While superman is held captive aboard an intergalactic slaveship in space, on earth the cops would like to talk to clark kent about the charred body found in his apartment. Extremely advanced mental abilities that have allowed him to work through numerous robotic and even human proxies make him a dangerously formidable opponent. Each level lets you control two members of the justice league which is usually determined by the location of the level and by what powers are necessary in that level who can be switched on the fly. Livewire leslie willis is a fictional character and supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. The character first appeared in september 1997 in the superman. And while past waves included character specific comics, thats not the case here.
Behold the awesome, jawdropping action that explodes out of your screen and take on the role of this offthewall comic book character as he teams up with some of the celebrated characters from the xmen franchise. Apr 24, 2012 fan raises funds to make static shock film static has enjoyed a good amount of success for a superhero since the dc comics character was introduced in 1993. The paintings also reveals some surprising inclusions, such as krypto the super dog, batmans protege bluebird, the demon etrigan, and the penguin. 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. One of the most intelligent beings in the universe, the wicked brainiac s genius has challenged superman time and again. Patrick brennan portrayed the character in an episode of the first season of agents of s. Brainiac is supermans seconddeadliest archenemy after lex luthor, and also a frequent enemy of the justice league brainiac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial cyborg or android. Brainiac character, a fictional supervillain in dc comics, and an enemy of superman brainiac story arc, a 2008 storyline in action comics brainiac, a version of the villain in the tv series smallvillevril dox also known as brainiac 2, a dc comics character.
Dezil raised the money to shoot a minute short film about the character, and like archetype, a science fiction success story he hopes the film will show a featurelength film could work. 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. Injustice 2 ranked red hood blackout vs brainiac bot. At some point, he cloned himself to get a lab assistant. Brainiac storyline was actually a brainiac probe or a clone. Contentsshow plot the game starts with batman and superman foiling an attack on s. Brainiacs name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used. Comic book characters comic book heroes marvel characters comic character comic books art comic art marvel fanart marvel comics art silver surfer. The villains are happy to admit that they know his secret identity, they read it in the comic book. She has a disdain of organic life, and cannot understand why her ancestor has yet to abandon it. Oct 17, 2006 justice league heroes is a game based around the justice league of america and was developed by snowblind studios.
Justice league heroes is a game based around the justice league of america and was developed by snowblind studios. Though originally portrayed as a rogue scientist, he was later rewritten as a machiavellian. It is difficult to tell whether youre dealing with the original brainiac, or one of his drones. List of key comic book character first appearances comics.
Spidermans uncle ben, doctor abraham erskine, ho yinsen, abin sur, or batmans mother and father, or those whose deaths significantly alter the development of a major character e. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman. Brainiac 8 is a ruthless killer, eliminating anything which may get in the way of coluan supremacy. But this is the reprogrammed brainiac, made into a good person by superman.
Alexander joseph lex luthor, or lex luthor for short, is a highly intelligent supervillain who originated from dc comics and is one of the main antagonists of the dc universe. The comic book series static shock, became a saturday morning cartoon series, which lasted for four seasons starting in 2000. Brainiac character, a fictional supervillain in dc comics, and an enemy of superman brainiac story arc, a 2008 storyline in action comics brainiac smallville, a version of the villain in the tv series smallville. A fine general choice for collections in need of solid superhero titles. One of the most intelligent beings in the universe, the wicked brainiacs genius has challenged superman time and again. Apr 28, 2015 as it refers to brainiac, who is also the title character of the story arc, thats a bit of a given. As it refers to brainiac, who is also the title character of the story arc, thats a bit of a given. In the new 52, he calls his bottled cities kandor and mettropolis actually a doombot. The doomsday wars miniseries 1999, and it was believed that he was destroyed in the encounter. Most popular mental blackout movies and tv shows imdb. Nov 12, 20 this speedy mutant turncoat is the son of the xmens greatest foe. Lex luthor has been supermans archenemy for most of the superheros existence. Whos who in the superman comics introduction this is a listing of many of the notable characters and a few places that have appeared in the superman comics from the 1986 revamp up until around 2008 note.
The idea that characters were considered and rejected for injustice 2 may surprise many players, given that the game had a rather full roster of dc comics greatest heroes and villains. Brainiac s name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used today as a word to mean genius. A new, and more current version of the whos who is currently being worked on and can be accessed by clicking here although superman often appears in other dc comics, this texts. Yeah, brainiac has been depicted as being able more than capable of taking on the entire justice league with relative ease, so im hoping that last build reflects. Oct 14, 2018 the art reveals a number of characters who had roles in the injustice comic books, such as warlock john constantine and detective chimp. List of key comic book character first appearances. Blackout marcus daniels is the name of a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. A number of previously unreleased concept art pieces for injustice 2 reveal several dc comics characters who were considered for inclusion in the games roster of playable fighters but failed to make the final cut. The issue opens on krypton, many years earlier, as brainiac steals the city of kandor, putting it into a bottle. They get called to the planet zinth to investigate a stolen power crystal, but their attempts to retrieve it from a deep lake wind up reducing them all to infants. Superman needs to find the cause of the crisis, but is he prepared to face the energyhungry parasite o new us, these reprint tales. When a cosmic anomaly struck the watchtower and caused a power failure, brainiac was able to escape and began taking over the watchtowers computers. Writer peter david splits the blame for this phenomenon among creators, publishers and fans.
If you find a storyline about this character that is not shown here, please edit that issue by adding category. Brainiac finds his ship under attack from the artificial world that he created. Join as we explore the comic book origins of pietro maximoff, ot. Luthor is also a major antagonist in the justice league series being the leader of many. He acquired a spaceship and went on a journey through space, acquiring knowledge and using his robotic drones to capture living organisms of various alien species. It was also part of dcs new 52 titles, introduced last august, although the series is ending after eight issues this month. Superman returns to his own book with issues 698 may 2010, as the last stand of new krypton pits him and monel against luthor and brainiac in a story by robinson, pina and chang. Metropolis, the city of tomorrow, is plunged into a blackout.
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. Fan raises funds to make static shock film static has enjoyed a good amount of success for a superhero since the dc comics character was introduced in 1993. The story is notable for several major plot developments regarding superman. Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, usually as an adversary of superman. It will take the force of the worlds greatest super heroes combined with the might of the villains who battle. It was developed by snowblind studios, published by warner bros. Comic villains, dc comics characters, dc comics art, comic book heroes, comic books art, batman, superman, action comics 1, figuarts.
Z returns to metropolis and, with the help of professor hamilton, succeeds in entering the darkest corners of supermans mind. He uses his shrinking technology to save a city about to be destroyed, and finds the experience rewarding. Nevertheless, brainiac shares luthors intense hatred of the man of steel, and has continued to use his twelfth. Dc superheroes darkseid and brainiac action figures. Brainiac is one of supermans arch enemies, and has been a constant source of. Storylines can be entered using the storyline template. Brainiac is a superintelligent alien being from the planet colu who has fought superman many times. See more ideas about dc heroes, marvel vs dc, dc comics.
Brainiac, doomsday, and other dc comics characters will appear. The bottom half of the last page, printed upside down, points out that if the story opened the night of march 31st, then the events from the rest of the story took place on april fools day, and. Brainiac 5 character 1 brother brother relationship 1 brother in law sister in law relationship 1. The remains of his body were retrieved by a coluan scientist, prin vnok, who transferred brainiac s consciousness into doomsdays body, retrieved from the end of time. Formerly known as supermanprime, whose real name is clark kent, is the version of superman native to earthprime. Comic book characters comic book heroes marvel characters comic character comic books art.
Blackout holyoke public domain super heroes fandom. Fan raises funds to make static shock film geekout. A death that is reversed is called a comic book death. Rather than harnessing his genius for good, luthor seizes power for his own benefit and is a threat at large. Wave 3 came with cardboard dioramas, but those are missing from wave 4. Unfortunately, a mishap leaves z and superman suffering from amnesia.
His enemies included the villainous vixen of the skies known as the valkyrie. The original brainiac was created by otto binder and al plastino. Brainiac appeared again to battle superman briefly superman. In television, the character was voiced by lori petty in various tieins to the dc. Brainiacs name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used today as a word to mean genius. Usually, characters associated with a major character s origin story e. Heroes is a console video game released in 2006 for the xbox, playstation 2, nintendo ds, and playstation portable systems.
See more ideas about dc comics, comics and superhero. Zod and ursa are there, and tried to stop brainiacs robotic servants, but failed, and watch with horror as the city disappears. Both of these figures came with the same reused bizarro comic book. Brainiac begins with some very comical scenes and proceeds to a scary, nailbiting tale. Games in conjunction with dc comics and was distributed in europe by eidos interactive. Comic villains, dc comics characters, dc comics art, injustice 2 characters, comic books art, comic art, marvel dc, mundo superman, univers dc. On his earth, all the familiar superheroes of the dc universe are comic book characters, and clark seems to be the only real one. Evil forces move stealthily in the dark of the night, and only the caped crusader rises against them. In the comic strip story, supermans foe was named romado, who traveled the cosmos with an alien white monkey named koko, shrinking major cities and keeping them in glass jars. He is responsible for shrinking and stealing kandor, the capital city of. When the silver surfer and his surfboard are knocked out of the sky, shattering the board into bricks that are scattered throughout the marvel universe, nick fury calls in the heroes of the marvel universe to retrieve the cosmic bricks, before villains, like loki or magneto, can take them. Justice league heroes is a 2006 console video game for the xbox and playstation 2 platforms. After the two superheroes defeat what they think is brainiac, they discover that they have merely been diverted by a duplicate.
This speedy mutant turncoat is the son of the xmens greatest foe. Based on the longrunning comic book series justice league and was written by comic book writer dwayne mcduffie. Comic book 1 cover up 1 creature 1 crime boss 1 crime ring 1 crime scene 1 cult tv 1. One medium the character has yet to crack, however, is the big screen, and stefan dezil hopes to change all that. This page contains a listing of all known storylines involving this character. Vril dox, alias brainiac, is a conqueror seeking technological domination. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. The first character to use the name within the fictional universe. Static has enjoyed a good amount of success for a superhero since the dc comics character was introduced in 1993.
Dc superheroes darkseid and brainiac action figures another. Superior and calculating, she despises the indigo persona she was forced to experience. Batman, being batman, seems to know a lot more about vril dox than anyone else. Brainiac is a worthy adversary and geoff johns and gary frank are worthy storytellers. He formerly worked alongside moonstone and subsequently joined the masters of evil. He serves as one of the main antagonists of the superman comic series alongside brainiac. But when the maniacal brainiac unleashes the power of the lantern rings on gotham and other cities all around the world and into outer space batman cant save the day alone.
Geoff johns invoked this in an issue of action comics where every single appearance by brainiac in the postcrisis dcu, prior to johns superman. Livewire leslie willis is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by dc comics. Livewire dc comics the female villains wiki fandom. May 24, 2015 luthor, bizarro and brainiac show up to save him. May 16, 2018 in fact, basic comic book logic dictates that vrils scariest first appearance will result in the exact opposite of his overall arc.
Later, blackout became one of the chiefs and top operatives of the society. Blackout comic read blackout comic online in high quality. Most popular mental blackout movies and tv shows refine see titles to watch instantly. Brainiac s name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used. The more threatening a character seems in the first appearance, especially if its on the final page of an issue, the more heroic they usually end up becoming. Brainiac has sent robotic drones to new krypton, slaughtering the. Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Although many dead comic book characters are resurrected, some are not. She is the daughter of brainiac 5 and supergirl in kingdom come.
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