Savage Vandal (82 Street Vandals Book 1)

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Deal with the Devil: He offers to make one with Neron in Underworld Unleashed, offering up his soul to the archdemon in exchange for leaving Ray alone. He has placated some of the more willful of the females (like Phobia and Cheetah) by promising each of them that they will be his queen when he rules the planet. Vandal Savage was the second primary antagonist of the Justice League franchise, the first being Darkseid and was even the primary antagonist of the Justice Society series. But people have been waiting 50,000 years for Vandal Savage to crush civilization beneath his bootheel.

The Plan: A master of this in all its forms, having had over five hundred centuries to perfect the art. Putting on the Reich: Several times throughout history in whichever medium he appears, including usurping Adolf Hitler to take command of the Axis powers in the Justice League episode "The Savage Time. I have been speared by Mayan warriors, survived Mongols' arrows, and the cold steel of Crusaders' blades. On top of that, he also possesses superior physical strength and endurance, can regenerate from almost all wounds, is versed in magic, and is able to create inter-dimensional warps.well, let's just say that anyone could be an Evil Genius given fifty thousand years of time to learn and grow. From Nobody to Nightmare: Once upon a time, Vandal Savage was Vandar Adg, who in turn was just one of many Cro-Magnon cavemen trying to survive. He is the main antagonist of the Justice Society series and one of the main antagonists (alongside Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor) in the Justice League franchise. Savage's immortality not only grants him the ability to survive just about anything, but also has allowed him to amass incredible wealth, resources, knowledge and experience. Break the Haughty: The Fall and Rise of Vandal Savage Arc is one long one as Savage's immortality has apparently run out as a cancerous brain tumor is now killing him leaving him a handful days left to live.

Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Sweet might be the wrong word for it, but Savage was definitely more social and jovial during the Demon Knights series, which took place during the Dark Ages and featured Savage as a member of the team of titular antiheroes. Time-traveler Rip Hunter must gather up a group of heroes and villains from the Arrow-verse to battle Savage, who seeks to destroy time and the universe. Diabolical Mastermind: One of the very first in DC Comics and still to this day one of the best and most iconic, even if he tends to get second billing to the likes of Lex Luthor or even Ra's Al-Ghul. Flint , the old immortal soldier who at some point in ancient Mesopotamia had a Heel–Face Turn away from conquest and towards art and science, and so never became the conqueror Vandal Savage is. Contemplative Boss: This is a staple of DC Comics villain bosses (one even provides the trope's page image) so it's no surprise that Savage follows suit.During that time he receives non-stop speech after speech about how awful he is, especially from his daughter Scandal who he actually tries to reconcile with, causing to him to rethink how badly things have gone in his immortal life. Curtis Knox is an immortal doctor who supposedly cured meteor freaks from their powers and psychosis. The Light ( Vandal Savage, Lex Luthor, Black Manta, Queen Bee, Klarion the Witch Boy, Bad Samaritan) | Injustice League ( Count Vertigo, Joker, Atomic Skull, Black Adam) | Black Beetle | Mongul | Lobo | Abra Kadabra | Amazo | Bane | Harm | Future Blue Beetle | Negotiator | The Child | Mister Twister | Black Spider | Psimon | Mammoth | Mr.

Exactly how rich he is is never specified but it's clear he's got far more even than Bruce or Lex Luthor. Given his tendency to bed down with the nearest willing woman (and being rather good at convincing them to do so), combined with the sheer amount of time he's been alive, he's probably an ancestor to a significant percentage of the entire world population. As a last hurrah, Savage devotes his final days towards getting revenge on an old enemy, Alan Scott, who beats him and leaves him to die after getting another speech on how Vandal has pretty much wasted his life being selfish and evil towards people of better character. Born before recorded history, Vandal Savage encountered a radioactive meteorite that granted him enhanced speed, strength and agility, increased his intelligence beyond the capabilities of the average human—and gifted him immortality. Savage is immortal and inextinguishable, so he has plagued the Earth with crime and violence since before the beginning of recorded human history.

When Savage's healing abilities are at their most extreme he qualifies for this trope, though in some continuities he is susceptible to infections and disease (he suffers a brain tumor at one point, but he gets better). Superhuman Stamina: Vandal Savage's healing factor grants him superhuman stamina and is partially immune to fatigue toxins generated by physical exertion and thus has greater endurance than actual humans. That said, one storyline featured him slowly dying from an illness that not even his immortality could save him from. Man Behind the Man: When he's not being the Big Bad openly, he's working behind the scenes to achieve his ends. In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, there is a character named Kru'll the Eternal voiced by Michael Dorn.