Count Vertigo

Count Vertigo
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
  • Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
  • Magnetic boots
  • Vertigo effect to alter the balance of others and induce dizziness or nausea

Count Vertigo (Werner Vertigo, later Werner Zytle) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists Trevor Von Eeden and Vince Colletta, the character first appeared in World's Finest Comics #251 (1978). In the DC Universe, Count Vertigo is the last descendant of the royal family that ruled the small eastern European country of Vlatava, which was taken over by the Soviet Union and later devastated by the Spectre. The character serves as an enemy of the superheroes Black Canary, Batman and later Green Arrow.

Two incarnations of Count Vertigo, Cecil Adams and Werner Zytle, appear in Arrow, portrayed by Seth Gabel and Peter Stormare, respectively. Additionally, Michael York, Greg Ellis, and Steve Blum have voiced Vertigo in animation.