Baron Bedlam

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Baron Bedlam
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Baron Bedlam and the Bad Samaritan in Batman and the Outsiders.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983)
Created by Mike W. Barr (writer)
Jim Aparo (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoBaron Frederick DeLamb
AbilitiesSuperior fighter and tactician
Formerly:
  • Superhuman strength, endurance, and durability
  • Flight
  • Lava blasts
  • Gravity manipulation
    Earth manipulation

Baron Bedlam (Baron Frederick DeLamb) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983).

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Fictional character biography

Frederick DeLamb is the son of a Markovian government official who acted as a puppet ruler by the Nazis during World War II and was killed by a mob.

Years later, Frederick, taking the name Baron Bedlam, kills Markovian king Viktor and seizes the throne. Prince Brion Markov works with Helga Jace to give himself superpowers and battle Bedlam. [1] Bedlam is seemingly killed, but returns to face the Outsiders on multiple occasions. [2] [3] [4]

Powers and abilities

Baron Bedlam is a skilled fighter and tactician, and possesses vast financial resources. He temporarily possessed earth-manipulating abilities similar to Geo-Force, but lost them due to not being Markovian royalty. [5]

In other media

Baron Bedlam appears in Young Justice: Outsiders , voiced by Nolan North. [6] This version is the brother of Markovia's queen and the uncle of Princes Gregor and Brion Markov who runs a secret metahuman trafficking syndicate and is a metahuman with a durable stone-like body. He hires Jaculi to murder Markovia's royal family, but is defeated and killed by Brion. [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Outsiders #1
  2. ↑ Outsiders #2
  3. ↑ Adventures of the Outsiders #34 (June 1986)
  4. ↑ "Baron Bedlam". mykey3000.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006.
  5. ↑ Outsiders #2
  6. ↑ "Baron Bedlam / Frederick DeLamb Voice - Young Justice (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 26, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  7. ↑ Matadeen, Renaldo (November 14, 2021). "Young Justice: Phantoms Makes DC's Scariest War Nation Even More Powerful". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  8. ↑ Matadeen, Renaldo (August 30, 2019). "Young Justice: Outsiders Has Its Own Game of Thrones Moment". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ Schmidt, Joseph (August 28, 2019). "Young Justice Finale Features Shocking Betrayal by SPOILER". ComicBook.com. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
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