Virman Vundabar

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

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
Notable aliases	Baron Vermin
Abilities	Immortality Hand to hand combatant Expert strategist Ingenious scientist

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 Virman Vundabar appears in Kingdom Come.

Other appearances

• Vundabar (also called Baron Vermin) appears in the crossover miniseries DC X Sonic the Hedgehog.^[8] In the fourth issue, he invades the Lost Hex for a Chaos Emerald, and controls the Deadly Six via a Cacophonic Conch, only for the Flash to storm in, and disarm him from the Conch and retrieve the Emerald, leaving Vundabar to the mercy of the Six.

In other media

Television

• Virman Vundabar appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Arte Johnson.^[9]
• 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.^[9]

Video games

• Virman Vundabar appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[10]
• Virman Vundabar appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Corey Burton.^[11]