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If this is how the elite of Apokolips are going to be depicted, then I can't help but feel the whole point of Kirby's designs are being missed. In JK's 4th World, Darkseid doesn't set the visual tone for his underlings, who are absurd OTT representations of pride & power. (1)
Darkseid is, by contrast, the "obscure & humble" Stalin-like tyrant, who rose through "intrigue" & is made even more terrifying because he doesn't draw attention to himself with extravagent, eye-catching costumes. He is the essence of power, not its display. (2)
He is the absence of colour, the absence of show, the absence of immediately evident pride. That works when he stands out against even his closest underlings in their absurd look-at-me get-ups. But when everyone seems to follow Darkseid's design sense, the whole point is lost.(3)
Has there ever been a comics work of genius that was as misunderstood by so many other creators - although, of course, not all - as Kirby's Fourth World? I think not.
"whole point IS being missed" - mea culpa.
