Virman Vundabar

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Virman Vundabar
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Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Mister Miracle #5 (December 1971)
Created by Jack Kirby
In-story information
Alter egoVirman Vundabar
Species New God
Place of origin Apokolips
Team affiliations Darkseid's Elite
Notable aliasesBaron Vermin
Abilities
  • Immortality
  • Hand to hand combatant
  • Expert strategist
  • Ingenious scientist

Virman Vundabar is a fictional extraterrestrial supervillain published by DC Comics. [1]

Contents

Publication history

Virman Vundabar was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in Mister Miracle #5 (December 1971). His physical appearance is modeled after Benito Mussolini. [2]

The name "Vundabar" is a corruption of the German word "wunderbar", which means "wonderful", and has also been spelled as "Vunderbarr". His first name "Virman" is a corruption of the word "vermin".

Fictional character biography

A resident of Apokolips, Virman is a minion of Granny Goodness (and by extension Darkseid), having grown up in Goodness' orphanages like many of Darkseid's soldiers. [3] He models his personality and schemes on Prussian military appearance and precision, having become enamored with Prussian history after a campaign on Earth. [4]

When Darkseid is missing at the Source Wall, his inner circle turn to conspire against each other. Vundabar allies himself with Granny Goodness. DeSaad, disguised as Darkseid, makes Darkseid's circle stand down. [5] After returning from the Source, Darkseid obliterates Vundabar with his Omega Beams. Darkseid later resurrects Vundabar, who is seemingly loyal to him despite the skepticism of Granny Goodness. [6]

In Terror Titans , Virman Vundabar is killed by the Clock King, with his niece Malice joining the Female Furies. [7]

In Tom King's Mister Miracle series, Vundabar appears as part of a hallucination Mister Miracle suffers after being exposed to the Anti-Life Equation. [8]

Powers and abilities

As a New God, Virman Vundabar is nigh-immortal and possesses superhuman physical abilities. He is also a skilled combatant, strategist, and scientist.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Virman Vundabar appears in Kingdom Come .

In other media

Television

Video games

Miscellaneous

Virman Vundabar appears in DC X Sonic the Hedgehog . [12]

References

  1. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 321. ISBN   978-1-4654-5357-0.
  2. ↑ Ro, Ronin. Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2004)
  3. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 167. ISBN   978-1-4654-8578-6.
  4. ↑ Wallace, Dan (2008), "Virman Vundabar", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 325, ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1
  5. ↑ Underworld Unleashed: Apokolips - Dark Uprising one-shot (1995)
  6. ↑ Death of the New Gods #1 (October 2007)
  7. ↑ Terror Titans #2 (January 2009)
  8. ↑ Mister Miracle (vol. 4) #1 (October 2017)
  9. 1 2 "Virman Vundabar Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 17, 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.
  10. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ Michael, Jon; Veness, John (November 2, 2018). "Characters - LEGO DC Super-Villains Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ Scullion, Chris (March 13, 2025). "DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: Here's the first art and plot details from Sega and DC's crossover comic". Video Games Chronicle . Retrieved March 19, 2025.
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