Superman: Brainiac

(2009 [May 2010])

[Title Pages and Publication Information] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Chapter One First Contact (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gary Frank (signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Catherine Grant; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #866 [Direct Sales] (August 2008)

Keywords

Kandor

Indexer Notes

Chapter header.

Brainiac Part 1 First Contact (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; General Zod (flashback, cameo); Ursa (flashback, cameo); Brainiac; Lois Lane; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ron Troupe (cameo); Jimmy Olsen; Catherine Grant; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)

Synopsis

A flashback shows how Brainiac stole Kandor from Krypton. At a staff meeting at the Daily Planet, Perry White welcomes Steve Lombard as new sports editor, and welcomes back Catherine Grant. A Brainiac probe enters Earth's atmosphere, but Superman intercepts. It analyzes him, sends the information, and then shuts down. Brainiac's headship receives the information.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #866 (August 2008)

Keywords

Headship; Kandor (city)

Chapter Two Hide and Seek (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gary Frank (signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac Probes

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #867 [Direct Sales] (September 2008)

Indexer Notes

Chapter header.

Brainiac Part 2 Hide and Seek (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac; Brainiac Probe; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Brainiac [Milton Fine] (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent (cameo); Lois Lane; Steve Lombard; Ron Troupe (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); General Zod (flashback, cameo); Ursa (flashback, cameo); Non (flashback, cameo)

Synopsis

Superman takes the Brainiac probe to the fortress, and analyzes it with Supergirl. She tells him that he's never met the real Brainiac and is so spooked she destroys the probe with heat vision. Superman then eats a meal with his foster parents, and tells them he is going to track down Brainiac. He travels to the planet Larroo, stops the probes from attacking the citizens there, but the city there is surrounded by a bottle, and taken into Brainiac's ship. It fires a weapon into the sun of Larroo, and explodes, destroying the planet. Superman, unconscious, is taken into Brainiac's ship.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #867 (September 2008)

Keywords

Headship; Kandor (flashback)

Indexer Notes

The planet Larroo was the home of the aliens responsible for Ultra the Multi-Alien.

Chapter Three Greetings (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gary Frank (signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #868 [Direct Sales] (October 2008)

Indexer Notes

Chapter header.

Brainiac Part 3 Greetings (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Catherine Grant; Lois Lane; Ultra the Multi-Alien (cameo); Koko; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Steve Lombard (cameo); Ron Troupe (cameo)

Synopsis

Supergirl visits the Daily Planet, looking for Clark, making an enemy of Cat Grant. Superman is still unconscious on Brainiac's ship, being probed. After awakening and destroying the Brainiac probes, he explores the ship, fighting Kono, finding various people (including Ultra) in suspended animation, finding a room of bottled cities, and hearing Kryptonese. He tracks the latter to a city in a bottle: Kandor. The real Brainiac awakens, and they confront each other. Brainiac has traced Superman back to Earth, which he now plans to gather knowledge from. His ship arrives over Metropolis.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #868 (October 2008)

Keywords

Brainiac Probe; Headship; Kandor

Indexer Notes

The Kryptonese text on page 11 is translated as "DO YOU SEE THAT", "A SHADOW", "A SHADOW IN THE SKY", "THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SHADOW IN THE SKY", "WHAT IS IT".

Chapter Four Mind Over Matter (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gary Frank (signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Headship

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #869 [Corrected Version] (November 2008)

Indexer Notes

Chapter header.

Brainiac Part 4 Mind Over Matter (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Catherine Grant; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Steve Lombard; Ron Troupe; Brainiac Probe; Zor-El; Alura; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)

Synopsis

Supergirl and Lois confront Brainiac's probes in Metropolis. Superman and Brainiac continue their confrontation. Superman gains the upper hand and goes to get the Kandor bottle, which starts communicating with him. Supergirl's parents tell how they and Argo City survived the initial destruction of Krypton and how they were forced to send Kara away to Earth in the moments before destruction. Brainiac recovers, severs the communications link and recaptures Superman. Supergirl is also captured. A bottle starts forming around Metropolis, and the ship then fires a weapon into the Earth's sun.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #869 (November 2008)

Keywords

Argo City (flashback); Headship; Kandor

Chapter Five Triumph and Tragedy (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gary Frank (signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lois Lane

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #870 [Direct Sales] (December 2008)

Indexer Notes

Chapter header.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal; BIT (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (dies); Martha Kent; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Steve Lombard (cameo); Catherine Grant (cameo); Ron Troupe (cameo)

Synopsis

Superman and Supergirl battle Brainiac and restore Metropolis. Jonathan Kent dies from a heart attack after saving Martha's life.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #870 (December 2008)

Keywords

Brainiac Probes; Headship; Kandor

Indexer Notes

The Interlac text coming from a bottle on page 1 is translated as "PLEASE HELP!" and "KILL BRAINIAC".

Epilogue (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

Hi-Fi

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White (cameo); Lana Lang (cameo); Pete Ross (cameo); John Henry Irons (cameo), Natasha Irons (cameo); Batman [as Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Brainiac; Jonathan Kent (flashback)

Synopsis

Everyone attends Jonathan Kent's funeral. Clark daydreams about going to Brainiac and beating him to a pulp, but is reminded by Lois to just never forget his father.

Reprints

• from Superman: Brainiac (DC, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)
which is reprinted
• from Superman: New Krypton Special (DC, 2008 series) #1 (December 2008) [pp. 1-9 only]