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