Darkseid’s Invaders start today,
My round of 16 breakdown.
Black Adam over General Zod: Zod really only cares about two things. Bringing pain to the house of El and world domination. He’s scared of two things. A phantom zone projector and magic. Black Adam has that last time…a lot. It’s Black Adams’s advantage and Zod’s weakness. Black Adam is known for exploiting any weakness he can find. He does. Bye-bye Zod.
Anti-Monitor over Parrallax: This may be the toughest match of the bracket. Parrallax comes from the yellow light. A light mastered from the weapon makers of Qward, who just happen to come from an anti-matter universe. The Anti-Monitor is a major force, but his blasts of anti-matter don’t effect a being capable of moving between positive-matter and anti-matter. The only advantage the Anti-Monitor gets in this match is a slim one based on the sheer amount of energy he can muster. The Anti-Monitor wins by a hair’s width.
Trigon over Blackfire: if Trigon can and has swatted Starfire away like a mosquito, her sister fairs no better against the demon Trigon. The match will last a while simply because Trigon is waiting for his opponent to show. It takes a while to realize the gnat flying around him is the opponent.
Doomsday over Superboy Prime: SBP is a bad dude. However, he is still just a kryptonian. Doomsday killed Superman and he learned from that battle. He’s a world killer. The ultimate weapon. This is a one-on-one fight. No Sinestro Corps ring, no Monster Society of Evil. He’s just clearly out matches. He punches above his weight class but his anger and rage leave him vulnerable for Doomsday’s attacks. The tournament is all about matchups and like Parrallax, SBP goes down. He puts up a heck of a fight, but Doomsday eventually gets the in the killer blow.
Granny Goodness over Starro: A mind controlling starfish vs Darkseid’s most loyal and efficient lieutenant. It’s a laughable match for Granny Goodness. If anything, Granny ends up mind controlling Starro. Also, for those familiar with with the DCAU, a word of advice…never, EVER bet against Ed Asner.
Ares over Hectate: The daughter of the gods, known for holding two torches. Also a sidekick of Demeter in the search for Persephone. She makes a good sidekick, but against THE god of war, Ares, she don’t stand a snowball’s chance in Guam on the Fourth of July. Area feeds on anger and death. The inky unfortunate element of his fight, is that Hectate isn’t even a snack for Ares.
Mongul over Despero: Sheer power over mind control. Mongul ain’t talking for Despero’s tricks, the only question is does Mongul take him out with one punch or two.
Sinestro over Lady Bleez: Lady Bleezwas given insight into what she had done as a Red Lantern. Even her rage at the Sinestro Corps she realized was better suited focusing in the nobles of her home world that betrayed her family. There is plenty of fear in her for what she realizes she has done.more than enough fear for Sinestro to exploit for the victory.