What is "voltar"

Voltar is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline and comic book series. He is affiliated with the Iron Grenadiers as Destro's general and debuted in 1988.

Voltar may refer to:

• Voltar (comics), an award-winning comics strip and character by Alfredo Alcala
• Voltar (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Voltar, the main character in the League of Super Evil
• Voltar, the fictional planet that the "expose books" are published on in the Mission Earth fictional universe
• Voltar the Invincible, the U.S. title for Robot Taekwon V
• Voltar the Omniscient, a character in the MOBA Awesomenauts

Voltar was a comic strip title and comic book character created, written, and illustrated by Filipino illustrator Alfredo Alcala in 1963. A story about Vikings, Voltar was first published in the Philippines by CRAF Publications, a comic book company established by Alcala himself, together with other colleagues in the field of comics such as Virgilio Redondo, Nestor Redondo, Amado Castrillo, and Tony Caravana, among others. Voltar was described as one of the most spectacular comic strips to ever appear in Philippine comics.

Although the inspiration for Voltar, as a Viking saga and as a tale about a " barbarian hero", was the Conan the Barbarian novels written by Robert E. Howard, the style of the illustrations was described by G.W. Thomas as "brilliant for 1963" because it was done seven years before any actual illustration of Conan the Barbarian as a character in comics existed. Voltar was first published in the United States by debuting in Magic Carpet #1 (1977) and then in the comic book The Rook #3-9, after Alcala drew artworks for Marvel Comics, particularly the The Savage Sword of Conan. Voltar was later published also by Marvel Comics during the 1970s. "The End Time", written by the Bill DuBay was printed in The Rook (comics) from Vol. 2 through Vol. 9.