Instead she is infested by brainiac nanobots looking to take her over. Plus, the usurper brainiac1 has set his sights on the unsuspecting girl of. After the death of postflashpoint superman, supergirl tries to. Supergirls brainiac5 is arrowverses worst design yet cbr. Brainiac is a fiveissue comic book story arc written by geoff johns and illustrated by gary. Brainiac 8 was imprisoned on fort rozz for attempted genocide on krypton when it was trapped in the phantom zone. Brainiac 5 is introduced in the third season of supergirl, portrayed by jesse rath. Human bong right now, im content to let paul get to it. Thats what adam strange told segel, the grandfather of superman, in last weeks pilot to. Actor meaghan rath is set to join supergirl as a new brainiac5. 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.
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. 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. 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. His ancestor is the supervillain brainiac, and he takes this name to redeem his familys lineage. Supergirl brings on brainiac 5, a dc comics canon love. Born on krypton, kara zorel escaped amid its destruction years ago. Wickedparodies supergirl seduces braniac into anal sex. 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. Indigo is a villainess from the tv series supergirl. In the bottle episode, the midseason premiere, he removed his personality inhibitors and.
Brainiac 5 gets a new look in supergirl cosmic book news. Several years later, when brainiac was revealed to be a living computer, the story was retconned, and brainiac 5 became the villains adopted son. 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. Brainiac 6 is the grandfather possibly builder of indigobrainiac 8, and is a cybernetic being similar to the original brainiac.
Brainiac 5, a member of the legion from the 31st century. But the comic book version of her has a fascinating backstory which is closely tied to that of kara and her fellow kryptonians. After a year in space solving the mystery of kryptons demise, supergirl returns to earth to discover that everything she knew as kara danvers is gone. Reign and her partners survived krypton, but her origin remained a mystery even to her. 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. 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. Brainiac 5 querl dox is a fictional superhero character who exists in the 30th and 31st. Johns also loads the book with extra features as well. Brainiac 5 also has a longstanding crush on supergirl, though in comics his affections dont always inspire positive things. 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. 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. When i reached the end of the book, i had to sit down and. In comics, brainiac 5 is a greenskinned, blondhaired native of the planet colu.
And then the covid19 pandemic happened, shelving comics as a whole for over a month. Since arriving on earth, shes been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. The flash, supergirl, superman, lois and brainy goes against evil superman. September is the birthday of kara the bdays source book. 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. One of the most intelligent beings in the universe, the wicked brainiacs genius has challenged superman time and again. The character, played by blake ritson, has been set up to serve as the shows first big bad. He also goes by the alias barney fife when operating among humans. He was originally written as the son of supermans enemy brainiac. In the same year, the legion returned to cover billing on a book when superboy became superboy starring the legion of. Brainiac 5 is a longstanding member of the legion of superheroes with a 12th level intelligence and forcefield belt. A 12thlevel intellect, brainiac 5 is an incredible scientist and combat strategist, affectionately nicknamed brainy by the other legionnaires. While organizing a proalien rally, he used the screen name american alien. Brainiac is supermans seconddeadliest archenemy after lex luthor, and also a frequent enemy of the justice league.
Querl dox, also known as brainiac 5, is a coluan and a former member of the legion. Supergirl turns to the shadowy organization known as the d. Supergirl returned from midseason hiatus tonight, and it showed the ramifications of crisis on infinite earths in a pretty epic way. Something the current supergirl comic book is trying to capitalize upon. Brainiac5 gets a whole new look in supergirl, which follows the events.
I still think that having sterling right a story where kara meets with the 3 super girl friends story be written in. 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. Supergirl just killed supermans old enemy, spoiler screen rant. Supergirls brainiac 5 looks way different in the comics. This graphic novel includes issues 1 9 of the 1996 supegirl series, written by peter david and drawn by gary frank. Throughout all of his various comic book depictions, brainiac 5 has always been blondehaired and greenskinned. Brainiac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial cyborg or android. Its not the first time that supergirl has encountered a coluan. Supergirl superman comic book hero action figures, supergirl bust collectible comics figurines. He is an expert on the science of timetravel and many other things.
Reign is a worldkiller, a biological weapon created on krypton but eventually outlawed by the kryptonian science council. 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. Supergirl is a superhero drama based on the dc comics character. Born on the superintelligent planet colu, he is a 12thlevel intellect considered a genius even by their standards. In the pre52 comics, brainiac 5 was the longest romantic partner of kara zorel, as they both were members of the legion. This is about as elseworldsy a book as you can get.
Supergirl gives brainy a comicsaccurate look, costume cbr. With help from supergirl it is revealed that superman has never fought the real brainiac, as all earlier encounters superman had with brainiac were. Brainiac1 realizes that he needs a proper kryptonian to complete his. Set two generations before the birth of the man of steel, the show centers on segel cameron cuffe, supermans grandfather. Brainiac is a worthy adversary and geoff johns and gary frank are worthy storytellers. Supergirl and brainiac 5 legion of superheroes, supergirl, kara, dc comics. She was deemed the most dangerous prisoner ever sentenced to fort rozz. Supergirl tv show reveals brainiac5 in new trailer. 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. The flash and supergirl slow down time by going mach 7. Tribute to supergirl legion of superheroes characters c dc comics art c rick.
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. 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. Brainiac 8 supergirl the female villains wiki fandom. See more ideas about dc comics, comics and superhero. Brainiacs daughter was based on two songs, brainiacs daughter by the dukes of stratospher and thats really super, supergirl. This form of brainiac, also known as vril dox, is a legacy character infused with an alien computer. This makes him an incredible scientist, inventor, and strategist in combat. Now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and become the hero she was destined to be.
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. Apparently there was almost a supergirl show with laura. Brainiac begins with some very comical scenes and proceeds to a scary, nailbiting tale. Brainiacs daughter was created by mark waid and alex ross noie.
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. After years of searching, she eventually finds the kara zorel kara zorels podpod. Brainiacs name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used. Department of extranormal operations to restore her lost powers once and for all. In the dc comics, brainiac 5 is a descendant of the wellknown enemy of superman, brainiac, a prominent member of the legion of superheroes. Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, usually as an adversary of superman. 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. 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. Like his comic book counterpart, brainiac 5 wears his trademark force field belt, which protects him from the fatal fives attack.
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. Hes descended from one of supermans enemies, brainiac. Heres a roundup of some of the reactions to supergirl s brainiac 5. Syfys superman prequel series, krypton, has introduced a new version of brainiac, one of supermans oldest villains in the comic books. Reign and four other worldkillers were created by zorel, who later came to regret his part in the creation of those bloodthirsty, superpowerful monsters. History of brainiac 5 supergirl season 3 legion of superheroes.
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