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Virman Vundabar

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Virman Vundabar
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceMister Miracle #5 (December 1971)
Created byJack Kirby
In-story information
Alter egoVirmin Vundabarr
SpeciesNew God
Place of originApokolips
Team affiliationsDarkseid'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

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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

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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

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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

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

In other media

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Television

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Video games

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References

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  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 #1 (1995)
  6. ^ Death of the New Gods #1 (October 2007)
  7. ^ Mister Miracle (vol. 4) #1 (October 2017). DC Comics.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Michael, Jon; Veness, John (November 2, 2018). "Characters - LEGO DC Super-Villains Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
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