10 Strangest Comic Book Doomsday Devices Of All Time

3. The Anti-Life Equation

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The Anti-Life Equation is surprisingly simple in its use even though the level of mass destruction it causes is extremely unique.

Unlike most doomsday weapons the Anti-Life Equation doesn't kill or destroy. Instead, it converts the minds of the entire universe to serve the will of whoever solves the universe's most important equation.

Obviously, there is only one in all of DC's multiverses who seeks this ultimate power which is the iconic supreme ruler of Apokalips known as Darkseid. While Darkseid is a force to be reckoned with, his final weapon is rather strange for not being a bomb or gun but instead simple lines of math that can change the entire universe.

Math is actually a powerful weapon in our reality too; in the hands of intelligent people on our own little planet, it could change the very future of the human race by changing the environment, launching us to the stars, or even creating super robots able to make our lives simpler.

However, thinking about how math all by itself could lead to the end of everything is certainly scarier than the math that helped to create the Atomic bomb.

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