What is the Omega Effect?
Mario – I think it’s fairly plausible, since it keys on Kirby’s core idea about Darkseid, mainly that he is all about control. An object hit by the Omega Effect has it’s molecules placed under Darkseid’s complete control. He can move them across space (and time), scatter them to distant corners of reality, tweak them to cause physical pain, and yes, reassemble them at Darkseid’s whim. However, it’s not perfect. You may recall in the story Jack wrote as a prologue to Hunger Dogs, that the beings he recreated with the Omega Effect (Steppenwolf and Desaad, as I recall) seemed somewhat soulless. For, while Darkseid could recreate their bodies, he could *not* recreate their minds, which had gone to the Source. The Omega Effect cannot directly affect the mind, and that is the one arena in which Darkseid has always wished for more power. That’s why he is almost always looking for a way to gain the control of the mind, via the Anti-Life Equation and/or conquest of the Source.
