Vril Dox. That’s not a name you hear very often, even if you have a pull list at your local comic book store. It’s the sort of DC Comics lore that is most often remembered by devoted fans of Superman ...

The interior of London’s famed Royal Albert Hall had been transformed into another world. Exotic imagery adorned the walls, and winged creatures hung from the ceiling; even the attendees themselves ...

In 1871, under anonymous cover, the writer-politician Edward Bulwer-Lytton published the novella Vril: The Power of the Coming Race. Bulwer-Lytton is now most famous for coining the phrase “The pen is ...

Like many lower-tiered characters, Smasher is an alias used by a handful of individuals. The first two Smashers were Imperial Guardsmen of the Shi'ar empire, who both met their fates at the hands of ...

There are lots of rumors and legends about the Vril Society, an occult Nazi group that may have existed in pre-World War II Germany. Did these seekers after arcane truths take their name and beliefs ...

When it comes to words in the common lexicon, people have different perspectives on them depending on a number of factors, including socioeconomic status, life experiences, race, and other ...

What makes this wave of videos particularly bizarre is its overlap with brainrot memes. As Vril posts have exploded in recent weeks—over 700,000 TikTok videos use the hashtag—there’s been a surge of ...