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

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. 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. He has orchestrated many schemes to gain power, often collaborating with Darkseid's lieutenants Doctor Bedlam, Steppenwolf, and Kanto. In Death of the New Gods, Vundabar is killed by Darkseid before eventually being resurrected. 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.

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

Video games