WARNING: Could Comprise Potential Spoilers for DC vs. Vampires: World Warfare V #6!Darkseid has stormed into DC’s bloodiest Elseworlds saga, DC vs. Vampires, by taking out a significant Justice League member in brutal vogue. However as an alternative of mourning, I can’t assist however have fun the autumn of this once-hero—and I’m on the sting of my seat to see which unlucky soul the New God will take out subsequent.
There’s one vampire loss of life I completely can’t forgive Darkseid for if it involves go, and that’s Robin’s.
Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt’s DC vs. Vampires: World Warfare V #6 delivers a pivotal second because the conflict between Vampire Queen Barbara Gordon’s undead horde and Inexperienced Arrow’s human resistance reaches a boiling level. Amid the chaos of battle, Darkseid makes a shock entrance, confronting Batgirl as she oversees the carnage from a cliffside along with her vampire lieutenant, Aquaman.
Darkseid seeks solutions concerning the deal Barbara struck along with his emissary, Granny Goodness—a pact wherein Batgirl vowed to find his granddaughter, the vampire-god hybrid little one of Mister Miracle and Huge Barda. Nonetheless, as an alternative of a household reunion, the confrontation ends in violence, with Darkseid killing Aquaman.
Darkseid Simply Killed Aquaman (& I Couldn’t Be Happier)
Panel Comes From DC vs. Vampires: World Warfare V #6 (2025) – Artwork by Otto Schmidt
As an alternative of Batgirl addressing Darkseid’s questions on his toddler granddaughter, Aquaman steps in and overtly confesses to personally killing each the kid and Mister Miracle—Darkseid’s adoptive son and the kid’s father. Enraged by this revelation, Darkseid crushes Aquaman along with his fist, vowing to burn Earth-63 to the bottom. This second not solely cements Darkseid’s direct involvement within the escalating conflict but in addition marks a definitive and brutal finish for the previous Justice League member. Usually, I wouldn’t discover myself rooting for Darkseid as he mercilessly eliminates beloved characters, however on this case, it’s simple to know why I cheered at Aquaman’s well-deserved demise.
Whereas most heroes turned vampires have devolved into twisted variations of themselves, Aquaman has been by far some of the vile. Together with his transformation, Arthur Curry didn’t simply shift from hero to villain—he grew to become a scheming, treacherous snake of a person. His relentless plotting to say the vampire crown, even on the expense of his personal form, has made him disgustingly disloyal. Worse nonetheless, his homicide of Mister Miracle and an harmless toddler sealed his destiny as completely irredeemable. Given these atrocities, Aquaman’s loss of life isn’t any nice loss to the narrative or its readers.
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I Don’t Assume Mister Miracle & His Child Are Lifeless (However Aquaman Nonetheless Deserved to Die)
Panel Comes From DC vs. Vampires: World Warfare V #6 (2025) – Artwork by Otto Schmidt
Whereas I do consider that Aquaman genuinely thought he had killed Mister Miracle and his toddler daughter by dragging them into the icy depths of the ocean, I don’t assume they’re really useless. For one, it wouldn’t make sense from a story perspective. Rosenberg has spent all of World Warfare V increase the backstory of the vampire-god hybrid little one of Mister Miracle and Huge Barda. Killing them off would undermine that setup. Secondly, Mister Miracle possesses the facility of escapology, the distinctive potential to free himself from any entice, jail, or confinement.
Given his powers, it’s onerous to consider Mister Miracle couldn’t escape Aquaman’s forces. It’s additionally unthinkable that the New God would depart his daughter behind. Whereas I don’t but understand how they could have survived, I’m satisfied they’re nonetheless alive. That mentioned, I keep that Aquaman absolutely deserved his loss of life at Darkseid’s arms, no matter whether or not Mister Miracle and the child survived. The very fact stays that Aquaman tried to homicide each Scott Free and an harmless new child. His failure doesn’t absolve him of his actions—it merely reinforces how deserving he was of his violent finish.
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I Can’t Wait to See Who Darkseid Kills Subsequent (However He Higher Keep Away From Robin)
Major Cowl for DC vs. Vampires: World Warfare V #7 (2025) – Artwork by Otto Schmidt
With Darkseid making it clear that he’s not afraid to begin cracking heads and his intentions to see Earth-63 burn, I truthfully can’t wait to see who he takes out subsequent. That mentioned, I do hope many of the New God’s kills influence the vampires, on condition that they’re the true villains on this story. The human resistance has already endured numerous losses, and whereas I’m not naïve sufficient to assume they received’t additionally endure beneath Darkseid’s wrath, I’m nonetheless hopeful that almost all of deaths will likely be on the vampire facet of the battle. Nonetheless, there’s one vampire loss of life I completely can’t forgive Darkseid for if it involves go, and that’s Robin’s.
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Darkseid
Darkseid is a tyrannical supervillain in DC Comics, ruling the hellish planet Apokolips. He seeks the Anti-Life Equation to manage all sentient life and remove free will throughout the universe. With immense power, power manipulation, and Omega Beams that disintegrate targets, Darkseid is a relentless foe of Superman, the Justice League, New Gods, and free folks all over the place.
