Originally Posted by
Vordan
They already did retcon it lol. What’s “canon” now is that every universe has its own “avatar” of the New Gods, but the “true” Multiversal New Gods are beyond the ability of mortals/non-New Gods to beat, and the only time the “true” Darkseid showed up was Final Crisis where his presence in the Multiverse was so toxic he was killing it just by being there. So when the JL beats up Darkseid on Earth 0, they’re just beating up the Earth 0 Darkseid Avatar, not the true Darkseid.