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| The Wurstwaffe | |
| Continuity: | DC Universe |
| Type: | Supervillain team Terrorist organization |
| Status: | Defunct |
| Members: | Blutwurst Bratwurst Knockwurst Leberwurst Weisswurst |
| Enemies: | Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny) |
| 1st appearance: | Elongated Man #3 |
The Wurstwaffe is a fictional supervillain team featured in comic books published by DC Comics. They are part of the mainstream DC Universe that existed from 1986, after the ""Crisis on Infinite Earths" event up to the 2011 ""Flashpoint" event, which rebooted all of DC continuity. They first appeared in Elongated Man #3 and also appeared in Elongated Man #4, where they fought up against... you guessed it... the Elongated Man.
History[]
The Wurstwaffe are a group of five costumed German terrorists. Their membership consists of, Blutwurst, Bratwurst, Knockwurst, Leberwurst and Weisswurst. They took their names from different types of German sausages and their costumes consisted of brown unitards that resembled sausage casings.
The Wurstwaffe are most famously known for their daring attack against the Pan-European Economic Conference in 1992. In attendance at the conference was the former Justice Leaguer, Ralph Dibny, aka, the Elongated Man. Ralph had his back turned when the Wurstwaffe first laid siege to the hall and was unprepared when the leader of the group smacked him in the back of the head with a sausage. Believing him unconscious, they prepared to load him into their specially-designed escape vehicle, the Wurstwagen, but Ralph surprised them and managed to shape his body into a large sling that sent the corpulent villains flying out into the street.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Wurstwaffe was created by writer Gerard Jones and artists Mike Parobeck and Ty Templeton.
- The Wurstwaffe have made three appearances as a group in total. They made only a cameo appearance at the end of Elongated Man #3. They made a full appearance in the first act of Elongated Man #4 and they were referenced in Justice League Europe #50.
- All of the members of Wurstwaffe are named after different types of German sausages.
- Blutwurst, more commonly known as blood sausage, or black pudding is made with pig's blood, which is just frikkin' gross.
- A bratwurst is generally composed of veal, pork or beef.
- Knockwurst, or knackwurst, is a short sausage in hog's casing, usually comprised of veal or pork and often includes fresh garlic.
- Leberwurst, or liver sausage is generally made as a pate, but may also be sliced for sandwiches. In American delis it is called liverwurst.
- Weisswurst is a traditional Bavarian sausage made from very finely minced veal and fresh pork back bacon. It is usually flavored with parsley, lemon, mace, onions, ginger, and cardamom.