Baron Bedlam
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|alter_ego = Baron Frederick DeLamb
|publisher=DC Comics
|debut = Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983)
|creators = Mike W. Barr (writer)
Jim Aparo (artist)
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|powers = Superior fighter and tactician
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- Superhuman strength, endurance, and durability
- Flight
- Lava blasts
- Earth manipulation
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Baron Bedlam (Baron Frederick DeLamb) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983).
Fictional character biography
Baron Bedlam was originally Baron Frederick DeLamb ("Bedlam" being an anagram of his last name). His father Gunther, a government official in Markovia, was installed as a puppet ruler by the Nazis during World War II. At the end of the war, American forces helped the Markov family reclaim the throne, during which Gunther was hanged by a mob.Batman and the Outsiders #2 (September 1983)
Years later, Frederick DeLamb, taking the name Baron Bedlam, gains the support of the Soviet army and the Bad Samaritan. Bedlam murders King Viktor and seizes the throne.Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983)
Markovian prince Brion Markov, with the aid of scientist Helga Jace, gives himself superpowers to stop Bedlam's invasion.{{Cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: New Edition |last2=Wiacek |first2=Stephen |last3=Scott |first3=Melanie |last4=Jones |first4=Nick |last5=Walker |first5=Landry Q. |publisher=DK |year=2021 |isbn=9780744020564 |pages=122}}{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Greenberger |title=The Essential Batman Encyclopedia |date=2008 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=9780345501066 |page=145}} With the aid of other superheroes, a grouping under Batman's leadership that would soon call themselves the Outsiders, they infiltrate the country. Having heard of Jace's work in metahuman research, Bedlam subjects himself to the same process as Brion and gains similar earth-manipulating abilities.Outsiders #1 (November 1985) In the final confrontation between Bedlam's forces and Markovia's outmatched army, the Outsiders intervene, turning the tide of the battle. Geo-Force apparently kills Bedlam by dropping him into a raging mob. Bedlam survives this, however, and has returned many times to face the team.Outsiders #2 (December 1985)Adventures of the Outsiders #34 (June 1986)
Powers and abilities
In other media
Baron Bedlam appears in Young Justice, voiced by Nolan North.{{cite web |title=Baron Bedlam / Frederick DeLamb Voice - Young Justice (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Young-Justice/Baron-Bedlam-Frederick-DeLamb/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version is the maternal uncle of Princes Gregor and Brion Markov who runs a secret metahuman trafficking syndicate and is a metahuman with a durable stone-like body. He hires Jaculi to murder Markovia's royal family, but is defeated and killed by Brion.{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Joseph |date=August 28, 2019 |title=Young Justice Finale Features Shocking Betrayal by SPOILER |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/young-justice-finale-features-shocking-betrayal-geo-force-spoiler/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |website=ComicBook.com}}{{Cite web |last=Matadeen |first=Renaldo |date=August 30, 2019 |title=Young Justice: Outsiders Has Its Own Game of Thrones Moment |url=https://www.cbr.com/young-justice-outsiders-finale-geo-force-game-of-thrones/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |website=CBR}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514114946/http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/tommorrow/B/Baronbedlam.htm Cosmic Teams: Baron Bedlam]
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Category:Characters created by Mike W. Barr
Category:Characters created by Jim Aparo
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1983
Category:DC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability
Category:DC Comics characters with superhuman strength