Editing Apokolips (section)

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{{Short description|Planet in the DC Comics universe}}
{{About|the DC Comics planet|the Marvel Comics character|Apocalypse (character)}}
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| first = ''The [[New Gods]]'' #1 (February 1971)
| creator = [[Jack Kirby]]
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'''Apokolips''' is a [[fictional planet]] that appears in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]]. The planet is ruled by [[Darkseid]], established in [[Jack Kirby|Jack Kirby's]] [[Fourth World (comics)|Fourth World]] series, and is integral to many stories in the [[DC Universe]]. Apokolips is considered the opposite of the planet [[New Genesis]].<ref name=":1">''Superman'' (vol. 2) #3 (March 1987)</ref>

Apokolips is a large planet covered entirely by a city (an [[ecumenopolis]]). It is a notoriously dismal place, where Hunger Dogs (low-class citizens) labor to feed the pits that supply light and power to the world.<ref>''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Volume I'' (March 1985)</ref> Both Apokolips and New Genesis exist in a different plane of existence,<ref>''The Multiversity Guidebook'' #1 (March 2015)</ref> located near [[Source (comics)|the Source]] that originated the Old and [[New Gods]].<ref>''Jack Kirby's Fourth World'' #1 (March 1997)</ref>

Apokolips represents a dystopian society. As Jack Misselhorn writes: "No one on Apokolips evolves spiritually because there is no love. It is a stagnant society, its inhabitants living in ignorance, the legacy of oppression".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Misselhorn |first1=Jack |title=Love of Anti?-Life |journal=[[The Jack Kirby Collector]] |date=Spring 2017 |volume=24 |issue=71 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDclDwAAQBAJ&q=source |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>

Because it exists in another dimension outside of the multiverse, Apokolips is primarily accessed via Boom Tubes. It has been said that the New Gods are normally giants, and that travel through the Boom Tubes rescales them to mortal proportions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Faraci |first=Derek |date=June 15, 2020 |title=New Gods: 10 Things DC Fans Should Know About Darkseid's Home, Apokolips |url=https://www.cbr.com/new-gods-dc-darkseids-apokolips/ |access-date=September 18, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>The size difference varies; Supergirl found herself confronted with Apokoliptians the size of skyscrapers, while Superman found that entire ''planets'' from his universe fitted in his hand while on Apokolips.</ref>