Anti-Life Equation

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Lex Luthor presents the Anti-Life Equation to Darkseid.

"What is your will, my lord?"
"As ever, to search for the Anti-Life Equation, that I might bring order to this aimless universe."
— Bernadeth and Darkseid^[1]

The Anti-Life Equation was an equation containing great power that could dominate all life.

[edit] History

Darkseid, the Lord of Apokolips, constantly sought the Anti-Life Equation, believing that it would give him the power to conquer the universe. When Darkseid attacked Earth in retaliation for his death at Superman's hands, Metron took Lex Luthor to the Source Wall, beyond which lay the Anti-Life Equation. Returning to Earth, Luthor presented it to Darkseid, which unleashed a massive amount of energy that appeared to destroy them. Before they disappeared, Darkseid remarked that the Anti-Life Equation was "beautiful", and Luthor agreed.

[edit] Background information

In the DC comics, the Anti-Life Equation is a theory developed by Darkseid after he learned of the Martian concept of the "Life Equation". Supposedly, the Anti-Life Equation mathematically proves that hope, love, and freedom are all meaningless and effectively destroys a person's free will. Darkseid finally succeeded in figuring out the Anti-Life Equation, and tried to release it over the Internet during the Final Crisis.