Editing Ambush Bug (section)

{{Short description|Fictional character}}
{{For|the insect|Phymatinae}}
{{Infobox comics character <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
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|image = Ambushbug-comic-.jpg
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|caption = Ambush Bug as depicted in ''[[Action Comics]]'' #565 (March 1985). Art by Keith Giffen.
|alter_ego = Irwin Schwab (supposedly)
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|debut = ''[[DC Comics Presents]]'' #52 (December 1982)
|creators = [[Keith Giffen]]
|alliances = [[Doom Patrol]]<br/>Uh-oh Squad<br/>[[Justice League]]<br/>Amber Butane Corps<br/>[[Suicide Squad]]
|aliases = Amber Butane of the Amber Butane Corps
|powers = Teleportation<br/>Green suit provides limited protection from some attacks<br/>Fourth wall breaks
|cat = super
|subcat = DC Comics
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|sortkey = Ambush Bug
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'''Ambush Bug''' is a superhero appearing in [[American comic books]] published by [[DC Comics]]. His real name is supposedly '''Irwin Schwab''', but he has mental problems that prevent him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity might be no more than a delusion on his part. His origin is disputed, although the most commonly accepted origin is that Brum-El (a historical allusion to [[Beau Brummell]], as well as a reference to [[Superman]]'s father [[Jor-El]]) of the planet Schwab sent his clothes from his supposedly doomed planet, hoping that his wardrobe would survive, only to have it intercepted by a giant radioactive space spider. In the resulting crash, only two articles of clothing survived: the Ambush Bug suit, which was subsequently found by Irwin Schwab; and "Argh!Yle!", an argyle sock with a [[Doctor Doom]]-like complex, complete with metal mask.<ref name="dc-ency">{{Cite book | last=Greenberger | first=Robert | contribution=Ambush Bug | editor-last=Dougall | editor-first=Alastair | title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia | page=13 | publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] | location=London | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7566-4119-1}}</ref>