Originally Posted by
XPac
Darkseid stopped being scary post crisis when he became a villain that Superman on a descent day can punch out. I would have agreed Darkseid was scarier pre-Crisis, but he's been watered down quite a bit by a fair share of poor showing. Not that Thanos hasn't had his fair share too, but Darkseid didn't have a Starlin to retcon them as needed.
I think marvel overall does a better job of "protecting" their top tier villains (Doom, Thanos, and Magneto when he's actually a villain) than DC does overall.