Brainiac (nonfiction)

Brainiac (upper right) fighting Superman. Artwork for the cover of Superman vol. 2, #219 (Sept, 2005).

Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics (nonfiction), commonly as an adversary of Superman (nonfiction).

Description

Braniac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial android.

He is one of Superman (nonfiction)'s primary enemies, and is responsible for shrinking and stealing Kandor (nonfiction), the capital city of Superman's home planet Krypton (nonfiction).

Due to multiple revisions of DC's continuity, several variations of Brainiac have appeared.

Most variations depict Brainiac as a green-skinned being in humanoid form who is bald except for a set of diodes protruding from his skull (nonfiction).

The character's name is a portmanteau of the words brain (nonfiction) and maniac nonfiction), with influence from ENIAC (nonfiction), the acronymic name (nonfiction) of an early computer.

The character first appeared in Action Comics #242 (July 1958), and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino.

In 2009, Brainiac was ranked as IGN's 17th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Brainiac and Superman fighting. Artwork for the cover of Superman vol. 2, #219 (Sept, 2005).