Talk:Ontopathogenisis/@comment-10786238-20160215032531/@comment-10786238-20160217235330

Okay, here's the short version. During Final Crisis, Darkseid's final endeavor in the pre-New 52 DCU (some of his plans extending beyond him notwithstanding), he got a hold of the Anti-Life Equation. When he activated it and sent it across Earth, it not only robbed those who were infected of free-will, but it replaced their will with Darkseid. It got to the point that, near the end of the arc, he was speaking with Superman through most of the human race's mouths, with all of them having glowing red eyes. To quote:

See here for the incident I mean, in issue 5 of the event.