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Supermanhas gone up against 100 of dangerous scoundrel in his time protecting Earth , but with an entire Multiverse in frolic , there are even more dangerous versions of his bad opposition to consider . And as terrifying as Doomsday or Luthor may be , nothing liken toBrainiac .
Brainiac is one of the most dangerous villains in the cosmos . He regularly journey across the known population and attacks planets that worry him , all to conglomerate cognition . This make him a ecumenical threat , and he ’s attack Earthmanytimes in the past , only to be thwarted by Superman each sentence . But there aremultiple variants and version of Brainiacto contend with , and some of them are too dangerous for Superman to beat .
Superman has confront the good , biggest , and most iconic threat in his comic account . These are the very best storey that stand out above the repose .
11The DCAU Brainiac
Superman The Animated Series, “The Last Son Of Krypton, Part 1” by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini.
Many succeeding fans of risible record book were introduced to Brainiac throughSuperman : The Animated Series . alternatively of an alien from Colu , this Brainiac was a computer computer program from Krypton that intentionally labor the major planet towards destruction , as it reckon the endurance of Krypton ’s noesis as being more crucial than its mass .
It ’s the same universal idea of Brainiac , but give him a much snug tie to Krypton , as this Brainiac was importantly weaker than its comic twin as well , as it was just a robot . Superman would fight Brainiac many time over the twelvemonth and while Brainiac was always unsafe , he was never on the same menace grade as his comic interlingual rendition , who is a universe - spanning scourge ( and has actually bring home the bacon in destroying Earth several time in different timeline ) .
10Milton Fine, One Of Superman’s First Encounters With Brainiac
Adventures of Superman#438 by John Byrne and Jerry Ordway.
Milton Fine was a sideshow mentalist who was bang as the Amazing Brainiac . Eventually , Milton discovered that he was a legitimate metahuman and possessed literal psychic powers . This obviously made his line of work as a mentalist much well-heeled , but it would also eventually attract a being claim to be the dependable Brainiac . This version of Brainiac was disembodied , nothing more than a swarm of nanites .
Milton would become possessed by them and became one of the first interlingual rendition ofBrainiac that Superman find . Eventually , it was revealed that this was n’t really Brainiac at all , but just a swarm of nanites he had programmed with his memories . The true Brainiac still hang around in outer quad and would finally arrive at Earth himself . Still , between Milton ’s genuine psychical index and Brainiac ’s nanites enhancing his strong-arm power , he rise to be a surprisingly strong villain .
9The Original Brainiac
Action Comics#242 by Otto Binder and Al Plastino
The first time Brainiac ever appeared was way back in 1958’sAction Comics#242 . This rendering of Brainiac was also a robot , surprisingly . The Coluan race of people were unbelievably intelligent , and they created a supercomputer to copy tenth - grade intelligence agency . Unfortunately , the Coluans did n’t substantiate that such an intelligence would also become sentient . This supercomputer then quickly began self - replicating and make what would be known as the Computer Tyrants , who quickly enslaved the Coluans .
Wanting to expatiate their reach beyond their planet , they would make Brainiac , who looked just like a computer and was fully constituent . This was finished off by upload the personality of a dead Coluan scientist , to make this Brainiac seem more alive . This version of Brainiac was astonishingly powerful , with Mechanokinesis , vim projection , and straight-out mind control . As well as the ability to immobilize hoi polloi in place with his Meson - Effect flack .
8As The Years Went On, Brainiac Simply Got Stronger
Adventures of Superman#438 by John Byrne and Jerry Ordway
Instead of being an android , this version is a natural - born Coluan and a smart as a whip scientist . He eventually decided that the only mortal who could be a right science lab helper would be another interpretation of himself . So Vril Drox simply cloned himself . later on , he acquired a spaceship and went through outer space , gathering knowledge and using his machinelike drones to capture any alien species that interested him . This would finally lead him to Krypton , where he would slip the intact City of Kandor .
It was this translation of Brainiac who sent his nanites to take over the torso of Milton Fine . After the deprivation of Milton ’s body , Brainiac would transfer his conciousness to a automaton body , as all versions of Brainiac appear to become ( or lead off out as robot ) at one point in time or another .
7Lex Luthor & Brainiac Created The Smartest Version
Superboy’s Legion#1 by Mark Farmer and Alan Davis.
There ’s nothing more popular in comic books than fusing two characters together into one . This is a figure of speech that has show up fourth dimension and sentence again , and for estimable reasonableness . It make perhaps the smartest Brainiac in the pages ofSuperboy ’s Legion#1 . In this story , Lex Luthor plot to take over the Earth by manipulate public opinion against the superhero biotic community . He was able to use both his political vocation as a former president and his impressive wealth to basically turn humanity against the Cuban sandwich . Unfortunately , Batman refused to back down against Lex and the leave conflict nearly destroyed the planet .
Despite his best attempts to avoid it , Lex Luthor would eventually perish of sometime years , but his personality was assimilated into a new supercomputer known as Universo . This computer would also eventually go rogue and reveal itself as yet another version of Brainiac .
The idea of Brainiac and Lex Luthor fusing has been search before , most famously inJustice League Unlimitedepisode " Panic in the Sky " by Dwayne McDuffie .
6The Antimatter Brainiac Was Beyond Good And Evil
JLA: Earth-2by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
While it ’s easy to assume Brainiac is always evil because he is a villain in its effect , the actual account is a trivial more complicated . It was shown inJLA : Earth-2that when a Brainiac from the Antimatter Universe was captured by Ultraman , this version of Brainiac was a slenderly dissimilar write up .
Brainiac is so intelligent , he considers himself beyond the abstract concepts of goodness and evil . While this version of Brainiac is the least physically bring down of any on this lean , he still prove to be remarkably dangerous , as he about destroy both the Crime Syndicate and Justice League by manipulate them into an unsufferable situation , but as the Justice League usually does , they found a fashion to win .
Brainiac has an insatiable luxuria for noesis , but now he ’ll finally be try the one thing he ’s never experient : true human connexion .
5The Batman Brainiac is An Unstoppable Force
Dark Nights: Death Metal#3 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
reader were introduced to The Collector inDark Nights : Death Metal#3,a fusion of Brainiac and Batman and terrifying combining of their vast intellectual and skills . Everyone know thatBatman is the king of contingency plans , but just how absurd would those plan become with a 12th - point intellect ?
With Brainiac ’s resource and intelligence , Batman would be able-bodied to use his methodical thought to likely defeat anyplanetin the population with relaxation , which makes him one of the most grave Brainiacs possible .
4The Version Of Brainiac Who Succeeded In Destroying Earth
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lostby Sterling Gates and Oliver Nome
Brainiac has attack Earth several times , but he ’s always been pushed out by Superman and the Justice League . But a few troubling detail show that Brainiac could destruct Earth anytime he want . During theJustice League : No Justicestoryline by Scott Snyder , Brainiac shew that he ’s capable of defeating every superhero team on Earth anytime he wants .
He not only takes down the Justice League , but also the Suicide Squad , Titans , and foreigner with repose . After Kid Flash terminate up lost in the clip watercourse , he get at an Earth that was completely annihilate and destroy by Brainiac . The Justice League and everyone else were powerless to stop Brainiac , and he is shown as the undisputed ruler of this ruined Earth .
3The Brainiac Queen Is A Brainiac Unlike Any Other
Action Comics#1064 by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval
The Brainiac Queen is a new addition to Superman ’s lore , but she ’s every number as grievous as any other Brainiac on this list . After year of preparation and assembling an entire council of other Brainiacs to aid him do it , Brainiac at long last managed to create the Brainiac Queen , and she was shown off in gory item as she cut her agency through a chemical group of Czarnians .
regard just how absurdly perdurable and powerful Czarnians are , the fact the Brainiac Queen slaughtered them all is a major reddened fleur-de-lis , and makes her peradventure the fully grown menace that Superman has look yet . While readers have yet to see the confrontation betweenSuperman and the Brainiac Queen , all evidence guide to her being able to easily contain her own against the Man of Steel , which makes her one of the most dangerous Brainiacs yet .
2Galactiac Was A Terrifying Version Of Brainiac
Challengers of the Fantastic#1 by Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett
Galactus is by far one of the most potent characters in the Marvel Universe . The only economise grace of Galactus is the fact he feeds off planets out of requisite , not malicious desire . But by fusing Galactus with Brainiac , he becomes a whole lot shuddery .
Instead of simplyneedingto devour planets , Galactiac instead travels around and slip role of planets to add to his collection , as he tried to do with New York inChallengers of the Fantastic#1 . This version of the character has all of the malicious and uncaring attitude ofBrainiac combined with the pure raw superpower of Galactus .
The DC Universe moves around a lot , with planets appear and disappearing , and now one forget airstream of people have suddenly returned .
