this alien robot is one of Superman’s
oldest and most intelligent foes welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we will
explore the comic book origins of
Brainiac all that remains of the old
Brainiac is my programmed hatred for the
Superfriends and my desire for that
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining in different
versions to a character’s past we’ve
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1958 Action Comics
number 242 which was then expanded upon
in 1964 Superman number 167 and 1983’s
Action Comics number five forty five and
number 546 one of the greatest of
Superman’s foes there have been several
incarnations of this bad guy through
reboots and retcons in the original
incarnation this brainy maniac was
introduced as an alien named Brill docks
from the planet colu Brainiac made his
debut when Lois Lane and Clark Kent had
taken a flight into space to report on
the army’s latest rocket ship once in
orbit they came across a hostile flying
saucer with clark using his powers to
probe the ship he saw and overheard a
green alien talking to itself the alien
wondered out loud if the humans had
launched the rocket to stop his upcoming
attack on the earth unable to act
without revealing his secret identity
Clark put on a space suit and fled the
ship leaving Lois to think that he had
cowardly abandoned the ship to float
back to earth using an asteroid for
cover Clark took on his Superman
identity and flew to capture the alien
only to be stopped by the saucers
forcefield barrier unfazed the alien
began shrinking entire cities and
placing them in jars to fill out his
collection after helping Lois his rocket
returned to earth safely all Superman
could do was use his x-ray vision to
watch the alien work hoping that he
could defeat him when he exited his ship
Superman waited for Brainiac to leave
earth and stretch his muscles on a
nearby asteroid while his ship recharged
however when Superman made his move it
was revealed that brainiac were a
personal shield as well that protected
him while he was outside the ship
defeated and having to return to Earth
to protect his alibi
Superman was soon shrunk and
ducted along with the rest of Metropolis
with Brainiac finished his invasion he
went to sleep while his ships autopilot
took him home with his new prizes while
Brainiac slept Superman flew up and
uncorked the bottle
discovering a miniature Kryptonian city
that had been abducted as well entering
the Kryptonian bottle and losing his
powers Superman met a scientist who had
learned the secret of how to restore the
cities by studying brainiacs computers
through a telescope using a rocket ship
Superman flew up and used the computer
panel to transport and restore himself
and all of the earth cities back to
normal in an issue published several
years later in 1964 lex luthor used his
time-space thoughts scanner to locate
the greatest intelligence in the
universe to help him defeat the Man of
Steel the result of the universe probing
was to witness brainiacs history on a
planet where genius aliens created
machines even more intelligent than
themselves that eventually rebelled
against their creators this revealed
that Brainiac wasn’t an alien at all but
a machine belt to spy on other worlds by
abducting their shrunken cities Lex also
discovered that Superman had captured
Brainiac caging him
offworld building a spaceship with the
information gleaned Lex rescued Brainiac
and the two joined forces with Lex
upgrading the robots brain with
intelligence of the 12th degree despite
their combined brilliance Superman still
managed to find a way to foil their
plans in 1983 Brainiac was reborn as the
new Brainiac ditching his humanoid
disguise and taking on a full robotic
form don’t you recognize me Darkseid I
am Brainiac Brainiac but you look
nothing like him even piloted a ship
that closely resembled his new look and
led an army of aliens with the final
goal of total universal domination and
the demise of the Man of Steel in the
years that followed Brainiac continually
returned to cause problems for the
inhabitants of Earth he eventually
readapted his organic look and spawned
descendants he’s made several
appearances across various media
becoming one of Superman’s most
dangerous adversaries Brainiac
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oldest and most intelligent foes welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we will
explore the comic book origins of
Brainiac all that remains of the old
Brainiac is my programmed hatred for the
Superfriends and my desire for that
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining in different
versions to a character’s past we’ve
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1958 Action Comics
number 242 which was then expanded upon
in 1964 Superman number 167 and 1983’s
Action Comics number five forty five and
number 546 one of the greatest of
Superman’s foes there have been several
incarnations of this bad guy through
reboots and retcons in the original
incarnation this brainy maniac was
introduced as an alien named Brill docks
from the planet colu Brainiac made his
debut when Lois Lane and Clark Kent had
taken a flight into space to report on
the army’s latest rocket ship once in
orbit they came across a hostile flying
saucer with clark using his powers to
probe the ship he saw and overheard a
green alien talking to itself the alien
wondered out loud if the humans had
launched the rocket to stop his upcoming
attack on the earth unable to act
without revealing his secret identity
Clark put on a space suit and fled the
ship leaving Lois to think that he had
cowardly abandoned the ship to float
back to earth using an asteroid for
cover Clark took on his Superman
identity and flew to capture the alien
only to be stopped by the saucers
forcefield barrier unfazed the alien
began shrinking entire cities and
placing them in jars to fill out his
collection after helping Lois his rocket
returned to earth safely all Superman
could do was use his x-ray vision to
watch the alien work hoping that he
could defeat him when he exited his ship
Superman waited for Brainiac to leave
earth and stretch his muscles on a
nearby asteroid while his ship recharged
however when Superman made his move it
was revealed that brainiac were a
personal shield as well that protected
him while he was outside the ship
defeated and having to return to Earth
to protect his alibi
Superman was soon shrunk and
ducted along with the rest of Metropolis
with Brainiac finished his invasion he
went to sleep while his ships autopilot
took him home with his new prizes while
Brainiac slept Superman flew up and
uncorked the bottle
discovering a miniature Kryptonian city
that had been abducted as well entering
the Kryptonian bottle and losing his
powers Superman met a scientist who had
learned the secret of how to restore the
cities by studying brainiacs computers
through a telescope using a rocket ship
Superman flew up and used the computer
panel to transport and restore himself
and all of the earth cities back to
normal in an issue published several
years later in 1964 lex luthor used his
time-space thoughts scanner to locate
the greatest intelligence in the
universe to help him defeat the Man of
Steel the result of the universe probing
was to witness brainiacs history on a
planet where genius aliens created
machines even more intelligent than
themselves that eventually rebelled
against their creators this revealed
that Brainiac wasn’t an alien at all but
a machine belt to spy on other worlds by
abducting their shrunken cities Lex also
discovered that Superman had captured
Brainiac caging him
offworld building a spaceship with the
information gleaned Lex rescued Brainiac
and the two joined forces with Lex
upgrading the robots brain with
intelligence of the 12th degree despite
their combined brilliance Superman still
managed to find a way to foil their
plans in 1983 Brainiac was reborn as the
new Brainiac ditching his humanoid
disguise and taking on a full robotic
form don’t you recognize me Darkseid I
am Brainiac Brainiac but you look
nothing like him even piloted a ship
that closely resembled his new look and
led an army of aliens with the final
goal of total universal domination and
the demise of the Man of Steel in the
years that followed Brainiac continually
returned to cause problems for the
inhabitants of Earth he eventually
readapted his organic look and spawned
descendants he’s made several
appearances across various media
becoming one of Superman’s most
dangerous adversaries Brainiac
it’s time to log off are you a fan of
the supervillain with 12th degree
intelligence for more in-depth comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you may want to attend to that
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