ster ▁and ▁Pi per ' s ▁or de al . ▁However , ▁they ▁are ▁attacked ▁by ▁an ▁O MA C ▁and ▁Pi per ▁is ▁captured . ▁De Sa ad ▁continues ▁to ▁purs ue ▁Pi per ▁and ▁convin ces ▁him ▁to ▁finally ▁play . ▁However , ▁Pi per ' s ▁first ▁act ▁is ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁kill ▁De Sa ad . ▁ ▁Also ▁during ▁Count down ▁in ▁issue ▁# 8 3 7 ▁of ▁Det ect ive ▁Comics , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁supp lying ▁the ▁Amazon ▁Women ' s ▁Sh el ters ▁with ▁special ▁dru gs ▁from ▁Ap ok ol ips . ▁ ▁In ▁Salv ation ▁Run , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁De Sa ad ▁over se es ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁God s ▁of ▁Ap ok ol ips ▁on ▁a ▁planet ▁where ▁Am anda ▁W aller ' s ▁Su ic ide ▁Squad ▁had ▁dump ed ▁the ▁ex iled ▁villa ins . ▁When ▁he ▁disco vers ▁them ▁on ▁this ▁planet , ▁he ▁arr anges ▁for ▁the ▁Par adem ons ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁least ▁powerful ▁villa ins ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁can ▁train ▁the ▁stronger ▁ones ▁for ▁an ▁unknown ▁goal . ▁Ult imately , ▁the ▁villa ins ▁escape ▁back ▁to ▁Earth . ▁ ▁Following ▁Death ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁God s ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁fallen ▁Ap ok oli pt an ▁gods ▁had ▁taken ▁on ▁human ▁forms . ▁De Sa ad , ▁pos ing ▁as ▁" Do ctor ▁Bud ▁F og el " ▁raising ▁the ▁public ▁against ▁Lex ▁L ut hor ' s ▁Ever yman