Vandal Savage Origin - This Immortal DC Supervillain Is Extremely Dangerous Tactician And Conqueror

The subject of Immortality is something that has been discussed by philosophers as ancient as Socrates and as modern as Descartes. In every version of the discussion though, there is only one entity that has ever been considered capable of transcending space and time; and that is the soul. It’s a hotly debated concept in the realm of philosophy; is the soul even real? And if it is, can it exist beyond a single lifetime? Entire religions are dedicated to explaining and validating the very concept of death and rebirth. But while most real-world conceptualizations of immortality have been restricted to the metaphysical, comic books generally tend to take the literal route. There are several immortal beings populating the pages of DC Comics, but only one of them can lay claim to the mantle of the being the Deadliest. Debuting in Green Lantern issue #10 and created by Alfred Bester & Martin Nodell, Vandal Savage has been influencing mankind since before its recorded history even began. To most people, a gift like immortality is an opportunity to unravel the universe’s deepest secrets without worrying about running out of time. For Savage, it was merely a tool for global domination. Every conflict, every war, every event that has shaped human history has had one thing common denominator; Vandal Savage. Let’s Explore the Demented Immortal Being’s Origins.

[@jmsmys13ify]

My favorite story is one of the animated tales. Savage got everything he wanted, yet the world and population died off, leaving him all alone. Superman was sent to his time period, they battled both conflicting ideologies and monsters, and he sent Superman back with the message, "Stop me."

[@wallacewisdom]

Ah that was a JLU episode right? He becomes friends with Supes and sends him back to the correct time to stop the destruction he ends up causing.

[@piercepatterson9274]

@@wallacewisdom yep. after the JL did stop him when Superman got back his alternate self disappeared... and as he did he said: "Thank you... friend."

[@georgiedagreek2734]

Great episode

[@catspawgardner3213]

That's usually what happens when a villain finally gets everything he's been fighting to get he's defeated his enemies he gets either lonely or bored. Then he/she doesn't know what to do with themselves at least that's how I see it.

[@dsanchez9703]

This same story is very interesting to me.

[@dylancarroll4623]

Savage has a soul, it’s just worthless because it tried to sell it to the demon Neron and he wouldn’t take it.

[@maxmccullough8548]

It's not worthless hes just outlived the last three demons who bought it, so it's a bad investment.

[@toganium4175]

Vandal has a great backstory and the potential to be one of the most interesting villains in the DC Universe, but he’s usually portrayed as a generic tyrant. Regardless, considering how the DC Universe is home to several characters that live in specific time periods such as the Easy Company, the Blackhawk Squadron, and Jonah Hex, Vandal definitely has a lot of metaphorical flexibility as a character.

[@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011]

HE HAS A GARBAGE BACKSTORY. JUST A GUY WHO CLAIMS HE'S EVERY IMPORTANT FIGURE IN REAL LIFE.

[@JoeMamasBestie]

@@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011 at least people know his IP. You're just sipping hater-ade in the comments.

[@SirDankleberry]

@@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011 Wrong. The idea of a caveman that has lived through tens of thousands of years influencing humanity here and there is interesting. He's kind of like The Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer 40K. He's just more in the open than the Emperor was.

[@Elricsedric]

Facts

[@benparrish672]

Savage is very interesting. Tim King does great w/miniseries & I'd buy 6-12 issues of Vandal Savage through history by Tom King

[@jailcatjones3250]

If I were an immortal I would do the same, I would learn every martial art and be insanely wealthy

[@silverbloodborne9495]

I would be a fucking shadow killer . Can't fail of you can't die

[@roddy.m]

Wealth would probably bore you or lose its importance after your first 100 years are completed. Maybe sooner

[@b1onecarter96]

The most underrated and least used villain, also I believe anti-hero in all of DC comics. He has stood the test of time and his knowledge forgoes all of which, including Bruce Wayne. what would stand against him is just his megalomania that gets in the way of his objectives but I see Vandal Savage as being the Savior but first he has to play the Antichrist and I would love nothing more than to see that play out, it should have been him as the main villain in justice league dark apocalypse war instead it should have been called The Savage war. And in the end Savage would have had well and good intentions based in evil and mass genocide which would have threw the characters into a conundrum of deciding whether or not to defeat him in the short run in order to Doom the world in all galaxies in the long run. Vandal is a rare opportunity to accomplish many of viewpoints both political and also socially, while also exploring his hero/antihero/evil objectives only for it to end up in the end being the good of humankind. I truly hope we find a writer who can see the potential of Vandal Savage because if you ask me he is the most dangerous villain in all of DC because no matter what takes place he will survive and be around to be able to counter that type of attack and any other in the future. The most valuable power is experience and he has it in abundance!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Yes vandal definitely needs more recognition

[@damianprock1650]

Yep

[@CarlosAndres-tq9sc]

He should be the main villain in James Gunn's DCU

[@JuggoJuggo]

Not a huge fan of Young Justice, but the origin story they did on Vandal was awesome, one of the best comic cartoon episodes ever. It was also a touching tribute to Miguel Ferrer. Season 3 episode 7 "Evolution."

[@ocsjc13]

So ur not a fan but u watch the show

[@JuggoJuggo]

@@ocsjc13 I watch damn near any superhero cartoon just to give it a chance, Young Justice was good the first 2 seasons, 3rd was ok and the 4th season is terrible. So a bit of a fan, not a huge fan.

[@b-2466]

Vandal savage is my favorite dc villain. I wish they used him more in the movies and shows. Awesome character.

[@mahipalsingh9361]

After living for thousands of years his knowledge is something that won’t make sense to everyone…. He is one of the villains I respect,

[@allenlovell1604]

Being Immortal might be a blessing to him ; however in Real Life I think he would find it a terrible curse ! Yes, and he can Marry many wives and maybe have children ; only to watch them die ! Unless they inherit his immortality. Hopefully Vandal will never find the fabled Lazarus Pits used by Teia and Raaz A think from Batman!

[@malachiXX]

Unfortunately it seems that DC is plagued by uncreative writing and too many chefs. How could a 50K year old tyrant ever come to see the 'error of his ways' and be written into the role of an Anti-Hero? The changing of how people perceive comics and how sales must rule stories dooms all villains from "He's the most evil being ever conceived to......He's just misunderstood". Pardon me while I retch! The worst part is that when they have the opportunity to allow him to be evil.....the heroes fail to recognize his obvious weakness and play into his hands every time. (very bad writing). He's immortal, he's unstoppable, he's impossible to defeat! - unless you have a brain. 1 - He's had 50K years to hone his physical skills and strengths - Don't pit your measly 15 years of hand to hand combat against him. Use range attacks. 2 - He's had all that time to learn strategy - Always believe he has a plan, a plan within a plan and a contingency plan just in case things start to go sideways for him. 3 - He's immortal...Don't wimp out. Don't pull your punches, don't be concerned about killing him and don't turn your back on him when he's down. 4 - He's been around so long he's probably injected "Squeamishness, Chivalry, and Honor" into the human culture either as a joke or because he knew we'd fall for it. When you defeat him (because it is possible), freeze him solid, break his body into pieces with a wood chipper, dump the pieces into vulcanized rubber destined to be hockey pucks. That will keep the human race safe from him for at least another 10K years - but he will be back. So you can sleep at night peacefully content that you didn't 'kill him'! Your 'hero vow' is intact!

[@ExeErdna]

This is true, when it comes down to somebody who is "The Best" it is him. Shame he has no place in DC anymore due to how messy the canon is now.

[@changowowowoezzy9617]

Hes so evil its boring

[@malachiXX]

@@changowowowoezzy9617 That's because that's how they write him. He could be the ultimate villain or the ultimate punching bag. It depends on the story.

[@drewharding]

While it’s sad he’s like the main antagonist of the best DC tv show Young Justice he has done very well at being heroic in it as well defeating an Alien invasion and killing it off and making a treaty with the Lords of Order to stop Child from destroying the Earth well at least he does better at the hero thing sought of more then this universe Batman who uses his code to corrupt people and save evil rather then innocent lives right guys like saving Joker and Baron Bedlam he tried to save those pure evil monsters all the way didn’t he right guys very bad idea

[@j2174]

I've been saying for years now that Vandal Savage should be put throughout the DCEU slyly, and then revealed to be on the greater foes, playing a game with Darkseid and balancing chaos and order.

[@nilerobinson1790]

Just like in young justice. best tv show n he literally the center of everything init

[@j2174]

@@nilerobinson1790 Yup! Interesting they did some of what I wanted in the most recent season. I loved when they made Vandal so important in the first two seasons (a decade ago!) and my mind has been creating so many possibilities for that character. We really need some of the animated creative teams to map out the DCEU.

[@nilerobinson1790]

They dont have the balls to do that and i stil think the episode where they explaine him being the farther of all metas and he deal wit darksaide was so so good

[@j2174]

@@nilerobinson1790 Same. I like that they had him fight Starro as well. He's just been and seen it all basically.

[@DragonPrinceTone]

I love how early man living in Africa were somehow white

[@SNESfan8]

I actually felt bad for Savage in that Justice League “Hereafter” episode.. he seemed genuinely regretful and remorseful for his actions.. and that was the final episode he appeared in.. leading me to believe that the Justice League had to find a way to kill him in order to stop him

[@ironmage6105]

He's responsible for 100's of millions, and perhaps many billions of deaths.. Your all heart aren't you?

[@pottervi]

He is one of my favorite villains. Dc has all the best villains.

[@EricOsaer]

I did not know any of these facts I appreciate the breakdown

[@mikemikehunter]

"Europe, the center of power for all of humanity"... Damn, just like that?

[@jmoneywavy7603]

Vandal definitely needs his own movie.

[@xrpgorilla1742]

Hell yaaaa

[@erinjohnson2422]

With the side effect of eventual death “With the side effect of eventual ✨death✨☠️”

[@radrno7]

I only really knew him as Lex Luthor's dad's boss. I know he must have some ties with Martian Manhunter too since he was the one Lex set free from his dad's workplace. Not hard to believe now knowing that Vandal was basically THE conqueror of human history.

[@ExeErdna]

No, even better he IS human history

[@SkeemingforaBillion]

So basically Savage is not immortal he just has an extreme healing factor and super intellect. If he is suppose to die in 853rd century whenever that's than he does have an end date

[@platypusking5426]

Yes love Vandal Savage immortal and hyper intelligent literally the best combo in my opinion

[@CoolCoyote]

Vandal Savage is the most interesting character for me, he needs his own series starting with his early beginnings way back in his cro-magnus or Cro-Magnons age and was he the first human mutant? must have been. Also love the batman ,savage saga and that also should come into it, obviously batman is one of the most interesting characters also but he's only human(even at peak human mental and physical shape)

[@tedsblankstare8578]

Even though Vandal Savage is one of my favorite DC villains this video is just full of overstatement and sliming on the accolades over and over again. it is insulting to a normal person's intelligence. I say yuck!

[@sirdanieliii9567]

These images of Caucasian men originated from Africa. What exactly are we looking at here? There is not one image of a black man.

[@MFJX16]

Merci pour votre bon travail, toujours un plaisir de venir écouter vos recherches 😁👍

[@jlionmenelik77]

He is interesting character but something about him i dont like. Batman give him beatdown lol.

[@Mrikeepgettinmoneyagain]

I would have followed vandal and touched that meteor as well 😂

[@amarareed2432]

I'm surprised they haven't utilized him more he's 50k years old off the top I can think of several ways they work him in

[@bryanyap3888]

because ra's al ghul is more popular and they have similar concepts

[@amarareed2432]

@@bryanyap3888 I thought he was the one that trained him

[@bryanyap3888]

@@amarareed2432 can't recall. I am not up to date with comic stuff, but I notice that VS is more prominently a justice league villain than ra's whom is a batman villain mostly

[@NicolaZetroc]

Lol those are not native Africans lmao

[@KallenSC]

I always laugh hard with characters like Deadpool, Vandal savage etc immortals with no other powers, who are "most dangerous" bleh blah......JESUS! EVEN if they can't die doesn't mean they can't be easy defeated! Just catch them and put into concreate prison they can live there forever! LOL.

[@drakemguard1407]

Ahemm.... 40k fans... We found the God Emperor of Mankind lurking in the DC universe....

[@brandonscott5544]

Vandal savage great villain

[@YakBat]

Slow your roll Marvelous Videos. You keep making stupid editing mistakes in videos due to your rush to get content out.

[@ivanbluecool]

Early young justice vandal is the best. So much planning for someone who lived so long. That's how he should be portrayed rather than getting beat all the time. Close second is justice league vandal savage who helped superman get back in time and ended the series himself thanking him as a friend. While savage is crazy in his beliefs. I think he has some credibility in wanting the earth to be able to defend itself against alien threats as you see how many come in to earth each week. I hope the end of young justice shows all the meta humans protect earth themselves showing the universe we aren't so weak

[@korkulorjensen2563]

vendal Savage is an mutant the frost mutant but DC can't call him that only first meta human

[@patrickamtman4804]

I mean is he really deadlier than doomsday who is also immortal or Solomon grundy....

[@OrlaSeraphxD]

Immortality does not equal invulnerability

[@eliandervalderen5849]

I think you overlooked the bat tribe which drove into Savage away from the lands that would become Gotham years in the past. Of course it was their Champion a memory lost Bruce Wayne that did it after he was sent back in time by darkseid in final crisis and manipulated by the toy of the world forager Barbato's I'm apparently still part of DC Cannon

[@100spoked6]

so it's fair to say vandal is the boss of raz al ghoul or the god of the league of shadows which would make him more dangerous than batman hand to hand giving his origin and vast wisdom.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I didn't like the vandal savage that appeared in the arrowverse he wasn't all that great

[@somerotter]

Vandal Savage has been done poorly many times, but never as poorly as in that show.

[@Justaordinaryman]

In the Flash/arrow crossover hé want kinda OP but got nerfed hard in LoT

[@eobardthawn6903]

I dont think it was that bad. The actor did fine, I just think the problem was the execution. Still, I enjoyed it but I definitely respect your opinion it wasn't perfect.

[@ptonfire1]

SOUNDS LIKE BLACK PANTHER

[@LordProteus]

Vandal Savage is nowhere near the deadliest immortal.

[@KingBobaFett434]

Maybe they should do a version where he was a caveman during the dinosaur time.

[@damianprock1650]

Then he'd be one of Fred Flintstone's neighbors

[@rubenramirez8783]

Marvel needs to make a series of Vandal Savage on before and after. If there is a series already, please let me know. That would be pretty cool to see the before and after of V.S. You can see only pieces of V.S. with the Justice League, but not enough to really understand him. The understanding of V.S. will give more information on the reason why he is the way he is... Just a thought... Blessings to all.

[@joety4u95]

Dc

[@rubenramirez8783]

@@joety4u95 Sorry, don't want to insult DC... LOL... I like both anyways.... lol

[@ricocox2591]

Vandal Savage is awesome!

[@mostafafarweez3161]

Awesome Vandal Savage video :)

[@cordellsenior9935]

Never heard of him.

[@shermantripp5246]

ok if he can regenerate after he bathed in the light of the metor then how does he have those scares on his face when that happends after he becomes immortal

[@shanecoffing]

That was before he became immortal.

[@mosescola4174]

Vandal savage has to be played by a Hispanic guy,black guy or any other race known for having multiple kids. A Mexican actor would kill but would have to play either the Mayan or the conquistadors timeline.

[@angelvenus-africa4161]

Isn't this interesting even in the comics , whitewashing of the African stories, took place. White man is king kufu. Egypt is white kings queens and people. Amazonian people are white . Come on!! Ask I get older and more educated of Africa's greatness and her true history. I feel some type of way towards the narrator's.

[@xrpgorilla1742]

Batman had to go back in time to even mess with vandal. Should have killed him. Eventually vandal lives and would probably kill every super hero. But superman because he needs him lol

[@toofar2real]

Did this guy just say that early humans were confined by their natural surroundings in Africa until they landed in Europe "the center of power for all of humanity", 🤣🤣 I'm done

[@chairman7780]

Man this screams unlimited adventure and so sold on it

[@1973elijahepps]

Interesting 🤔

[@cainsalim4802]

Honestly if you wjere the first senteant being on the world and immortal and dont influence major world events then what ate you even doing?

[@vangboi05]

Honestly if I had Savage's power, I would go down Bruce Wayne's path.

[@thehustlerscornernyc6403]

WHITE PEOPLE FIRST IN AFRICA!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!

[@dakotaloven1362]

I have a theory that vandal actually wasn’t anything of import in history he was more just a guy standing on the side lines of history learning hence why he knows so much he wasn’t a pharaoh he wasn’t genghis khan yknow yes he was a caveman and lived a very long life but I mean come on you were EVERY important figure in history has he was claimed at one point or another? I think he is just a very good liar there also wouldn’t be anyway of proving one way or another if it’s true or false besides his own word

[@stevechapin990]

My female superhero would kill him over and over and over again every time!

[@fanonfrenzy3809]

so vendal savage is basically the emperor from 40k

[@bgt2848]

I honestly watched an entire animated series about Vandal throughout history

[@chrisdavid2408]

Seems like a one dimensional character. Constantly failing over time with no growth.

[@DerekWill-qp5ge]

He and kang are representations of Satan! The ultimate villain of mankind!

[@rpavangchhia8953]

No way he was julius caesar, because caesar was kinda bald and much more skinny than him.

[@78supergood]

With the side effect of eventual death

[@UltimateOmegaRed]

With the side effect of eventual death.

[@eobardthawn6903]

It wouldn't kill Vandal right? I kinda view the character creating the con on purpose so people wouldn't use it against him. They would think twice people challenging Savage with it. But he could use it without death. Still, I don't know lol just speculation based off the video. V

[@ilovehelldivers5317]

11:26 the secundary effect of eventual death, eventual death 💀

[@ironmage6105]

Edward Trench?? Edward Teach you mean right?

[@evilnet1]

Bruce Wayne sure has a rock history with immortal dudes.

[@wahabadebanjo8650]

Did the Godwave happen before the birth of Vandel or did he appear first?

[@Juju-cm7ge]

Europe center of power 🤣

[@bobeslami9770]

what do you think of his origin story? Too simple.

[@thorodinson5235]

Andrew “like I’m a tardo”

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

'...who's skills are known to be second to none in the field of combat...' Second to one, actually.... Something was said about a temporally bamboozled Bruce Wayne, coming right off of having just _executed_ *Darkseid himself,* in a disoriented and chronologically whiplashed state, proceededs to embarrass, vandalize and savage Vandal Savage in Ooga-Dooga times. Bam-Bam Batman of the prehistoric Bat-Clan for the absolute W.

[@aidanhever3369]

Since Darkseid is the DC equivalent of Thanos, I bet he's to Loki.

[@MrMarcus2k8]

What is Ra's al Ghul is DC equivalent to then?

[@aidanhever3369]

@@MrMarcus2k8 He could be the Mandarin.

[@MrMarcus2k8]

@@aidanhever3369 I can see that they’re both are similar

[@aidanhever3369]

@@MrMarcus2k8 Especially they are based on Fu Manchu.

[@radrno7]

Hmm let's see: an immortal human villain that has been around since the cavemen and has become a conqueror that shaped human history. Idk, it's reminding me more of Kang. Loki is kind of an idiot that just does some magic tricks, he'd probably be a Wonder Woman villain that gets beat up every tuesday.

[@christophertransfield4253]

With the side effect, of eventual death😅

[@peytonzosh3802]

Orton in Bismarck wasn't a Nazi

[@slaaneshthedarkprince2000]

Vandal is secretly big E

[@drdoomsday5905]

Can you do a video on The Mask's origins?

[@ShanerTheGrey]

This is an ai voice wtf

[@xrpgorilla1742]

Vandal needs a movie

[@changowowowoezzy9617]

Vandar a.d.g. what is that

[@KevinRay_man]

Michael Jai White would make an awesome Vandal.

[@damianprock1650]

I don't think so, Rupert Everett would be a better fit for him, especially considering his cold calculating yet manic take on Dr Claw in the live action *Inspector Gadget* movie

[@thedarkknight727]

It would seem that only a select few understand the ‘value’ of immortality, and Savage ain’t one of them. A certain ‘immortal’ name Hob Gadling from The Sandman comics, and series, understood the ‘gift’ he was given.

[@trewilliams8789]

(TIME SAVING COMMENT) He's Batman as a villain basically and literally they've debunked that in the series already.

[@diligentsun1154]

Batman gat innat as$

[@steveseetahal6268]

4deAlgo. Wish someone can do a vandal Savage younger justice life span.

[@jodecytheprince5719]

VANDAL SAVAGE

[@philipdunwody3909]

interaction

[@weirdredpanda]

The narrator said Blackbeard's real name was Edward Trench. His last name was Teach or Thatch.

[@salifyangambi9923]

Can I call him Fred flintstone

[@damianprock1650]

Yabba dabba do!!

[@Kid_illithid]

I wonder is Kars from Jojo was inspired a little by vandal savage?

[@taraishot100]

Say what you want about raa’s but the demons head is still an intriguing character

[@damianstarks3338]

Great dc comics villain.

[@BlackHart730]

last few seasons of Y.J. are 🗑 🚮 🗑 🚮

[@kristophersmith6448]

My favorite comic villain.

[@brettk9316]

Edward Trench? or Teach?

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

With the side effect of eventual death

[@Bigpandazomg]

Ugh I didn't even know I needed this