User blog comment:Erockrule/Next Time On Young Justice "Before The Dawn"/@comment-5596481-20121008152108/@comment-1038387-20121008161342

Darkseid's involvement in season one was implied.
 * 1) In "Bereft", the Light discussed the new transportation system of their partner - it was a Boom tube, associated with the New Gods.
 * 2) Desaad showed up, and reference was made to his "master" - Darkseid.
 * 3) Desaad supplied Intergang, and later the Light, with Apokoliptan technology. That could not happen without Darkseid's permission.