Count Vertigo

Count Vertigo
Count Vertigo as depicted in Who's Who in the DC Universe #3 (October 1990). Art by Trevor Von Eeden.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceWorld's Finest Comics #251 (July 1978)
Created byGerry Conway (writer)
Trevor Von Eeden (penciller)
Vince Colletta (inker)
In-story information
Full nameCount Werner Vertigo (1978–2011)
Count Werner Zytle (2011–present)
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsSecret Society of Super Villains
Checkmate
Suicide Squad
Injustice Society
Longbow Hunters
Injustice League
Notable aliasesWhite Queen's Knight
Abilities
  • Flight
  • Superb hand-to-hand combatant
  • Magnetic boots
  • Vertigo effect to alter the balance of others and induce dizziness or nausea

Count Vertigo (Werner Zytle) is a supervillain created by Gerry Conway, Trevor Von Eeden and Vince Colletta as an enemy of Black Canary, Batman and later Green Arrow in the DC Comics Universe. Count Vertigo is the last descendant of the royal family that ruled the small eastern European country of Vlatava that was taken over by the Soviets and later became devastated by the Spectre.[1]

Two incarnations of Count Vertigo, Cecil Adams and Werner Zytle, appear in Arrow, portrayed by Seth Gabel and Peter Stormare respectively.

  1. ^ Wallace, Dan (2008). "Count Vertigo". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1. OCLC 213309017.