James Gunn Confirms the Absence of a Major DC Villain

James Gunn may be working for DC instead of Marvel now, but he’s still operating in a major superhero shared canon, which comes with some expectations. We want to see heroes interacting with each other. We want a multiverse, which Peacemaker provided. And we want a big bad who represents everything scary in the universe.

Obviously, the DC big bad must be Darkseid, the New God who seeks the Anti-Life Equation while ruling his minions on the planet Apokolips, right? Not so fast, says Gunn.

In an interview with New Rockstars , Gunn stated that he has something else in mind for his universe. “Using Darkseid as the big bad right now isn’t necessarily the thing,” Gunn revealed. That’s a surprising admission, because Darkseid often operates as the ultimate opposing force in the DC U