Brutale (DC)

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Brutale is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Guillermo Barrer was a top-level interrogator/torturer for the secret police in the Latin American country of Hasaragua, until a revolution forced him to flee. In his native Hasaragua, Guillermo Barrera served the secret police of his government as a savage interrogator, extracting confessions efficiently with blades and tools used for surgery. When the Marxist regime of Hasaragua fell, Barrera escaped the country to America, fleeing execution for the atrocities he committed. Adopting the name Brutale, Barrera put his "Surgical Skills" to use as a hired assassin. He eventually began working for Blockbuster in Blüdhaven while donning a costume that resembles a gargoyle.

In Nevada, Brutale went to Roulette's House to attend one of her gladiatorial contests. He was among the crowd of villains that watched members of the JSA forced to fight each other. (JSA v1 #28)

Brutale later came to join 'Lex Luthor’s' Society. Luthor wanted to destroy the Secret Six III, a group of dissident villains that refused to join the Society, so he sent Brutale and a number of other Society members to confront the Six aboard the Petrovia, a Russia cargo freighter carrying Thanagarian weapons destined for the Society. The Society defeated the Secret Six and brought them back to Lex Luthor. (Villains United v1 #2)

He was among the supervillains exiled to another planet. When the Parademons under Desaad's command attacked the camp, Brutale was stabbed by one of them. (Salvation Run v1 #7)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Brutale was one of a number of costumed mercenaries hired to acquire the Blue Beetle Scarab. (Blue Beetle v8 #1)

He came to be among the contests attending the tournament hosted by the League of Lazarus that was being held on Lazarus Island. (Robin v3 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

He was shown as being skilled in using knives and blades. (Nightwing v2 #22)

Notes

  • Brutale was created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel where he made his first appearance in Nightwing v2 #22 (July, 1998).

In other media

Television

  • In Arrow, Guillermo Barrera appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse in the episode "Dead to Rights" where he was portrayed by actor George Tchortov. He is hired by China White to assassinate Malcolm Merlyn, despite having been involved with Merlyn's planned "Undertaking". Oliver Queen intercepts him as he arrives in Starling City and after a brief struggle, stabs Barrera in the chest with an arrow, and takes his phone. Guillermo does not wear a costume and the name Brutale is never mentioned, but he is an expert knifethrower.

Films

  • In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Brutale appeared in the setting of the animated film adaptation. He was among the super villains trying to collect the bounty on Superman and Batman's head.

Video games

Appearances

  • Nightwing v2: (1998)
  • Robin v2:
  • Blue Beetle:
  • Robin v3: (2021)

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