- Virman Vundabar
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caption = Virman Vundar from Mister Miracle #5,
artistJack Kirby
character_name =Virman Vundabar
publisher =DC Comics
debut = "Mister Miracle " vol. 1 #5, (December 1971)
creators =Jack Kirby (writer & artist)
real_name =Virmin Vundabarr
species = New God
homeworld =Apokolips
alliances=Darkseid's Elite
aliases =
supports =
powers = Expert strategist. Highly developed mechanical expertise.Virman Vundabar is a
fictional extraterrestial supervillain published byDC Comics . He was created byJack Kirby and first appeared in "Mister Miracle " vol. 1 #5 (December 1971) "drawn likeBenito Mussolini ."Ro, Ronin. "Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution" (Bloomsbury, 2004)]Fictional character biography
A resident of
Apokolips , Virman is a minion ofGranny Goodness , having grown up in her orphanages like many of Darkseid's soldiers. He models his personality and schemes onPrussia n military appearance and precision partly because of the Earth-based name assigned to him by Granny. Like many of his associates, he is a nemesis ofMister Miracle . Virman has involved himself with many schemes to gain power, often involving many of Darkseid's lieutenants, such asDoctor Bedlam , Steppenwolf and Kanto.Specifically, in "Underworld Unleashed: Apokolips - Dark Uprising" #1 (1995), while Darkseid is missing at the
Source Wall , Vundabar allies himself withGranny Goodness against the other members of Darkseid's inner circle.Darkseid returns from the Source Wall, but he is not in full control of his mind. Virman attempts to take advantage of this but Darkseid recovers enough to obliterate him with his Omega Beams. However, Darkseid resurrects him in "
Death of the New Gods #1" (October 2007), and he is again seemingly loyal to Darkseid despite the skepticism of Granny Goodness.His niece, Malice, has joined the
Female Furies . She can control a shadow monster namedChessure .Powers and abilities
Virmin Vunderbarr has no super human powers but he is a skilled military tactican and hand-to-hand combatant.
Other versions
* In the
Elseworlds story "Superman: The Dark Side", Virman is depicted as a double ofAdolf Hitler .* In
Mark Waid andAlex Ross work Kingdom Come, an elderly Vundabar can be seen in the bar, which Superman crashes.Other Media
Vundabar has appeared in the "
Justice League Unlimited " episode "The Ties That Bind" voiced byArte Johnson who was indeed uttered a variation on his signature "Very interesting... but stupid"catch phrase from "Laugh-in ". In that episode, he was in control ofApokolips whenDarkseid disappeared and heldKalibak as a prisoner. He also makes acameo appearance in the "Justice League Unlimited" episode "Alive", where he tried to take over Apokolips fromGranny Goodness and theFemale Furies .References
N.B. The name "Vundabar" is a corruption of the German word "wunderbar", which means "wonderful". This name was given to him by
Granny Goodness , and while the spelling of his name has varied over the years between "Vundabar" and "Vunderbarr", in his first appearance it was spelled "Vundabar".External links
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=virmanvundabar DCU Guide: Virman Vundabar]
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