History Characters / DCComicsVandalSavage

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:If Rip Hunter hadn't mistaken Savage's father for Savage himself...]]

** It's revealed in ''Franchise/StarTrek[=/=]ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' that in the main ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' timeline, he's none other than [[FridgeBrilliance Mr.]] [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Flint Flint]], the old immortal soldier who [[ForWantOfANail at some point in ancient Mesopotamia]] had a HeelFaceTurn away from conquest and towards art and science, and so never became the conqueror Vandal Savage is. Instead, he had the identities of thinkers, visionaries and artists throughout history: Socrates, Solomon, Alexander The Great ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation again]]) and Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.

Vandal Savage is a Creator/DCComics super-villain created by writer Creator/AlfredBester and artist Martin Nodell. He first appeared in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' Vol. 1, # 10 (Winter, 1943) as an enemy of Alan Scott, the Green Lantern of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. Since then, he has appeared across various DC Comics titles and clashed with individual superheroes and superhero teams.

Savage has also fought against the Comicbook/TeenTitans, the [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]], the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, and butted heads with individual heroes such as Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, both versions of ComicBook/TheQuestion, [[ComicBook/BoosterGold Rip Hunter]] and ComicBook/TheRay.

* ''Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}''
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}: The Return Of Bruce Wayne''

** ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''

* ''Franchise/TheFlash''
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern Vol. 1, #10''

* ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]''

** In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, even in the present day, he's less an EvilOverlord as he once was, and more a guy with [[WalkingTheEarth a lot of time on his hands]] who doesn't see any reason not to occasionally conquer places when he gets bored, particularly in ''ComicBook/DemonKnights'', ''DC Universe Presents'', and a brief appearance in ''ComicBook/SwampThing''. He's still evil, but he's much more personable. Thoroughly subverted in the ''New 52'' Franchise/{{Superman}} arc ''[[ComicBook/SupermanSavageDawn Savage Dawn]]'', where he's at his absolute worst.

* ArchEnemy: Primarily to the Immortal Man and later to the Resurrection Man, as explained above, but also arguably to [[Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott]], [[Franchise/TheFlash Wally West]], the Justice League, the Justice Society, and the Titans.

* BigBad: In most of the stories he appears in, such as in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom''. One exception is the Fernus storyline in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]''

* MyGrandsonMyself: In the ''Justice League'' episode "Maid of Honor," he claims to be Vandal Savage '''III''' -- the grandson of the Vandal Savage the Justice League met in "The Savage Time." Of course, Franchise/WonderWoman doesn't buy it.

* ReligionOfEvil: During the "Finish Line" storyline in Franchise/TheFlash Vol. 2, he creates a cult dedicated to the re-summoning of the meteor that gave him his powers in the first place.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He learned a very long time ago that the two go hand-in-hand in the DC Universe, and it helps that he's been doing both since literally before the dawn of history.

* ''ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora''

Vandal Savage is a Creator/DCComics super-villain created by writer Creator/AlfredBester and artist Martin Nodell. He first appeared in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' Vol. 1, # 10 (Winter, 1943) as an enemy of Alan Scott, the Green Lantern of the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. Since then, he has appeared across various DC Comics titles and clashed with individual superheroes and superhero teams.

Vandal Savage is a Creator/DCComics super-villain created by writer Creator/AlfredBester and artist Martin Nodell. He first appeared in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' Vol. 1, # 10 (Winter, 1943) as an enemy of Alan Scott, the Green Lantern of the GoldenAgeOfComics. Since then, he has appeared across various DC Comics titles and clashed with individual superheroes and superhero teams.

* BigBad: In most of the stories he appears in, most recently and prominently in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom''. One exception is the Fernus storyline in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]''

** Among [[DiabolicalMastermind diabolical]] [[{{Ubermensch}} ubermensches]] who're Really700YearsOld with aims of conquering the world, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] is a close second to Vandal, if only because, like Luthor, Ra's doesn't have his CompleteImmortality–fully dependent on his [[FountainOfYouth Lazarus Pits]] to keep his operation going (which have diminishing returns). Despite their ultimate goals tending to overlap, neither would accept the other ruling at the top of the "new world" they wish to build.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Could be one to his competitor, [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]. They're both dizzyingly intelligent and resourceful [[DiabolicalMastermind Diabolical Masterminds]] with aims of [[TakeOverTheWorld ruling the world]]. However, probably the one thing that Vandal has over Luthor is his CompleteImmortality, as the thought that he could die before he accomplishes any of his goals has been recurring problem in Luthor's battle against Superman.

%%* BigBad: In most of the stories he appears in, most recently and prominently in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom''. One exception is the Fernus storyline in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]''

* AmbiguouslyBrown: He's generally been portrayed as Caucasian, but his skin tone has changed shades across various media, with ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' portraying him with something akin to a ScaryBlackMan appearance.[[note]]Though ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'''s Savage - who is a Neanderthal rather than Cro-Magnon - doesn't really resemble ''any'' contemporary human ethnic or racial group. He's far bigger and bulkier than any other human on the show, and though his facial features have a somewhat African cast, his skin is a light brown-gray color that no other character shares.[[/note]] It helps that he's of Cro-Magnon origin, and that Genghis Khan was said to be one of his conquering aliases in history.

* ColdBloodedTorture: He's not afraid to indulge in this.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Savage (who, having been alive since caveman days, is ''a little bit more'' than ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) has often acted quite genteel towards Earth's heroes. He also had an unsatisfactory minion for dinner with some of his colleagues and other subordinates. Sorry, he had the minion ''as'' dinner. He's an unabashedly cannibalistic sociopath who is surprisingly persuasive. Not actually likable, but still fairly persuasive, if only through the controversial "agree or I burn your parents alive" technique.

* StrongAndSkilled: He has low level enhanced strength and has thousands of years of fighting experience in every style invented.

Vandal Savage is a Creator/DCComics super-villain created by writer Creator/AlfredBester and artist Martin Nodell. He first appeared in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' Vol. 1, # 10 (Winter, 1943) as an enemy of Alan Scott, the Green Lantern of the GoldenAgeOfComicBooks. Since then, he has appeared across various DC Comics titles and clashed with individual superheroes and superhero teams.

Vandal Savage is a Creator/DCComics super-villain created by writer Creator/AlfredBester and artist Martin Nodell. He first appeared in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' Vol. 1, # 10 (Winter, 1943) as an enemy of Alan Scott, the Green Lantern of the GoldenAge. Since then, he has appeared across various DC Comics titles and clashed with individual superheroes and superhero teams.

* ClassicVillain: He hails from as far back as the Golden Age of Comic Books!

* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}, UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, [[Literature/TheBible Cain]] the first murderer, and countless more.

* EvilVsEvil: With ComicBook/LexLuthor in ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing''.

* TheEmperor: Became Emperor of the Imperial Planets, a ''very'' powerful version of [[TheEmpire The Terran Empire]] from Franchise/StarTrek, after somehow [[spoiler:''[[CapturedSuperEntity trapping Q]]''.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Vandar Adg, his true name. Of course, Vandal Savage isn't a wimpy name either.
** In ''Franchise/StarTrek[=/=]ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' he still goes by the name Vandar Adg in the far future, which roughly translates as Vandar The Stone.

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* KnifeNut: He's fond of bladed weapons. In fact, he's said to have terrorized London as Jack the Ripper.

* ApocalypseHow: Achieves it off-screen in the ''Justice League'' episode "Hereafter". [[PyrrhicVillainy He's not happy about it, however]], as this resulted in him being the single intelligent being on Earth for tens of ''[[TimeAbyss thousands of]]'' years without anyone to interact with except giant cockroaches ([[BlessedWithSuck And, since he's immortal, unable to commit suicide]]) until a time-traveling Superman showed up to keep him company. When offered the opportunity to send Superman back to the past in order to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, he gladly takes it.