Bruno Mannheim is a member of Intergang working under the clone ofMorgan Edge. He is also the son of Moxie "Boss" Mannheim. Mannheim and his minions kidnapGuardian, Goody Rickels, and theNewsboy Legion and have them eat a meal laced with pyro-granulate, anApokoliptian mineral that will kill them within 24 hours.[3] Guardian forces Mannheim to give up the antidote for the pyro-granulate, enabling him to save himself,Jimmy Olsen, Rickels, and the Newsboy Legion.[4]
In post-Crisis continuity, Bruno Mannheim is a member of Intergang. While Superman is dealing with a storm, Mannheim calls a meeting with the Intergang council of war to find a way to discreditClark Kent,Lois Lane, andCat Grant before Morgan Edge's trial.[5]
Mannheim and Intergang collaborate withToyman in his revenge onLex Luthor. When Mannheim complains that Toyman is going to attract attention to him, Toyman urges Mannheim to stay out of his affairs.[6]
During theInfinite Crisis storyline, Mannheim becomes one ofMetropolis' most powerful gangsters and the leader of Intergang.[7]
Bruno Mannheim returns in52, where he claims to have been "reborn" thanks to theNew GodDarkseid, and to have become a psychopath. In Issue #25, Mannheim has Intergang follow theCrime Bible, a religious text that veneratesCain as the first murderer. He is also shown to now be a cannibal, killing and then eating those whom do not submit to (or simply do not immediately join) Intergang.[8]
Over the course of the series, he comes into conflict withRenee Montoya,Nightwing and the newBatwoman, whom he wishes to sacrifice. Mannheim captures Batwoman and has her bound and gagged to a sacrificial altar, stabbing her through the heart shortly thereafter. When Montoya arrives and rescues Batwoman, she rips Mannheim's knife out of her chest and impales him in the back, seemingly fatally. Batwoman survives her injuries.[9]
Mannheim is later revealed to have survived and mutated into a giant. Superman encounters Mannheim, who states that Darkseid is not his master anymore before teleporting away.[10]
Bruno Mannheim appears inSuperman: The Animated Series, voiced byBruce Weitz.[12] This version indirectly contributed toToyman becoming a supervillain. Throughout his appearances, Mannheim leads Intergang in using high-tech weapons provided byKanto before eventually meeting the latter's boss Darkseid, who tasks Mannheim with causing a nuclear meltdown in preparation for an Apokoliptian invasion with the promise of political power. While Mannheim succeeds, Darkseid betrays him and leaves him to be killed in the ensuing explosion. Following Mannheim's death,Granny Goodness takes over Intergang.
Bruno Mannheim appears in theSmallville episode "Stiletto", portrayed byDominic Zamprogna. This version is initially an underling of the Ace o' Clubs' owner and mob boss Ron Milano before killing him.
TheSmallville incarnation of Bruno Mannheim appears inSmallville Season 11, in which he becomes the leader of Intergang, gains possession of the Crime Bible, and is incarcerated atStryker's Island.
Bruno Mannheim appears inThe Batman Strikes! #44, in which he works withRupert Thorne to create an army of super-villains. He also turns himself into aMetallo only to be defeated byBatman and Superman.[15]
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