Supergirl brings on brainiac 5, a dc comics canon love. Johns also loads the book with extra features as well. Since arriving on earth, shes been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. Brainiac 5 is a member of the legion of superheroes in the 30th century. Brainiac 5, a member of the legion from the 31st century.
Brainiac is a fiveissue comic book story arc written by geoff johns and illustrated by gary. Brainiac, sometimes also known as milton fine or as the brain interactive construct to kryptonians, is a roboticcomputerized supervillain, who is one of supermans main nemeses aside from lex luthor. But the comic book version of her has a fascinating backstory which is closely tied to that of kara and her fellow kryptonians. This makes him an incredible scientist, inventor, and strategist in combat. Brainiac 5 gets a new look in supergirl cosmic book news.
Outside of the heroes only being women, and ridiulously dressed to boot, writers jimmy palmiotti and justin gray threw a major curve ball into the plot this week with revelations about. Its not the first time that supergirl has encountered a coluan. Supergirl turns to the shadowy organization known as the d. She was deemed the most dangerous prisoner ever sentenced to fort rozz. Instead she is infested by brainiac nanobots looking to take her over. Reign and her partners survived krypton, but her origin remained a mystery even to her. Indigo is a villainess from the tv series supergirl. It is pretty dark and adult but at the same time very clever and sophisticated for a comic book and really not comparable to the superman comics. Querl dox, also known as brainiac 5, is a coluan and a former member of the legion. Brainiac 5 querl dox is a fictional superhero character who exists in the 30th and 31st. Presumably the plan is to scare kara awake, because raths brainiac5 may be the creepiest visitor since the yellow eyed devil aka the shadow king haunted the edges of fxs legion. Now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and become the hero she was destined to be. Supergirls san diego comiccon panel and saturday had quite a few interesting reveals about the cw series upcoming fifth season from the first trailer for the upcoming season to surprise. With comic companies just starting to shake of the dust and put out books again, supergirl has now been cast aside near completely by dc.
Born on krypton, kara zorel escaped amid its destruction years ago. Brainiacs daughter was created by mark waid and alex ross noie. Several years later, when brainiac was revealed to be a living computer, the story was retconned, and brainiac 5 became the villains adopted son. We get more of supergirls backstory, more kryptonian history, several lois lane pieces, and an ending that is totally unexpected.
This is about as elseworldsy a book as you can get. Department of extranormal operations to restore her lost powers once and for all. When the multiverse was reborn a brand new world, earthprime, was created which saw supergirls reality now coexisting in the same world as the flash, arrow, dcs legends of tomorrow, and. Brainiac is supermans seconddeadliest archenemy after lex luthor, and also a frequent enemy of the justice league. I still think that having sterling right a story where kara meets with the 3 super girl friends story be written in. In the bottle episode, the midseason premiere, he removed his personality inhibitors and. Something the current supergirl comic book is trying to capitalize upon. Brainiac 5 is a longstanding member of the legion of superheroes with a 12th level intelligence and forcefield belt.
Supergirl and brainiac 5 legion of superheroes, supergirl, kara, dc comics. Human bong right now, im content to let paul get to it. Supermans 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. Supergirl is currently airing on cbs, but while smallville was still going strong on the cw eight years ago, there were talks of spinning off kara zorel into her own show. Supergirl gives brainy a comicsaccurate look, costume cbr. September is the birthday of kara the bdays source book. Born on the superintelligent planet colu, he is a 12thlevel intellect considered a genius even by their standards. Tribute to supergirl legion of superheroes characters c dc comics art c rick. And then the covid19 pandemic happened, shelving comics as a whole for over a month. The character, played by blake ritson, has been set up to serve as the shows first big bad. Brainiacs name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used.
Brainiac 8 was imprisoned on fort rozz for attempted genocide on krypton when it was trapped in the phantom zone. During the past week, the comic club i attend every month discussed what i think is the quintessential superman story allstar superman, a book i have reread and championed over the years. The first comic book published under the title legion of superheroes was a fourissue series published in 1973 that reprinted legion tales from adventure comics. Like his comic book counterpart, brainiac 5 wears his trademark force field belt, which protects him from the fatal fives attack. Supergirls brainiac5 is arrowverses worst design yet cbr. Brainiac 5 also has a longstanding crush on supergirl, though in comics his affections dont always inspire positive things. He was originally written as the son of supermans enemy brainiac. This thing thats coming its known as the collector of worlds, but its true name is brainiac. But as a fateful experiment sends kara zorel rocketing toward the sun, disaster strikes at home in the form of the lost kryptonian werewolf laron. His most wellknown crime was the shrinking of the city of kandor prior to kryptons destruction, and preserving it amongst a host of other cities from various planets aboard his spaceship. History of brainiac 5 supergirl season 3 legion of superheroes. He also goes by the alias barney fife when operating among humans. Although superman is now an important part of supergirls universe, that original villain has yet to make an appearance on the show though he will appear in the syfy. One of the most intelligent beings in the universe, the wicked brainiacs genius has challenged superman time and again.
This form of brainiac, also known as vril dox, is a legacy character infused with an alien computer. Syfys superman prequel series, krypton, has introduced a new version of brainiac, one of supermans oldest villains in the comic books. Plus, the usurper brainiac1 has set his sights on the unsuspecting girl of. In season 1 she fought indigo laura vandervoort, who is the arrowverse version of brainiac8 and another future descendant of the original brainiac in the comics. Brainiac 6 is the grandfather possibly builder of indigobrainiac 8, and is a cybernetic being similar to the original brainiac. In the same year, the legion returned to cover billing on a book when superboy became superboy starring the legion of. Supergirls brainiac 5 looks way different in the comics. Hes descended from one of supermans enemies, brainiac. His ancestor is the supervillain brainiac, and he takes this name to redeem his familys lineage. In comics, brainiac 5 is a greenskinned, blondhaired native of the planet colu. Last daughter of krypton is the reboot from the new 52 line and may be one of the better origins to come about for the character that has been for the most part, an afterthought in the dc universe until she became a popular television character. Brainiacs daughter was based on two songs, brainiacs daughter by the dukes of stratospher and thats really super, supergirl.
Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, usually as an adversary of superman. Brainiac is a worthy adversary and geoff johns and gary frank are worthy storytellers. With help from supergirl it is revealed that superman has never fought the real brainiac, as all earlier encounters superman had with brainiac were. Yes, that nightmare fuel is jesse rath defiance as brianiac5, called upon by chris woods monel to help rescue supergirl melissa benoist from a dreamlike state following her fight with reign. Thats what adam strange told segel, the grandfather of superman, in last weeks pilot to.
Supergirl just killed supermans old enemy, spoiler screen rant. In the pre52 comics, brainiac 5 was the longest romantic partner of kara zorel, as they both were members of the legion. Brainiac 8 aka indigo is a gynoid who traveled back to the past and joined the outsiders as the mole as part of brainiac 6s scheme. Nevertheless, brainiac shares luthors intense hatred of the man of steel, and has continued to use his twelfth. Actor meaghan rath is set to join supergirl as a new brainiac5. Brainiac 5 is introduced in the third season of supergirl, portrayed by jesse rath. Supergirl superman comic book hero action figures, supergirl bust collectible comics figurines. Apparently there was almost a supergirl show with laura. Reign is a worldkiller, a biological weapon created on krypton but eventually outlawed by the kryptonian science council. See more ideas about dc comics, comics and superhero. Brainiac1 realizes that he needs a proper kryptonian to complete his. Supergirl tv show reveals brainiac5 in new trailer. After the death of postflashpoint superman, supergirl tries to. Supergirl returned from midseason hiatus tonight, and it showed the ramifications of crisis on infinite earths in a pretty epic way.
The flash, supergirl, superman, lois and brainy goes against evil superman. This graphic novel includes issues 1 9 of the 1996 supegirl series, written by peter david and drawn by gary frank. In the dc comics, brainiac 5 is a descendant of the wellknown enemy of superman, brainiac, a prominent member of the legion of superheroes. I loved the original braniac 5 and supergirl precrisis relationship, but im fine with leaving it in the past the real past, not comic book past to try something new. Although i would say that superman is more of a required taste than batman, there are plenty of superman stories to check out, whether it is the first two. Wickedparodies supergirl seduces braniac into anal sex. Heres a roundup of some of the reactions to supergirl s brainiac 5. After years of searching, she eventually finds the kara zorel kara zorels podpod. Jesse rath, meaghans brother who currently plays brainiac5 on the show, made the announcement during the supergirl panel at comiccon international in san diego today.
Dc rebirth tienin oneshot issue and prologue to her next solo book, supergirl rebirth introduced several characters and locations of supergirl 2015 to the main dc universe. Brainiac5 gets a whole new look in supergirl, which follows the events. Brainiac begins with some very comical scenes and proceeds to a scary, nailbiting tale. Brainiac 5 is supergirls most prominent love interest in dc comics, which hints that kara could very well move on from monel chris wood by the end of season 3. He is an expert on the science of timetravel and many other things. The flash and supergirl slow down time by going mach 7. Set two generations before the birth of the man of steel, the show centers on segel cameron cuffe, supermans grandfather. When i reached the end of the book, i had to sit down and.
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