| “ | Dreamer: This is Desaad. God scientist and chief torturer of Apokolips. His experiments are pure evil, his works abominations, his master... Desaad: Unspeakable. Hehehahahahaha! |
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| ~ Dreamer describing Desaad in "Discorded". |
| “ | All will suffer! All will suffer! | „ |
| ~ Desaad in "Discorded". |
Desaad is a supporting antagonist in Young Justice. He is a New God scientist and the chief torturer of Apokolips and one of Darkseid's loyal servants who helps produce technology that goes against the people of New Genesis.
He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker who also voiced Ra's al Ghul in the Batman: Arkham video game series, Admiral Trench in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Crosshair in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
Biography[]
Desaad has been working alongside Darkseid for centuries as his chief torturer. He has been producing technology that inflicts pain on others. For a long time, Desaad along with his master, and the Apokolips has been at war with the people of New Genesis. Desaad also assists Darkseid in his conquests across the galaxy as Desaad was present when Darkseid and his forces tried to control the Earth. However, Darkseid made a deal with Vandal Savage and the two became mutual partners.
Centuries afterwards, Desaad would produce technology that connects with the Anti-life equation and have it sent to the Earth through his minions. Desaad gets into a major conflict with Superboy and the Forever people when they halted his minions from producing and smuggling the technology. Desaad uses the boomtube to travel across the galaxy to confront the heroes and orders one of his minions to throw the fatherbox at the Infinity-Man (an amalgam made of the New Genesis heroes combining to be one being). He took possession of the Infinity Man and uses it to try and kill Superboy and Wolf, until Infinity-Man was released from Desaad's control by New Genosphere. Desaad leaves when his plans fail.
Desaad appears with Granny Goodness in the Orphanage where he helps the Female Furies imprison and torture the meta-gene teens. He also assists Granny in her goal of cultivating a powerful army to take over the universe. When Granny is bested by the Team and Vandal Savage, Darkseid orders Desaad to torture her as punishment for her breach of authority.
Trivia[]
- Desaad's look changed every season.
- Season 1, he has deformed large arms.
- Season 3, he looks more like his Justce League War version.
- Season 4, he looks like a mix of both.
- He finds suffering amusing, even telling Ma'alefa'ak he finds Martian racism "entertaining".
- Granny Goodness implies she also enjoys tormenting others, but only when she is not using it as discipline.
- The most despicable thing Desaad did was cut out Danny Chase's brain and put it in the Kaizer-Thrall.
