Virman Vundabar

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

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

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

Vundabar is a New God from Apokolips and minion of Granny Goodness and Darkseid who models his appearance after Prussian culture.^[3]^[4] He has orchestrated many schemes to gain power, often collaborating with Darkseid's lieutenants Doctor Bedlam, Steppenwolf, and Kanto.^[5]

In Death of the New Gods, Vundabar is killed by Darkseid before eventually being resurrected.^[6]

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

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.^[7]

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 Virnam Vundabar appears in Kingdom Come.

In other media

Television

Virman Vundabar appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Arte Johnson.^[8]
Virman Vundabar makes a non-speaking appearance in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Darkseid Descending!".
Virman Vundabar appears in the Justice League Action episode "Under a Red Sun", voiced by William Salyers.^[8]

Video games

Virman Vundabar appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[9]
Virman Vundabar appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Corey Burton.^[10]

References

^ 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.
^ Ro, Ronin. Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2004)
^ 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.
^ Wallace, Dan (2008), "Virman Vundabar", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 325, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1
^ Underworld Unleashed: Apokolips - Dark Uprising #1 (1995)
^ Death of the New Gods #1 (October 2007)
^ Mister Miracle (vol. 4) #1 (October 2017). DC Comics.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ Michael, Jon; Veness, John (November 2, 2018). "Characters - LEGO DC Super-Villains Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.