The Worlds War (Earth-1938)

The Lead-Up
Lightyears from Earth, there is the galaxy of the alien New Gods. There was the peaceful planet of Genesys and the dystopian world of Apokolips. While wars had been common between the worlds for centuries, this stopped due to a tentative peace treaty. However, the ruler of Apokolips, Darkseid, was not done with warfare. Darkseid had become upset with something called "Anti-Life", which was what said to be able to enslave every living thing. After decades of research, Darkseid thought there could be four planets that might hold the secret to Anti-Life: Mars, Thanagar, Kranaltine, and Earth.

Darkseid began the preparations to invade the planets. After a decade of spies bringing back info to Apokolips, the invasions began. Darkseid sent his four most trusted generals to each planet. Granny Goodness was sent to Thanagar, Desaad was sent to Mars, Bedlam to Kranaltine and Steppenwolf to Earth. Steppenwolf felt that he should have been sent one of the more advanced planets but, when to it without complaint. What Steppenwolf did not know was that super-powered beings were on Earth and had even bonded together in times. Why the spy, Mortalla, did not tell Apokolips about this is unknown, although Mortalla was known for her grabs for power on her home planet.