Superman: Brainiac

([May] 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

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superhero

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Embossed with the title as shown on the dust jacket.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and front endpage.

Superman: Brainiac (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Half-title page.

Superman: Brainiac (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

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Title page.

Chapter One: First Contact (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited, signed)

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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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

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; 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)

Chapter Two: Hide and Seek (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited, signed)

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac Probes

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

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. They review some of the Brainiacs Superman has met, but Supergirl tells him they all were probes and that he's never met the real Brainiac. Superman then goes to tell his parents that he is going to track down Brainiac. He uses a ship to travel to Brainiac's current location, Larroo. After he arrives a city there is surrounded by a bottle and taken into Brainiac's ship. The ship then fires into the sun of Larroo, causing it to explode, and destroying the planet. Superman is taken unconscious into Brainiac's ship.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

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

Chapter Three: Greetings (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited, signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Brainiac

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

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, but making an enemy of Cat Grant in the meantime. 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 in suspended animation, finding a room of bottled cities, and hearing Kryptonese. He tracks the latter to a particular 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.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

The Kryptonese text on page 11 translates 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: 11)

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

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Inks

Gary Frank (credited, signed)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited, signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

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

Brainiac's probes arrive in Metropolis, met by Supergirl and Lois. On the ship, Superman and Brainiac continue fighting until Superman temporarily puts Brainiac out of commission. He then gets the Kandor bottle, which starts communicating with him. Supergirl's parents tell how they and Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton, but Brainiac tracked them down, destroying Argo City and forcing Zor-El and Alura to send Kara away to Earth. Meanwhile, Brainiac recovers and recaptures Superman and snares Supergirl. A bottle starts forming around Metropolis as Brainiac's ship fires into the sun.

Reprints

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

Chapter Five: Triumph and Tragedy (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Gary Frank (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lois Lane

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited); BIT (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

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)

Indexer Notes

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

Epilogue (Table of Contents: 15)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns (credited)

Pencils

Gary Frank (credited)

Inks

Jon Sibal (credited)

Colors

Hi-Fi (credited)

Letters

Steve Wands (credited)

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: New Krypton Special (DC, 2008 series) #1 (December 2008) [pp. 1-9 only]
• in Superman: Brainiac (DC, 2010 series) (2009 [May 2010])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

blank page(s) / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Rear endpage, inside back cover, and back cover.

First Contact Lasting Impact (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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