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Brainiac is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, and debuted in Action Comics #242 (July 10th 1958). He has since endured as one of Superman and the Justice League's greatest enemies.
- Pre-Crisis Brainiac
- Post-Crisis Brainiac
- New 52
- In Other Media
Last Survivor of Colu
Superman's first encounter with Brainiac came when the evil alien was approaching Earth with his flying saucer, intending to shrink human cities and preserve them in bottles. This early version of Brainiac was the ruler of planet Bryak, and the last survivor of his race. His people had all (or mostly) been killed off by disease, and Brainiac meant to replenish his world by stealing cities from other planets, keeping them in small bottles until he could return them to normal size on Bryak. Bra...
Artificial Intelligence
When Brainiac next appeared, a new origin was revealed for him. He was not, in fact, an alien ruler or even a living being; but was an android with a level-12 intelligence, created by the robot slave-masters who had taken over the planet Colu. These robots programmed Brainiac to be smarter even than they were, but built him to look like the people. In time, he would leave Colu.
Milton Fine
The first version of Brainiac to appear in the post-crisis comics was a Coluan man by the name of Dril Vox. He was a criminal, and as a punishment for his crimes his body was destroyed but his consciousness allowed to live. He found his way to Earth, where he inhabited the body of a circus performer by the name of Milton Fine. In this body, he was able to amplify Fine's brain so that he could control the minds of others. He continued this way until he was finally confronted by Superman.
In the New 52 continuity, Brainiac was a scientist from Yod-Colu known as Vril Dox regarded as its foremost mind thanks to his contribution to force field generation and miniturization technology. His invention C.O.M.P.T.U, an advance computer system that ran the world's technology allowed him to discover the Fifth Dimension and alterted him to the...
DC Animated Universe
This Brainiac was a more computerized version of the character. His new origin was told in the first episode of Superman: The Animated Series. He began as a gigantic, Kryptoniancomputer, built by the Kryptonians to assist in their daily lives and in their scientific measurements. However, when Jor-El discovered that Kryptonwas going to be destroyed and attempted to inform the council and organize an escape plan, Brainiac betrayed his people by lying; he told them that Jor-El's calculations we...
Brainiac makes a cameo appearance during the famous speech of John F. Kennedy.
Smallville
In the fifth season of Smallville, Brainiac is introduced as a recurring villain, played by James Marsters. He takes the name of Milton Fine, posing as a professor at Central Kansas A&M University. Brainiac is mostly referred to by his assumed name, although Jor-El refers to him in the fifth season finale "Vessel" as the "Brain InterActive Construct", and Raya is the first person to call him "Brainiac" in Season 6's "Fallout." In the seventh season episode "Lara", Lara mentions that Jor-El cr...
Brainiac. One of the most intelligent beings in the universe, the wicked Brainiac's genius has challenged Superman time and again. Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor may be the smartest criminal mind on Earth, but his intellect is no match for the alien artificial intelligence known as Brainiac.
Character Evolution. Silver Age. In his first appearance, the villain Brainiac was a humanoid, who came to Earth to shrink Paris, Rome, and New York, storing them in bottles. He was accompanied...
Knowledge and Strength of 10,000 Worlds. Terror of Kandor. Twelfth Level Intellect. THE Alien Supervillain. Brainiac is a prominent member of Superman 's Rogues Gallery and one of the most iconic villains in comic book history.
Apr 7, 2017 · Brainiac's been a space criminal, a murderous AI, and a whole lot more. Find out the story behind Superman's second best-known villain.
Brainiac (DCAU) | DC Database | Fandom. in: Bad Characters, Public Identity, Robots, and 35 more. Brainiac (DCAU) DC Animated Universe. Gallery. Real Name. Brainiac. Relatives. Querl Dox (descendant) ·. Brainiac's Daughter (descendant) Base Of Operations. Formerly Krypton. Status. Alignment. Bad. Identity. Public Identity. Race. Robot.
