DC Just Proved Its Version Of Thanos Is Way Harder To Kill Than The MCU Could Ever Dream Of

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Summary

Darkseid in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths is an essential nexus being, whose death threatens the multiverse's existence.
Thanos, while formidable, can be killed, unlike Darkseid, whose death in the film had catastrophic consequences for all realities.
The film shows off Darkseid's potential as an antagonist effectively, making the prospect of him appearing in the DCU all the more exciting.

The iconic DC villain Darkseid – who is comparable to the Marvel Universe’s Thanos in many ways – is depicted as infinitely harder to kill than his Marvel compatriot in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three. The film adapts the iconic Crisis on Infinite Earths comic crossover storyline from the mid-1980s, which closed the book on the respective continuities of DC’s Silver and Bronze Age (Earth-One) and its original Golden Age timeline (Earth-Two), making way for DC’s Modern Age timeline (New Earth). The third Crisis film establishes Darkseid as one of the multiverse’s greatest threats.
The live-action version of Thanos plays a somewhat comparable role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Darkseid, serving as the ultimate antagonist of the franchise’s first three Phases, known now as The Infinity Saga. Thanos’ goal revolves around eradicating half of the universe’s population via the Infinity Stones, though his conflicts with The Avengers in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame prove that even without the stones, he is one of the MCU’s most formidable threats. Despite this, the scale of Darkseid’s malice overshadows that of Thanos, as explained in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three's ending.
Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Confirms Darkseid Is Trickier To Kill Than The MCU's Thanos

Thanos is shown to be exceptionally strong – trading blows with the likes of Thor and The Hulk – and an equally effective tactician who can adjust his strategies in the heat of combat. Thanos is not invincible, however. As shown in Endgame, the villain had to evade killing blows from a Mjolnir-wielding Captain America and Wanda Maximoff and needed to deploy the Power Stone to gain an advantage over Captain Marvel. Moreover, Thanos can be killed, with Thor killing his original incarnation with Stormbreaker, and Iron Man later killing Thanos with the Infinity Stones.
Killing Darkseid is often a more complicated matter, however. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three reveals that Darkseid’s death doomed the multiverse in the Tomorrowverse timeline, as Darkseid is a nexus being whose existence is essential in all realities. Without Darkseid, the structure of the multiverse unravels, making one of the greatest threats in the DC Universe essentially impossible to truly kill without destroying all realities in the process.
Darkseid has died in the comics, with Justice League: Darkseid War being one notable example. Darkseid was reborn in the aftermath of the story arc, however.
The Tomorrowverse's Darkseid Story Shows He's Perfect For The DCU

Given that Darkseid’s existence is a constant in every DC reality, he naturally must appear – or at least be alluded to – sooner or later in the forthcoming DC Universe multimedia franchise. Darkseid had a memorable role in the DC Extended Universe, appearing prominently in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and although the DC Universe will likely take its time to build towards the introduction of its iteration of Darkseid, it is safe to assume that he already exists in the new continuity.
As revealed in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three, all DC universes must have a Darkseid - and the villain's status as an antagonist and cornerstone of DC itself certainly lends itself to the DCU taking on its own version of the character. The Infinite Earths storyline also underlines that Darkseid's own timeline makes for a truly effective way to make the world feel expansive and flesh out its history. As such, it wouldn't be a surprise to see a DCU Darkseid emerge soon, even if the currently announced DC release roster suggests this won't be for a while.

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