Ambush Bug

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Ambush Bug is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Keith Giffen and Paul Kupperberg, and first appeared in 1982. Ambush Bug was intended as a deliberately silly character to spoof conventions of superhero comic books, often breaking the fourth wall. He was first portrayed as an incompetent villain, who was actually more of a nuisance than a serious threat, with delusional beliefs and the power of teleportation. He gradually became more of an anti-hero or bumbling do-gooder. Ambush Bug wore a green costume similar to a union suit or jumpsuit, but also covering the head and face and with two antenna emerging from the head. His real name is supposedly Irwin Schwab, but Ambush Bug has mental problems that prevent him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity might be no more than a delusion. His origin is disputed, although the most commonly accepted origin is that Brum-El (an allusion to Beau Brummell...

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