![]() ![]() This cross-continuity conflict was not unprecedented in 1958 and '59, editor Mort Weisinger used the comic strip to prototype a number of concepts that he planned to introduce in the book, including Bizarro and red Kryptonite. The strip's Kryptonian bottled city was named Dur-El-Va. In the comic strip story, Superman's foe was named Romado, who traveled the cosmos with a white alien monkey named Koko, shrinking major cities and keeping them in glass jars. The first Brainiac/Kandor comic book story in Action Comics #242 (July 1958) was based on a story arc in the Superman comic strip from April through August 1958. 3.3 Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Againįictional character biography Silver Age īrainiac's first appearance in Action Comics #242 (July 1958), art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.1.3.7 Brainiac's updated mechanical form.1.3.6 Silver Age Brainiac in the Post- Crisis universe.In live-action television, Brainiac has been portrayed by James Marsters on Smallville and by Blake Ritson on Krypton. He has been substantially adapted into various forms of media, having been voiced by Corey Burton in various television shows set within the DC animated universe, by John Noble in animated film Superman: Unbound, and by Jeffrey Combs in the video game Injustice 2. In 2009, Brainiac was ranked by IGN as 17th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The character's name is a portmanteau of the words brain and maniac. He is known for shrinking and stealing Kandor, the capital city of Superman's home planet Krypton, and is even responsible for Krypton's destruction in some continuities. Brainiac is usually depicted as an extraterrestrial android or cyborg who serves as one of Superman's greatest enemies and a major adversary of the Justice League. The character was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino and first appeared in Action Comics #242 in July 1958. Superhuman strength, durability, and speed,īrainiac is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Brainiac in Superman: Secret Files and Origins 2009 (October 2009). ![]()
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