One of the most common comparisons of comic book characters has to be between Avengers: Infinity War to wipe out half of all life. But, in the JLA/Avengers crossover comics, Darkseid also had a chance to harness the gauntlet’s power - although it didn’t turn out as you might expect.
The JLA/Avengers limited series, published from 2003-2004, was a t effort between DC and Marvel comics that pitted theThor: Ragnarok) stops him and proposes a game by which his universe could be spared.
The Grandmaster tells Krona about Galactus, who witnessed creation itself and therefore could give Krona the information he desires. However, he will only bring Krona to Galactus if the champions from Krona's homeworld (the Justice League) can defeat the champions of the Marvel Universe (the Avengers) in a contest to collect various powerful artifacts from across both dimensions. Krona agrees, on the condition that they swap champions, meaning the Avengers actually have to lose the game in order to save their dimension.
The Grandmaster informs the Justice League of the game, while Metron does the same for the Avengers. The rules are simple: whichever team collects most of the twelve items wins. However, both teams believe they are fighting to save their own worlds, so the Avengers give it their all - not knowing that their victory would actually mean the destruction of the Marvel universe. Some of the items are located where they are supposed to be, but others are scattered between the two dimensions. So, while Green Lantern’s power battery is simply in his apartment, as usual, the Infinity Gauntlet has found its way to Apokolips, into the hands of Darkseid himself.
Although the Avengers have never faced Darkseid, the mere sight of him is enough to strike fear into their hearts. Hawkeye says, “This guy — he looks worse than Thanos, if that’s even possible!” To make matters even worse, Darkseid already has the gauntlet on his hand - complete with all six of the infinity stones. Darkseid says he can “feel the matrices of power within the gems…but it seems dead — it does nothing.” As it turns out, the Infinity Stones can only affect the reality of their homeworld, the Marvel universe, meaning they are powerless in the world of DC. Deeming the useless gauntlet a waste of his time, Darkseid gives it up willingly for the heroes to squabble over. “Take it,” he says, “Take it, and thank whatever deities you pray to on the coldest and bleakest of winter nights that I have other matters to occupy me.”
The heroes really should count themselves lucky that Darkseid had a busy schedule. The stakes were already high enough without arguably the baddest villain in the DC universe getting involved. Now imagine what would happen if Thanos figured out the Anti-Life Equation.
