Thread:Tupka217/@comment-1635895-20120317012406/@comment-3465526-20120317030812

wikipedia is your friend -- BTW in the original 4th World series Apokolips denizens also used "Mother Box"  -- but they were "Counterpart Mother Box" -- specifically noted by Kirby to NOT be powered by the "Source" and in Mister Miracle #9 it is specifically said that Himon's design is powered by the source, but there are others (Willik carries one in MM9, Slig of the Deep Six carries one in New Gods 5, etc). They are clearly part of standard equipment for senior Apokolips personell.

Father Box

 * The Father Box, an Apokoliptian version of a Mother Box, first appeared in the Orion series by Simonson in 2000. Darkseid’s former aide Mortalla presents Orion with an Apokoliptian Father Box.
 * In Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle storyline, a Father Box is mentioned as one of the "Seven Treasures" the New Gods left to the Earth's first superhero. It came in the form of two dice. It was called "the Foundation Stone of Manhattan" in Manhattan Guardian and "Croatoan" in Klarion. Eventually, it was stolen by Klarion the Witch Boy, who took it to the future.
 * In Justice League of America (vol. 2) #1 by Brad Meltzer, a villain named Doctor Impossible uses a Father Box to summon "hush tubes".
 * In Supergirl (vol. 5) #15 Power Boy refers to and accesses his Father Box.
 * In the Young Justice episode "Disordered", Desaad uses a Father Box to control Infinity-Man until the New Genesphere joins with Infinity-Man to regain control of him.